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Ivan Gudelj (born 21 September 1960) is a Croatian former football midfielder who represented Yugoslavia.

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Ivan Gudelj

Personal information
Full name	Ivan Gudelj
Date of birth	(1960-09-21) 21 September 1960 (age 61)
Place of birth	Imotski, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1975–1976	NK Mračaj
1976–1979	Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1986	Hajduk Split	180	(38)
National team
1980–1986	Yugoslavia	33	(3)
Teams managed
	Croatia U-16
	Uskok
1993	Zadar
	NK Dubrovnik
	Vorwärts Steyr
2005–2013	Croatia U-17
2005–2006	Hajduk Split
2013–2014	Croatia U-19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Zmijavci-bred Gudelj started his player career in a club from the neighbouring village of Runovići — NK Mračaj. There, he was coached by Marinko Boban, the father of future football star Zvonimir Boban. A few years later, Gudelj went to play for Hajduk Split, for which he played in the 1976-1986 period. He quickly marked himself out as a dependable and elegant defensive midfielder, earning the moniker "Beckenbauer from Zmijavci" in the Yugoslav press.

The rising career of a new European football star ended suddenly. Gudelj was forced to end his career cause of health problems, more specifically, hepatitis B. The twenty-six-year-old played his last game against Red Star Belgrade in Split on 23 September 1986 at the start of the 1986-87 league season. His precontract with Girondins de Bordeaux has never been realized.

International career

Youth

In 1979, eighteen-year-old Gudelj had a busy summer.

First, in June 1979, he played for Yugoslavia at the UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship in Vienna, leading his country to the championship trophy, beating Bulgaria in the final. Gudelj got named the tournament's best player.

Later that summer in August 1979, Gudelj made the Yugoslavia squad that participated at the FIFA World Youth Championship held in Japan. Playing in a tough group featuring Argentina with 18-year-old Diego Maradona, Yugoslavia failed to progress to the next stage.

Full squad

Gudelj's excellent outings for the national youth team drew the attention national team head coach Miljan Miljanić who called Gudelj up for the full squad the following year.

He made his senior debut for Yugoslavia in a September 1980 World Cup qualification match away against Luxembourg, coming on as a 85th-minute substitute for Zoran Vujović, and Gudelj quickly became Miljanić's favourite who soon made him the national team captain at the age of 21. In the end, Gudelj made 33 national team appearances, scoring three goals. He was a participant in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and Euro 1984. Because of his excellent games, French magazine L’Équipe put him on their list of ideal team of 1982 World Cup. His final international was a May 1986 friendly match away against Belgium.[1]

He was also named the Yugoslav Footballer of the Year in 1982.

Managerial career

He began his coaching career in 1990. As a coach, he led Croatian priests' national team and Croatian cadets national team. With the latter, he won the bronze medal in the Eurochamps 2001 in England (generation of Niko Kranjčar).

Later, he led various clubs. He made it with Primorac from Stobreč, bringing it to Croatian top league. He also led Uskok from Klis, Zadar, Dubrovnik, Austrian club Vorwärts from Steyr and Hajduk (in 2005). He is currently the manager of the Croatia U17 National Team and successfully led them to a 4th-place finish in the 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in Italy.

Personal life

Born in the town of Imotski, he grew up in the nearby village of Zmijavci. As a child, Ivan Gudelj thought about becoming a priest.

Also during childhood, he was an extra in the TV series Prosjaci i sinovi, made after the novel of Ivan Raos and filmed in Gudelj's home village Zmijavci. He was distinguishing from other kids in the escape scene, because Ivan Gudelj was - the fastest.

Honours

Player

Hajduk Split

• Yugoslav Cup: 1983–84

References

External links

• Ivan Gudelj at FIFA (archived)
• Ivan Gudelj at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ivan Gudelj at WorldFootball.net
• Ivan Gudelj at Olympedia
• Željko Rogošić (26 September 2005). "Ivan Gudelj - trener reprezentacija svećenika i kadeta na klupi Hajduka" [Ivan Gudelj - coach to teams of priests and cadets in Hajduk]. Nacional (in Croatian). No. 515. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
• Radio-Imotski Ivane sretno!!! (in Croatian)
• Article in Slobodna Dalmacija Nogometni univerzalac (in Croatian)
• Imotski portal Memorijal Ante Bruno Bušić u Vinjanima (in Croatian)
• Serbian national football team website (in Serbian)

На других языках

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- [en] Ivan Gudelj

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[fr] Ivan Gudelj

Ivan Gudelj (né le 21 septembre 1960 à Zmijancim) est un footballeur croate et yougoslave qui évoluait au poste de milieu de terrain. Il compte 33 sélections et 3 buts en équipe de Yougoslavie entre 1980 et 1986. Il a disputé la coupe du monde 1982 et le Championnat d'Europe des nations 1984.

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[it] Ivan Gudelj

Ivan Gudelj (Imoschi, 21 aprile 1960) è un ex calciatore e allenatore di calcio jugoslavo dal 1991 croato.

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[ru] Гудель, Иван

Иван Гудель (хорв. Ivan Gudelj, родился 21 сентября 1960 в Имотски) — югославский хорватский футболист и футбольный тренер, игравший на позиции полузащитника.

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