- Tomislav Ivković
Football player infobox
playername= Tomislav Ivković
fullname = Tomislav Ivković
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1960|8|11
cityofbirth =Zagreb
countryofbirth =SFR Yugoslavia (nowCroatia )
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position =Goalkeeper
years = 1978-1982
1982-1983
1983-1985
1985-1988
1988-1989
1989-1989
1989-1993
1993-1993
1993-1994
1994-1996
1996-1997
1997-1998
clubs =Dinamo Zagreb Dinamo Vinkovci Red Star Belgrade Tirol Innsbruck Wiener Sportclub Racing Genk Sporting CP GD Estoril-Praia
Vitória SetúbalBelenenses UD Salamanca C.F. Estrela da Amadora
caps(goals) =
nationalyears = 1983-1991
nationalteam = Yugoslavia
nationalcaps(goals) = 38 (0)
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ntupdate =Tomislav Ivković (born
August 11 ,1960 inZagreb ,SFR Yugoslavia ) is a retiredCroatia n footballgoalkeeper who also played in 38 international matches for the national team of former Yugoslavia between 1983 and 1991.He was born in
Zagreb and started his professional career playing forDinamo Zagreb in 1978. He moved to Dinamo Vinkovci in 1982, but soon changed his club by moving toRed Star Belgrade in 1983. In 1985, he transferred to his first foreign club as he joined Tirol Innsbruck fromAustria , where he played until 1988. After short spells withWiener Sportclub and Racing Genk, he went on to move to Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon in 1989 and continued to play for the club until 1993. He subsequently continued to play in Portugal for Estoril, Vitória Setúbal andBelenenses before going into retirement.With the Yugoslav national team, he participated at the Euro 1984 in
France , won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics inLos Angeles , and reached the quarterfinals of the1990 FIFA World Cup inItaly , where the team was defeated by Argentina in thepenalty shootout and Ivković himself became remembered for savingDiego Maradona 's kick. Ivković already saved a penalty from Maradona in the UEFA Cup earlier, when Sporting Lisboa played Napoli, and the two allegedly had a bet on the possible outcome of another penalty before their World Cup match, which Ivković won.He was the Croatian national team's goalkeeping coach between 2004 and 2006, but was replaced on this position by
Marijan Mrmić after Croatia's unsuccessful participation at the2006 FIFA World Cup finals inGermany . Currently Ivković is Assistant Manager inUnited Arab Emirates First division teamAl-Shaab
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