Vladimir Ivić is a
SerbianThe Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
footballer who plays as a
midfielderA midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
for PAOK. He is the younger brother of
Ilija IvićIlija Ivić is a retired Serbian footballer. Ivić works currently as Red Star Belgrade and his last job was the Technical Manager of the Greek side Olympiacos...
, ex Red Star player and sports director.
Ivić usually plays in midfield either as a defensive midfielder or as an attacking one. His main strengths are his accurate passing, heading, tactical awareness and good control of the ball. His obvious lack of speed though, has prevented him from establishing himself in a more demanding European league, so he has spent most of his career in Serbia and Greece.
Club career
On club level Ivić currently plays for
PAOKP.A.O.K. F.C. is a Greek association football club based in Thessaloniki, Greece. It is the largest supported football club in Macedonia.PAOK FC is the football department of Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans , a multi-sport club. Since its formation in 1926 the football club...
in the Greek league, having signed from city rival
ArisAris Football Club , also known as God of war and the Yellows, is a Greek football club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia. Formed in 1914, the club was a founding member of Macedonian Football Clubs Association as well as the Hellenic Football Federation, they currently compete in...
on a free transfer. Although his ex club Aris made the same bid for him, he preferred PAOK, because of their manager Fernando Santos. He played in AEK Athens before going to Aris but fell in disfavour on the then manager
Llorenç Serra FerrerLorenzo Serra Ferrer is a Spanish football coach.His career was mainly associated with RCD Mallorca and Real Betis, and he also served the former in various other capacities.-Playing career:...
and was released. Ivić also played for
Borussia MönchengladbachBorussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...
and
Partizan BelgradeFudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...
in which helped them secure Yugoslav league in 1999 and 2002, the Yugoslav cup in 2001 and the Serbian league in 2003.
International career
He made his international debut for the Serbia and Montenegro national team's against
Bosnia and Herzegovina national football teamThe Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team is the national football team of Bosnia and Herzegovina, governed by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
in 2001. He has been capped over 32 times but he was not selected for the
2006 World CupThe 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
and has not been recalled since.
Club career statistics
| Club |
Season |
League |
Cup |
Continental |
Total |
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists |
Proleter ZrenjaninFK Proleter Zrenjanin was a football club from the city of Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia.-Early period:...
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1994–95 -Overview:Just as the previous season, the league consisted of 2 groups, A and B, each containing 10 clubs. Both groups were played in league system. By winter break all clubs in each group had met each other twice, home and away, with the bottom four from A group moving to group B, and being...
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5 |
1 |
| 5 |
1 |
| 1995–96 -Overview:Just as in the two previous seasons, the league was divided into 2 groups, A and B, consisting each one of 10 clubs. Both groups were played in league system. By winter break all clubs in each group meat each other twice, home and away, with the bottom four classifiyed from A group moving...
|
16 |
1 |
| 16 |
1 |
| 1996–97 -Overview:For the fourth season in a raw that the league was divided in 2 groups, A and B, consisting each of 10 clubs. Both groups were played in league system. By winter break all clubs in each group meet each other twice, home and away, with the bottom four classifiyed from A group moving to the...
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20 |
1 |
| 20 |
1 |
| 1997–98 -Overview:The league was divided into 2 groups, A and B, consisting each of 10 clubs. Both groups were played in league system. By winter break all clubs in each group meet each other twice, home and away, with the bottom four classifiyed from A group moving to the group B, and being replaced by...
|
26 |
4 |
| 26 |
4 |
PartizanFudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...
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1998–99 -Overview:The league format changed from the previous season returning back into the usual 18 clubs league format. All clubs meat each other twice, once home and once away...
|
20 |
11 |
| 20 |
11 |
| 1999–00 |
30 |
18 |
| 30 |
18 |
| 2000–01 -League standings:-Champions:Red Star Belgrade Players Milenko Ačimovič Srđan Bajčetić Branko Bošković Goran Bunjevčević Milivoje Vitakić Ivan Vukomanović Blaže Georgioski Stevo Glogovac Ivan Gvozdenović Goran Drulić Petar Đenić Saša Zorić Dejan Ilić Branko Jelić Aleksandar Kocić Nenad Lalatović...
|
30 |
20 |
| 30 |
20 |
| 2001–02 -League standings:-Champions:Partizan Belgrade Players Radovan Radaković Vuk Rašović Dragoljub Jeremić Igor Duljaj Dejan Ognjanović Milan Stojanovski Goran Trobok Andrija Delibašić Zvonimir Vukić Damir Čakar Miladin Bečanović Radiša Ilić Nenad Mišković Ivan Stanković Aleksandar Nedović Ivica Iliev...
|
23 |
8 |
| 23 |
8 |
| 2002–03 Statistics of First League of Serbia and Montenegro in season 2002/2003.-League standings:-Champions:Partizan Belgrade...
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13 |
3 |
| 13 |
3 |
| 2003–04 Statistics of First League of Serbia and Montenegro in season 2003/2004.-League standings:-Champions:Red Star Belgrade...
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14 |
4 |
| 14 |
4 |
Borussia MönchengladbachBorussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...
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2004–05 |
4 |
1 |
| 4 |
1 |
| AEK Athens |
2004–05-League standings:* NB:Olympiakos and Panionios originally both had 3 points deducted as punishment for the incidents before their match on Jan 9 but these deductions were cancelled on appeal.- References :* * * *...
|
17 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
5 |
1 |
| 2005–06 |
27 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
3 |
2 |
| 2006–07 |
12 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
3 |
1 |
| Aris Thessaloniki Aris Football Club , also known as God of war and the Yellows, is a Greek football club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia. Formed in 1914, the club was a founding member of Macedonian Football Clubs Association as well as the Hellenic Football Federation, they currently compete in...
|
2007–08 |
29 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
40 |
8 |
3 |
| PAOK |
2008–09 |
28 |
7 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
7 |
1 |
| 2009–10 |
30 |
9 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
34 |
10 |
7 |
| 2010–11 |
23 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
37 |
5 |
1 |
SerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
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Total |
197 | 71 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 197 | 71 | - |
GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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Total |
4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - |
GreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
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Total |
167 | 32 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 218 | 41 | 16 |
| Career total |
368 | 104 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 419 | 113 | 16 |
Statistics accurate as of 21 June 2011
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