Ivan Leko
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 February 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Split, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Antwerp | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–2001 | Hajduk Split | 143 | (33) |
| 1996 | → HNK Trogir (loan) | 7 | (3) |
| 2001–2005 | Málaga | 79 | (4) |
| 2005 | Hajduk Split | 14 | (3) |
| 2005–2009 | Club Brugge | 98 | (21) |
| 2009 | → Germinal Beerschot (loan) | 30 | (4) |
| 2009–2014 | Lokeren | 122 | (12) |
| Total | 493 | (80) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1993–1994 | Croatia U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 1993 | Croatia U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Croatia U18 | 3 | (1) |
| 1994–1995 | Croatia U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 1998 | Croatia U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 1994–2000 | Croatia U21 | 21 | (5) |
| 2001 | Croatia B | 1 | (0) |
| 1999–2006 | Croatia | 13 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014 | Oud-Heverlee Leuven | ||
| 2015–2016 | PAOK (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Sint-Truiden | ||
| 2017–2019 | Club Brugge | ||
| 2019 | Al-Ain | ||
| 2020– | Antwerp | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 March 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2006 | |||
Ivan Leko (born 7 February 1978) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Belgian First Division A club Antwerp.
Club career
Leko started his career with his hometown club Hajduk Split and played there for several seasons before moving to Spain to join Málaga CF. In his early senior years, he was loaned to HNK Trogir.[1]
In January 2005, Leko returned for a brief stint with Hajduk; in the summer he joined Club Brugge. On 15 January 2009, he decided to sign a contract for K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot. After his spell at the Antwerp side, he went on with his career at K.S.C. Lokeren.
International career
Leko made 13 appearances for the Croatia national football team,[2] and was called up to the squad to participate in the 2006 World Cup, but played no part in the tournament, as Croatia exited in the group stage.
Managerial career
Leko made his debut as a manager in 2014, with Oud-Heverlee Leuven, but he managed club for a season.
In 2015 he became an assistant manager of Greek side PAOK FC under the coaching staff of Croatian manager Igor Tudor, who was sacked in 2016. A one-season, 2016–17, he managed Sint-Truidense V.V. and the next two seasons, 2017–18 and 2018–19, Leko was the manager of Club Brugge. He celebrated Jupiler Pro League and Belgian Super Cup in his first season in Brugge. Also, Leko won the title of Professional Manager of the Year. In October 2018 Belgian police interrogated him for corruption investigation.[3]
On 1 June 2019, he was appointed at his new club, Al Ain.
On 20 May 2020, Leko was appointed the manager of Royal Antwerp.[4]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 8 August 2020[5]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| OH Leuven | 
|
26 February 2014 | 28 November 2014 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 50.00 |
| Sint-Truiden |
|
1 July 2016 | 8 June 2017 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 36.36 |
| Club Brugge |
|
8 June 2017 | 2 June 2019 | 99 | 53 | 24 | 22 | 53.54 |
| Al-Ain | 
|
2 June 2019 | 21 December 2019 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 52.94 |
| Antwerp |
|
20 May 2020 | Present | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Total | 194 | 95 | 45 | 54 | 48.97 | |||
Honours
Player
Hajduk Split
Málaga
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2002
Club Brugge
- Belgian Cup: 2006–07
- Belgian Supercup: 2005
Lokeren
Manager
Club Brugge
Antwerp
Individual
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Mamrud, Roberto (16 July 2009). "Croatia – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
- ^ "Club Brugge coach Ivan Leko interrogated by Belgian police for corruption investigation". total-croatia-news.com. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ^ "IVAN LEKO KOMENDE 2 SEIZOENEN HOOFDTRAINER VAN RAFC!". royalantwerpfc.be (in Dutch). 20 May 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ "Ivan Leko career sheet". footballdatabase. footballdatabase. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ TOM VAN AKEN (13 May 2018). "Club kampioen na een punt in Luik". sport.be. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
External links
- Ivan Leko at the Croatian Football Federation
- Ivan Leko at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ivan Leko at Croatian Football Statistics (national team profile) (archived) (in Croatian)
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Croatian footballers
- Croatia youth international footballers
- Croatia under-21 international footballers
- Croatia international footballers
- Croatian expatriate footballers
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- La Liga players
- HNK Hajduk Split players
- HNK Trogir players
- Málaga CF players
- Club Brugge KV players
- Beerschot A.C. players
- K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players
- Sportspeople from Split, Croatia
- Croatian First Football League players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Croatian football managers
- Croatian expatriate football managers
- Oud-Heverlee Leuven managers
- PAOK FC non-playing staff
- Sint-Truidense V.V. managers
- Club Brugge KV head coaches
- Association football midfielders