Tomislav Sivić

Tomislav Sivić (Serbian Cyrillic: Томислав Сивић; born 29 August 1966) is a Serbian football coach and former player.

Tomislav Sivić

Sivić in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Tomislav Sivić
Date of birth	(1966-08-29) 29 August 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Subotica, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1990	Bačka Subotica
1992–1993	Spartak Subotica	18	(1)
1995	HK	12	(3)
1996	VB	15	(4)
1997–1999	B36	35	(6)
2000–2001	KÍ	29	(3)
Total		109+	(17+)
Managerial career
1996	VB (player-manager)
1997–1999	B36 (player-manager)
2000–2001	KÍ (player-manager)
2004	Serbia and Montenegro U17
2004	Serbia and Montenegro U21 (caretaker)
2005	Smederevo
2006	Voždovac
2006–2007	Spartak Subotica
2007–2009	Kecskemét
2010	Serbia U19
2010	Serbia U21 (caretaker)
2010–2011	Kecskemét
2012	Hajduk Kula
2012–2013	Paks
2013–2015	Diósgyőr
2015–2016	Serbia U21
2016–2017	Mezőkövesd
2019	Paks
2020–2021	Tisa Adorjan
2022	Novi Pazar
2022	Radnički Niš
2022–2023	Železničar Pančevo
2023	Mladost Lučani
2023–2024	Mladost Lučani
2024	Železničar Pančevo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Between 1988 and 1990, Sivić spent two seasons with Bačka Subotica in the Vojvodina League,^[1] the fourth tier of Yugoslav football. He would later play for Spartak Subotica during the 1992–93 First League of FR Yugoslavia.

In 1995, Sivić played for HK in Iceland.^[2] He subsequently moved to the Faroe Islands, serving as player-manager for several clubs.^[3][4]

Managerial career

In January 2005, Sivić was appointed as manager of Smederevo.^[5] He resigned from his position in early November after three consecutive losses.^[6] In June 2006, Sivić took charge of Voždovac,^[7] but left the club after just two months due to poor results early in the season.^[8]

On 31 July 2015, Sivić was named as manager of the Serbia under-21s.^[9] He managed to qualify the team for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship via the play-offs.^[10] However, on 26 December 2016, it was announced that Sivić left his position due to "private reasons",^[11] only to take over as manager of Hungarian club Mezőkövesd the following day.^[12]

Personal life

Sivić was born to a Bunjevac father and a Hungarian mother in Subotica, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia). He obtained Hungarian citizenship in 2012.^[13]

References

1. "Lučonoše Jugoslovenskog fudbala" (in Serbian). issuu.com. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
2. "Sivic Tomislav" (in Icelandic). ksi.is. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
3. "Tomislav Sivic" (in Faroese). faroesoccer.com. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
4. "Tomislav Sivic" (in Faroese). faroesoccer.com. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
5. "Sivić novi trener Smedereva" (in Serbian). b92.net. 9 January 2005. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
6. "Smederevo: Ostavka Tomislava Sivića" (in Serbian). b92.net. 2 November 2005. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
7. "Sivić u Voždovcu, Ivanović u Smederevu" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 17 June 2006. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
8. "Jevrić umesto Sivića na klupi Voždovca" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 28 August 2006. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
9. "Paunović ostaje u FSS-u, Sivić selektor mladih" (in Serbian). rts.rs. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
10. "Mlada reprezentacija Srbije se plasirala na EP" (in Serbian). politika.rs. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
11. "Sivić sam otišao iz privatnih razloga" (in Serbian). b92.net. 26 December 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
12. "Sivić se brzo snašao – vratio se u komšiluk" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
13. "Szivics magyar állampolgár lett" (in Hungarian). rangado.24.hu. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

External links

• Tomislav Sivić at WorldFootball.net