Branko Ivanković

Branko Ivankovic

Branko Ivanković in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Branko Ivanković
Date of birth	(1954-02-28) 28 February 1954 (age 62)
Place of birth	Čakovec, SFR Yugoslavia
Club information
Current team	Persepolis (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1990	Varteks	263	(31)
Teams managed
1991–1995	Varteks
1995–1996	Segesta
1996–1998	Rijeka
1998–1999	Croatia (assistant)
1999–2000	Hannover 96
2001–2002	Iran (assistant)
2002–2003	Iran U23
2002–2006	Iran
2006–2008	Dinamo Zagreb
2009–2011	Shandong Luneng
2011–2012	Ettifaq
2012–2013	Al-Wahda
2013	Dinamo Zagreb
2015–	Persepolis
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Branko Ivanković (pronounced [ˈbraːŋkɔ ˈiʋaːŋkoʋitɕ]; born 28 February 1954) is a Croatian football manager and former player who currently manages Persepolis in Iran Pro League. After a 12-year playing career at Varteks Varaždin, Ivanković started his coaching career at the same club in 1991. He led the Iranian national football team at the 2006 World Cup.

Ivanković spent his entire 12-season playing career at Varteks Varaždin, appearing in a total of 263 matches and scoring 31 goals. He then continued to work at the club by first being their secretary and then starting his coaching career.

He was the head coach of Varteks Varaždin between 1991 and 1995. He then moved for one season to Segesta Sisak, and went on to coach Rijeka in the 1996–97 season.

Ivanković then became the assistant coach to Ćiro Blažević, who led the Croatian national team to a sensational third-place finish at the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals in France.

In the 1999–2000 season, he coached German club Hannover 96, which was playing in the Second Bundesliga at the time. He briefly returned to the Croatian national team as the assistant to Mirko Jozić during the qualifications for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, before he took over the Iranian national team where he replaced Blažević, who had managed them since 2001.