Ivan Budinčević

Ivan Budinčević (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Будинчевић; born 7 July 1955) is a Yugoslav retired football goalkeeper most remembered for his professional spell with Hajduk Split.

Ivan Budinčević
Personal information
Full name Ivan Budinčević
Date of birth (1955-07-07) 7 July 1955
Place of birth Subotica, PR Serbia,
FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Bačka Subotica
(Goalkeeper coach)
Youth career
Bačka Subotica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1973 Bačka Subotica
1973–1976 Spartak Subotica
1976–1980 Hajduk Split 44 (0)
1980–1983 Olimpija Ljubljana 48 (0)
1983–1988 Dinamo Vinkovci 97 (0)
1991– Obilić Novi Kneževac
Radnički Bajmok
Zorka Subotica
0000–2000 Aleksa Šantić
Managerial career
Bačka Subotica (Gk coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

He began his career in his home city with the Bačka Subotica and continued with the biggest local club Spartak, where he attracted the attention of the media and of the leading Yugoslav clubs, so he went to Hajduk Split. At the beginning he was a substitute to Ivan Katalinić, but later he became the first choice keeper, winning the title in the season 1978–79.

After Hajduk, he was playing with NK Olimpija Ljubljana and Dinamo Vinkovci[1] until a life-threatening injury suffered during a game has interrupted his career at the age 33. However, three years later, the economic hardship and a need to make a living for his family has forced him to resume the goal-keeping, so he played with low-level clubs in Northern Serbia until age of 45.

After retiring, he became the goalkeeper coach in his first club Bačka. He was also the administrator of the "Croats of Serbia" team at the 2016 EUROPEADA games.[2]

Coaching career

At the second "European Championship of the Croatian Minorities" held in Split 2009, he was the manager of the team of the Croatian Minority in Vojvodina, gaining the third place.[3] He was also technical director[4] of the team at Europeada 2012 (The Football Tournament of the Autochthonous National Minorities in Europe), held in Upper Lusatia, Germany (16–24 June 2012), where they also have reached the third place.[5]

Honours
Hajduk Split

References
  1. Stats from YUgoslav First and Second League at B92
  2. Croats from Serbia at europeada2016.eu
  3. Croatian Wikipedia article
  4. "Završeno drugo Europsko prvenstvo manjina u Njemačkoj", Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina, 26 February 2014 (in Croatian)
  5. Europeada 2012 Tournament Results, 26 February 2014
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