Ivo Šušak

{{short description|Croatian football manager}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ivo Šušak

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|6|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Široki Brijeg, Yugoslavia

| manageryears1 = 1988–1989 | managerclubs1 = Dinamo Vinkovci

| manageryears2 = 1989–1992 | managerclubs2 = Zagreb

| manageryears3 = 1992–1993 | managerclubs3 = Belvedur Izola

| manageryears4 = 1993–1995 | managerclubs4 = Osijek

| manageryears5 = 1995–1997 | managerclubs5 = Hrvatski Dragovoljac

| manageryears6 = 1997–2000 | managerclubs6 = Croatia U21

| manageryears7 = 2000–2001 | managerclubs7 = Maribor

| manageryears8 = 2002–2004 | managerclubs8 = Dinamo Tbilisi

| manageryears9 = 2003 | managerclubs9 = Georgia

| manageryears10 = 2005–2006 | managerclubs10 = Osijek

| manageryears11 = 2008–2009 | managerclubs11 = Mika

| manageryears12 = 2010 | managerclubs12 = Zagreb

| manageryears13 = 2011–2013 | managerclubs13 = Croatia U21

| manageryears14 = 2015 | managerclubs14 = Osijek

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Ivo Šušak (born 10 June 1948) is a Croatian football manager. He was the head coach of Dinamo Vinkovci, Zagreb, Osijek,{{cite web |author1=Portal Jutarnji.hr |title=Ivo Šušak ostaje trener Osijeka |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211194836/https://www.jutarnji.hr/ivo-susak-ostaje-trener-osijeka/151208/ |language=hr|website=jutarnji.hr |access-date=9 July 2020 |archive-date=11 February 2015 |date=16 August 2006|url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/ivo-susak-ostaje-trener-osijeka/151208/}} Maribor, and Dinamo Tbilisi.{{cite news | last =Chaduneli | first =Giorgi | title =Footballyer's Comeback Derailed |newspaper =Brosse Street Journal | date=4 May 2004 | url = http://www.bsj.ge/newspaper/2004/05/04/EplFyVuVluZUFTZuGH| access-date =21 November 2012 }} He was also the head coach of Croatia under-21 team and the Georgian national team.{{cite web |title=Ivo Šušak novi gruzijski junak |url=https://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/ivo-susak-novi-gruzijski-junak/135003.aspx |website=index.hr |access-date=9 July 2020 |language=hr |date=1 May 2003}}

Career

When managing Osijek in the 1994–1995 season, they qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history.[https://sportnet.hr/vijesti/287037/nogomet/ivo-susak-od-ponedjeljka-novi-trener-osijeka/ Ivo Šušak od ponedjeljka novi trener Osijeka] – SportNet {{in lang|hr}}

During the 2000–01 Slovenian PrvaLiga season he coached Maribor and won the league with the club, thus becoming the first foreign coach with the title of the Slovenian football champion.{{cite web |title=Hrvat se je z Mariborom v Ljubljani veselil v najbolj dramatičnem finišu vseh časov|author=Rok Viškovič|url=https://siol.net/sportal/nogomet/hrvat-se-je-z-mariborom-v-ljubljani-veselil-v-najbolj-dramaticnem-zakljucku-vseh-casov-416623 |website=siol.net |publisher=Siol |access-date=9 July 2020 |language=sl |date=6 May 2016}} He has also won a Georgian championship and cup with Dinamo Tbilisi. He won the CIS Cup in Moscow with Dinamo Tbilisi in 2004. In May 2010, he replaced Igor Štimac as manager of NK Zagreb, his third spell at the club.[https://www.vecernji.hr/sport/ivo-susak-novi-je-trener-zagreba-147416 Ivo Šušak novi je trener Zagreba] – Vecernji {{in lang|hr}}

In February 2015, he was announced manager of Osijek for a third time as well.[https://nk-osijek.hr/vijesti/73/ivo-susak-novi-trener-nk-osijeka/ IVO ŠUŠAK NOVI TRENER NK OSIJEKA] – NK Osijek {{in lang|hr}}

Honours

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