Tomislav Sivić

Tomislav Sivić (Serbian Cyrillic: Томислав Сивић; born 29 August 1966) is a Serbian football coach and former player.

Tomislav Sivić
Sivić in 2009
Personal information
Full nameTomislav Sivić
Date of birth (1966-08-29) 29 August 1966 (age 57)
Place of birthSubotica, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Železničar Pančevo (manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1990Bačka Subotica
1992–1993Spartak Subotica18(1)
1995HK12(3)
1996VB15(4)
1997–1999B3635(6)
2000–200129(3)
Total109+(17+)
Managerial career
1996VB (player-manager)
1997–1999B36 (player-manager)
2000–2001 (player-manager)
2004Serbia and Montenegro U17
2004Serbia and Montenegro U21 (caretaker)
2005Smederevo
2006Voždovac
2006–2007Spartak Subotica
2007–2009Kecskemét
2010Serbia U19
2010Serbia U21 (caretaker)
2010–2011Kecskemét
2012Hajduk Kula
2012–2013Paks
2013–2015Diósgyőr
2015–2016Serbia U21
2016–2017Mezőkövesd
2019Paks
2020–2021Tisa Adorjan
2022Novi Pazar
2022Radnički Niš
2022–2023Železničar Pančevo
2023Mladost Lučani
2023–2024Mladost Lučani
2024–Železničar Pančevo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Between 1988 and 1990, Sivić spent two seasons with Bačka Subotica in the Vojvodina League,[1] the fourth tier of Yugoslav football. He would later play for Spartak Subotica during the 1992–93 First League of FR Yugoslavia.

In 1995, Sivić played for HK in Iceland.[2] He subsequently moved to the Faroe Islands, serving as player-manager for several clubs.[3][4]

Managerial career

In January 2005, Sivić was appointed as manager of Smederevo.[5] He resigned from his position in early November after three consecutive losses.[6] In June 2006, Sivić took charge of Voždovac,[7] but left the club after just two months due to poor results early in the season.[8]

On 31 July 2015, Sivić was named as manager of the Serbia under-21s.[9] He managed to qualify the team for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship via the play-offs.[10] However, on 26 December 2016, it was announced that Sivić left his position due to "private reasons",[11] only to take over as manager of Hungarian club Mezőkövesd the following day.[12]

Personal life

Sivić was born to a Bunjevac father and a Hungarian mother in Subotica, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia). He obtained Hungarian citizenship in 2012.[13]

References