Ivica Senzen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ivan Senzen | ||
| Date of birth | 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 | |||
Ivan "Ivica" Senzen (born 4 May 1951 in Sisak) is a Croatian retired footballer.
Playing career[edit]
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[edit]
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 reins at HNK Tigar Rakitje in September 2017.[3]
Personal life[edit]
As of 2020, his son Ivica Senzen jr. also works at Dinamo as a youth coach.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "NK Dinamo Zagreb - nogometna škola (po uzrastima)". NK Dinamo Zagreb. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
- ^ Ivica Senzen novi trener Lukavca - velikagorica.com (in Croatian)
- ^ Ivica Senzen novi trener HNK Tigar Rakitje - zgprsten (in Croatian)
- ^ SENZEN PONOVNO U DINAMOVOJ ŠKOLI - GNK Dinamo (in Croatian)
External links[edit]
- Ivica Senzen at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Ivica Senzen at WorldFootball.net
- Ivica Senzen 1860 Munchen stats at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Ivica Senzen profile at DinamoInAustralia.com (in Croatian)
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Sisak
- Men's association football forwards
- Yugoslav men's footballers
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
- TSV 1860 Munich players
- FC Kärnten players
- NK Inter Zaprešić players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Bundesliga players
- Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in West Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Croatian football managers
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb non-playing staff