Ivica Senzen

Ivan "Ivica" Senzen (born 4 May 1951 in Sisak) is a Croatian retired footballer.

Ivica Senzen
Personal information
Full name Ivan Senzen
Date of birth (1951-05-04) 4 May 1951
Place of birth Sisak, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1967–1970 Metalac Sisak
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1979 Dinamo Zagreb 206 (29)
1979–1982 1860 Munich 82 (8)
1982–1986 Austria Klagenfurt
1986–1988 Jugokeramika Zaprešić
1988–1990 Radnik Velika Gorica
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

After beginning his career at his hometown club Metalac Sisak, Senzen was picked up by Dinamo Zagreb in 1970. Senzen spent the next nine years playing for the club, and had appeared in a total of 447 matches and scored 103 goals for the club (206 appearances and 29 goals in the Yugoslav First League), in a generation that featured other notable players such as Drago Vabec, Zlatko Kranjčar, and Velimir Zajec.

In 1979, he moved to Germany where he spent three seasons playing for 1860 Munich, and scored 8 goals in 82 appearances for the German side. He then moved on to Austria Klagenfurt, where he played between 1982 and 1986, before returning to Croatia and spending two years with Jugokeramika (later known as Inter Zaprešić) and then two years with Radnik Velika Gorica, before retiring in 1990.

Managerial career

After retiring from active football, Senzen turned to managing and coaching. He first worked at Radnik's youth academy for a year, before taking over as club's manager and winning promotion to Prva HNL in 1991. Between 1991 and 1999 he managed several Croatian clubs, before coming to Dinamo Zagreb in 1999 as assistant manager to Ilija Lončarević. Dinamo won the championship title that season, and Senzen stayed at the club working at Dinamo's academy.

He worked as a coach of the youngest age group at the Dinamo academy, the Zagići II (under-8 team) and occasionally does scouting for the club, bringing in youth players to Dinamo.[1]

In September 2015 he was named manager of NK Lukavac[2] and took the reigns at HNK Tigar Rakitje in September 2017.[3]

Personal life

As of 2020, his son Ivica Senzen jr. also works at Dinamo as a youth coach.[4]

References
  1. "NK Dinamo Zagreb - nogometna škola (po uzrastima)". NK Dinamo Zagreb. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  2. Ivica Senzen novi trener Lukavca - velikagorica.com (in Croatian)
  3. Ivica Senzen novi trener HNK Tigar Rakitje - zgprsten (in Croatian)
  4. SENZEN PONOVNO U DINAMOVOJ ŠKOLI - GNK Dinamo (in Croatian)

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