Ivica Brzić

Ivan "Ivica" Brzić (28 May 1941 – 2 June 2014) was a Serbian football player and manager, the majority of whose playing career was spent with FK Vojvodina. He was also a member of the Yugoslavia squad that reached the final of 1968 European Championship.[1]

Ivica Brzić

Personal information
Full name	Ivan Brzić
Date of birth	(1941-05-28)28 May 1941
Place of birth	Újvidék, Kingdom of Hungary
Date of death	2 June 2014(2014-06-02) (aged 73)
Place of death	Novi Sad, Serbia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1964	Novi Sad
1964	Željezničar
1965–1972	Vojvodina
1972–1974	Donawitzer SV Alpine
1974–1977	SK VÖEST Linz
National team
1966	Yugoslavia	1	(0)
Teams managed
1977	SK VÖEST Linz
1978–1979	Vojvodina
1980–1981	DSV Leoben
1983–1986	Osasuna
1987–1988	Vojvodina
1988–1989	Real Mallorca
1989–1990	Rad
1990–1991	Vojvodina
1991–1993	Universitario de Deportes
1994	Blooming
1994–1995	Alianza Lima
1995–1996	Real Oviedo
1996	Hércules CF
1997	Universitario de Deportes
1999	Sport Boys
2001	Alianza Lima
2007–2008	Vojvodina
Honours Men's Football Representing  Yugoslavia European Championship 1968 Italy Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He was born during World War II in the city of Novi Sad that had been annexed months before his birth by the Kingdom of Hungary (that participated in the Nazi invasion of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in early April 1941), Brzić's early life was spent under foreign military occupation.

He came up through all age levels in FK Vojvodina, but his senior career began with Sarajevo's FK Željezničar where he spent the first half of 1964-65 season. In December 1964, he returned to Vojvodina where he played next 8 seasons until summer 1972. He was an integral member of the squad that won the Yugoslav League in 1965-66 season. He transferred to Austrian Bundesliga where he played for Donawitzer SV Alpine and SK VÖEST Linz, where he began his coaching career.[2]

In late September 2007 Brzić was named as new coach of FK Vojvodina after Milovan Rajevac resigned on 17 September 2007.[3]

On 29 May 2008, it was announced that FK Vojvodina would not be extending his contract.[4] On 4 June, six days later, it was announced that Dragoljub Bekvalac would be succeeding him on Vojvodina's bench.[5]