Igor Pamić

Igor Pamić (born 19 November 1969) is a Croatian former professional footballer and manager.

Igor Pamić
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-11-19) 19 November 1969
Place of birth Žminj, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
Pazinka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 Istra Pula 34 (12)
1993–1994 Pazinka 23 (18)
1994–1995 Croatia Zagreb 28 (10)
1995–1996 Osijek 25 (17)
1996–1997 Sochaux 29 (10)
1997–1998 Hansa Rostock 37 (13)
1999–2002 Grazer AK 66 (23)
Total 242 (103)
National team
1996–1998 Croatia 5 (1)
Teams managed
2002–2003 Žminj
2004–2005 Pula 1856
2006–2007 Žminj
2007–2011 Karlovac
2011–2015 Istra 1961
2016–2017 Koper
2017–2018 Hrvatski Dragovoljac
2018–2019 OFK Titograd
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He made five appearances for the Croatia national team during his playing career.

Playing career

He was born in the village of Žminj in Istria and started his professional career at the club Istra Pula in early 1992. He left the club after two seasons for Dinamo Zagreb, where he spent another two seasons before moving to Osijek in July 1995. After one season with Osijek, he moved abroad by signing with French club Sochaux in July 1996. He scored a total of 57 goals in five seasons of playing in the Croatian First League.[1]

He made his debut for the Croatian national team in a friendly match against Hungary on 10 April 1996 in Osijek and also managed to score his first and only international goal in this match. He was subsequently also part of the Croatian squad at the UEFA Euro 1996 finals in England, but made only one appearance at the tournament by playing the first half of the final group match against Portugal. He subsequently appeared in only two more matches for the Croatian national team, playing as a substitute in a 1996 friendly against Morocco as well as in the Croatian team's first UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier against the Republic of Ireland on 5 September 1998. In all, he won a total of five international caps and scored one goal for Croatia.[2]

At club level, he left Sochaux in June 1997 after one season of playing for the club and went on to sign with German Bundesliga side Hansa Rostock. In a season and half of playing for Hansa, Pamić appeared in a total of 37 Bundesliga matches and managed to score 13 goals for the club in the league. With the beginning of the year 1999, he transferred to Austrian Bundesliga side Grazer AK and continued to play for the club before he finished his career as a player in the autumn of 2001, playing his last league match on 21 October 2001 against Rapid Wien. In two half-seasons and two entire seasons of playing for GAK, he appeared in a total of 66 Bundesliga matches and scored 23 goals.

Managerial career

Shortly after retiring from football as a player, Pamić started his managerial career in the sport. He was the head coach of Croatian Third League side NK Žminj in 2002 and 2003, going on to move to Croatian Second League side NK Pula in early 2004, helping them to clinch promotion to the Croatian First League for the 2004–05 season.

Pamić left Pula in the winter break of the 2005–06 season and returned to Žminj in 2006, spending a season with the club. In 2007, he was appointed head coach at Karlovac, with whom he clinched promotion to the Croatian First League in 2009.

Personal life

His sons Zvonko and Alen[3] are also a professional football players. His son Alen died in June 2013.[4]

Career statistics

As a player

[5] [6]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Croatia League Croatian Cup Super Cup Europe Total
1992NK IstraPrva HNL11530––--145
1992–9323731––--268
1993–94Croatia Zagreb1010––1030
NK Pazinka231810––--2418
1994–95Croatia Zagreb27107320213813
1995–96NK Osijek251730--203017
France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Europe Total
1996–97SochauxDivision 229100010--3010
Germany League DFB-Pokal DFL-Supercup Europe Total
1997–98Hansa RostockBundesliga27710----287
1998–9910610--21287
Austria League ÖFB-Cup Austrian Super Cup Europe Total
1998–99Grazer AKAustrian Bundesliga11110----287
1999–0024942--413212
2000–0128144211313718
2001–024010--1060
CountryCroatia 11057184205113562
France 29100010--3010
Germany 37132000214114
Austria 662310411828530
Total 24210330641154291114

International appearances and goals

[7]

Croatia national team
YearAppsGoals
199641
199700
199810
Total51

Managerial statistics
As of 22 May 2018[8]
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
NK Žminj 2002 2003 30 20 2 8 066.67
NK Pula 1856 July 2004 October 2006 46 9 18 19 019.57
NK Karlovac July 2007 March 2011 123 69 24 30 056.10
NK Istra 1961 March 2011 October 2015 173 55 49 69 031.79
FC Koper October 2016 June 2017 24 6 12 6 025.00
NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac July 2017 May 2018 33 8 10 15 024.24
Total 429 167 115 147 038.93

Honours

Player
Croatia Zagreb
Grazer AK

Manager
NK Žminj
NK Karlovac

References
  1. "Igor Pamić" (in Croatian). hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. Igor Pamić at the Croatian Football Federation
  3. "Zvonko Pamic signs". Bayer 04 Leverkusen. 15 April 2010.
  4. "Former Croatian Youth International Alen Pamic (23) Tragically Dies". CroatiaWeek. 22 June 2013.
  5. "Igor Pamić statistics". povijest.gnkdinamo.hr. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  6. "Igor Pamić". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  7. "Igor Pamić national team statistics". hns-cff.hrr. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  8. "Igor Pamić Managerial statistics in Prva HNL". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
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