Ivan Stefanović

Ivan Stefanović
Personal information
Full name	Ivan Stefanović
Date of birth	9 August 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Kruševac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Napredak Kruševac
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1996	Župa Aleksandrovac
1996–2000	Napredak Kruševac
2000–2001	Obilić
2001–2002	St. Gallen
2004–2005	Napredak Kruševac
Managerial career
2012–2019	Napredak Kruševac (assistant)
2019–2020	Napredak Kruševac
2021	Mladost Lučani
2022	Napredak Kruševac
2024	Napredak Kruševac
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ivan Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Стефановић; born 9 August 1975) is a Serbian football manager and former player.

Playing career

Stefanović played for Napredak Kruševac and Obilić,^[1] before transferring abroad to Swiss club St. Gallen in March 2001.

In the summer of 2012, Stefanović became an assistant to Napredak Kruševac manager Nenad Milovanović. He later assisted Nenad Lalatović, Vuk Rašović, and Milorad Kosanović, among others. In December 2019, after the departure of Predrag Rogan, Stefanović was put in temporary charge of the team and led them to victories over Partizan and Mačva Šabac, before being given the position on a permanent basis.^[2]

In June 2021, Stefanović was appointed as manager of Serbian SuperLiga club Mladost Lučani.^[3]

^ "FK Napredak Kruševac, 2020" (in Serbian). yumpu.com. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
^ "Ivan Stefanović ipak novi trener Napretka!" (in Serbian). krusevacgrad.rs. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
^ "Plavo-beli otpočeli pripreme sa novim šefom stručnog štaba" (in Serbian). fkmladostlucani.com. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.