Ivica Olic

Ivica Olic (height - 182 cm, weight - 85 kg) - a former footballer, and now the coach of the Croatian national team, does not hide that he loves football and his family equally well. For the first senior match for the national team, in which the striker scored the winning goal, the man put on a jersey with a photo of his newborn son. The man coordinated all transitions to new teams with his family, which is not at all ashamed.

Ivica was born on January 14, 1979 in the village of Davor, located in the eastern part of Croatia. The boy's early years fell on the time of the war. Olic's house was located near the habitat of the Serbs, who were loyal to the villagers.

The family always lacked finances. Mother, father and Ivica lived on the money earned by the older brother of the future football player.

The growing boy had nothing to occupy himself with, so the teenager spent his free time on the football field. Ivica lacked knowledge and skills, but the speed that Olic developed allowed him to gain a foothold in the Poshavak youth football club.

In 1996, the athlete leaves his native village and moves to Slavonski Brod, where he starts playing for the youth "Marsonia", who signed the first professional contract with the player.

In parallel with the move, another good news breaks into Olic's biography - the striker is invited to the youth national team of Croatia. In total, the athlete will play for the national team (both youth and senior) for 18 years.

After 2 years, the promising player was bought by the German club "Hertha", but Olic is not holding on to his new position. The coaching staff of the new team immediately understands that Ivica lacks playing practice, so a year later the footballer returns to his already native Marsonia.

The failure in the German club hurt the athlete's vanity, and Olic throws all his strength into proving his own abilities to others. Efforts are not in vain. A footballer progressing with incredible speed is invited to Zagreb.

In 2002, after the Croatian championship, where Ivica's new team took gold, the scouts of Dynamo Kiev and CSKA became interested in the player. In the battle for the talented striker, the latter won, and Olic moved to Russia, which frightened the young man with its unknown and constant Moscow traffic jams.

Over the next 4 years, the Croatian footballer has established himself as a true professional. The fans of the club loved the new player for his performance. Even a nose fracture received shortly before the 2005 UEFA Cup could not stop Olic. The athlete insisted on entering the field in the starting lineup. Ivica's only concession was a special mask that protected the man's face from repeated injury.

In 2007, the striker himself expressed a desire to leave the team. Football analysts argued that the decision was dictated by heightened competition within the team. The footballer himself claimed that his wife persuaded him to move, who wanted to move closer to her relatives.

The next round of Olic's sports career was Hamburg. In the 2 years that the man will spend in the new club, the team will get out of a difficult situation and firmly settle in the middle of the tournament table. The goals scored by the Croatian striker will help a lot in this.

In 2009, the player received a tempting offer from Bayern Munich. The first season for the new club secured the leader's place for the player, but a knee injury significantly weakened the player's position. The athlete was less likely to be released on the field, and the ensuing thigh injury in the match with Hamburg left Olic in the reserve for a long time.

In April 2012, there were rumors among sports journalists that Ivica intends to move to Lazio. But the gossip turned out to be unfounded. In fact, the footballer signed a contract with Wolfsburg. After recovering from injury, the striker showed his best form and twice received the title of the team's top scorer in 2 years.

From the first days Olic set himself a high bar, which he adhered to until 2016, until he moved to Munich 1860. Before that, Ivica briefly returned to Hamburg (January 2015 - summer 2016) - the club again faced a crisis and the coaching staff strengthened the team with a proven player.

In June 2017, Ivica Olic officially retired from his football career, announcing his decision at a press conference. Three months later, it became known that the former athlete was appointed one of the coaches of the Croatian national team, which went to the 2018 World Cup in Russia and won silver medals, leaving only France behind.

The athlete met his future wife in 1998. At that moment, Ivica was training in Berlin, where he met Natalie. Sympathy between the young people struck up immediately. For the sake of his beloved, the footballer even began to learn German (Natalie is a native German).

A year later, Olic moved back to Croatia, and after a couple of months, unable to bear the separation, Natalie flew in for the man. Soon the wedding took place. A happy family is raising 3 children: Luco, Antonio and Laura. The boys, like their father, decided to connect their lives with football and are already training in European youth teams.

On July 9, a video appeared on the Internet in which the Croatian national team player Domagoj Vida drinks alcohol and shouts: “Glory to Ukraine! Burn Belgrade! " After these words, the camera snatches Olic, who is sitting next to him. It is not known when the appeal was removed, but anonymous users claim that this is how the Croatian national team celebrated the victory over the Russian national team.

The video instantly spread between Twitter and Instagram users. In a short time, FIFA analyzed the video and decided not to punish the player and the coach. It was found that the footballer's phrase calls on the fans and his friends, who are gathering in the Kiev restaurant "Belgrade", to celebrate the team's victory in an incendiary manner. However, the footage was the second provocative video to hit the Internet after Croatia's victory over Russia.

A couple of days after the scandal, the final match for the championship in the world championship took place. In an interview following the French victory, Ivica said he was dissatisfied with the referee's decision. The referee undeservedly awarded a penalty kick to Croatia and thus determined the outcome of the match. The man is sure that the decision was dictated more by political motives than sports.

2001/02 - Top scorer of the Croatian national team 2002 - Football player of the year in Croatia 2002/03 - Top scorer of the Croatian national team 2003 - Football player of the year in Croatia 2003 - Second in the list of "33 best football players of the Russian championship" 2003 - Silver Horseshoe Award 2004 - Second in the list of "33 best football players of the Russian championship" 2004 - Russian Super Cup 2004/05 - Russian Cup 2005/06 - Russian Cup 2006 - Russian Super Cup 2009/10 - German Cup 2010 - German Super Cup

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