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| Full name | Ivica Mornar | ||
| Date of birth | 12 January 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Split, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1991–1995 | Hajduk Split | 79 | (26) |
| 1995–1996 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 19 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Sevilla | 11 | (2) |
| 1997–1998 | Ourense | 28 | (8) |
| 1998–2001 | Standard Liège | 127 | (47) |
| 2001–2004 | Anderlecht | 59 | (24) |
| 2004–2006 | Portsmouth | 10 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | → Rennes (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| Total | 327 | (101) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1994–1995 | Croatia U-21[1] | 5 | (1) |
| 1994–2004 | Croatia | 22 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August 2006. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ivica Mornar (born 12 January 1974) is a retired Croatian footballer. He was born in Split.
Mornar began his career with Hajduk Split before going on to play for Eintracht Frankfurt, Sevilla, CD Ourense, Standard Liège, Anderlecht and Portsmouth.
The striker was a regular member of the Croatian national team in Euro 2004.
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[edit] Club career
Mornar had enjoyed UEFA Champions League football in the months prior to his move to Fratton Park, scoring in a 1-1 draw at home to Bayern Munich.
The player was offered a new two-year contract by Anderlecht, but opted to move across the English channel to Portsmouth. He moved to the Premiership at the end of January 2004 for £500,000, signing a two-and-half-year deal.
Mornar made his Pompey debut in a goalless draw at home to Wolves, and looked lively. He then bagged his first and only goal in the next game against Spurs.[2] A performance that earned Mornar the 'Swan d'Or', a celebrated Croatian sporting award.
However, Mornar failed to recreate his previous form at Portsmouth. Seemingly out of the picture at Portsmouth, he was loaned to Stade Rennais FC for the 2004/05 season, with then Pompey manager Harry Redknapp saying he would allow Mornar to be sold upon his return. Although it appeared Mornar was in new boss Alain Perrin's plans for the 2005/06 campaign, he was thwarted by hamstring injuries throughout the season. Upon the return of Harry Redknapp as manager in December 2005 it looked as though Mornar's contract would be allowed to expire the next Summer. However, it transpired that there was a clause in his contract guaranteeing him a further year at the club should relegation be avoided and he remained a Portsmouth player, until September 2006 when his contract with the club was cancelled by mutual consent.
[edit] Career statistics
[edit] National team
Mornar has 22 caps for Croatia and has scored 1 goal for his country.
[edit] International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 01. | 20 August 2003 | Portman Road, Ipswich, England |  England |
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[edit] References
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This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (May 2011) |
- ^ Croatian football federation: statistics
- ^ "Tottenham 4-3 Portsmouth". BBC. 7 February 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3447475.stm. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
[edit] External links
- Ivica Mornar Profile at FootballDatabase
- Profile at Hrrepka
- Archive of Hajduk's matches
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Croatian footballers
- Croatia international footballers
- Eintracht Frankfurt players
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- Standard Liège players
- Premier League players
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- HNK Hajduk Split players
- La Liga footballers
- Sevilla FC footballers
- Stade Rennais F.C. players
- CD Ourense footballers
- UEFA Euro 2004 players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Ligue 1 players
- Prva HNL players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Croatian expatriate footballers
- People from Split, Croatia
