Ivan Stefanović

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| name = Ivan Stefanović

| image =

| full_name = Ivan Stefanović

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|08|09|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kruševac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia

| height = 1.81 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Napredak Kruševac

| years1 = 1995–1996

| clubs1 = Župa Aleksandrovac

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1996–2000

| clubs2 = Napredak Kruševac

| caps2 = 71

| goals2 = 14

| years3 = 2000–2001

| clubs3 = Obilić

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 2001–2002

| clubs4 = St. Gallen

| caps4 = 14

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2004–2005

| clubs5 = Napredak Kruševac

| caps5 = 6

| goals5 = 0

| totalcaps =

| totalgoals =

| manageryears1 = 2012–2019

| managerclubs1 = Napredak Kruševac (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2019–2020

| managerclubs2 = Napredak Kruševac

| manageryears3 = 2021

| managerclubs3 = Mladost Lučani

| manageryears4 = 2022

| managerclubs4 = Napredak Kruševac

| manageryears5 = 2024

| managerclubs5 = Napredak Kruševac

}}

Ivan Stefanović ({{Lang-sr-Cyrl|Иван Стефановић}}; born 9 August 1975) is a Serbian football manager and former player.

Playing career

Stefanović played for Napredak Kruševac and Obilić,{{Cite web | url=https://www.yumpu.com/xx/document/read/63658872/napredakkrusevacweb | title=FK Napredak Kruševac, 2020. | language=sr | publisher=yumpu.com | access-date=28 September 2021}} before transferring abroad to Swiss club St. Gallen in March 2001.

Managerial career

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.{{Cite web | url=https://krusevacgrad.rs/ivan-stefanovic-ipak-novi-trener-napretka/ | title=Ivan Stefanović ipak novi trener Napretka! | language=sr | publisher=krusevacgrad.rs | date=12 December 2019 | access-date=16 May 2024}}

In June 2021, Stefanović was appointed as manager of Serbian SuperLiga club Mladost Lučani.{{Cite web | url=https://fkmladostlucani.com/index.php/component/k2/item/710 | title=Plavo-beli otpočeli pripreme sa novim šefom stručnog štaba | language=sr | publisher=fkmladostlucani.com | date=17 June 2021 | access-date=28 September 2021}}