Ivica Banović
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ivica Banović | ||
| Date of birth | 2 August 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Hallescher FC | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1997 | NK Zagreb | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2000 | NK Zagreb | 62 | (9) |
| 2000–2004 | Werder Bremen | 52 | (2) |
| 2004 | Werder Bremen II | 5 | (5) |
| 2004–2007 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 70 | (10) |
| 2007–2011 | SC Freiburg | 82 | (7) |
| 2011 | → MSV Duisburg (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2011–2014 | Energie Cottbus | 89 | (10) |
| 2014– | Hallescher FC | 43 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 1996–2001 | Croatia Youth | 25 | (3) |
| 2004 | Croatia | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:20, 22 March 2016 (UTC). |
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Ivica Banović (born 2 August 1980) is a Croatian football midfielder who plays for German club Hallescher FC.
Banović began to play football at NK Zagreb when he was 6 years old and subsequently spent his entire youth career with the club, eventually being added to their first team in the summer of 1997. He went on to play in the Croatian First League with the club during the following three seasons.
After making 11 domestic league appearances in his first season as a professional, he went on to find his place as a regular with NK Zagreb. During the following two seasons, he made a total of 51 domestic league appearances and scored a total of nine domestic league goals for the club, eight of which came during the 1999–2000 season.
Banović went on to leave Zagreb for German Bundesliga side Werder Bremen in the summer of 2000. He made his Bundesliga debut in Werder Bremen's 3–3 draw at home to Bayer Leverkusen on 14 October 2000, coming on as a substitute for Dieter Eilts in the 58th minute. He went on to make a total of 17 Bundesliga appearances in his first season with Bremen, without scoring any goals.
He eventually scored his first Bundesliga goal in his third league appearance of the 2001–2002 season, netting the opening goal in Bremen's 2–1 defeat at 1. FC Kaiserslautern on 9 September 2001. It was his only goal of the season, which he once again finished with a total of 17 Bundesliga appearances on his tally. He went on to make another 15 Bundesliga appearances during the following season in 2002–2003, scoring his second Bundesliga goal for Bremen in their 2–0 win at home to VfL Bochum on 8 March 2003.
However, he lost his place in the first team during the 2003–2004 season, only appearing in three Bundesliga matches that season. He did, however, score one more goal for the club's first team, netting their seventh goal in a 9–1 win at Ludwigsfelder FC in the first round of the German Cup. Although the club won the league that season, his contribution to the achievement was minimal, as all of his three Bundesliga appearances of the season came in the first five matches. His final appearance for Bremen's first team came in the German Cup in December 2003.
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