Ive Sulentic

John Ive Sulentic, also known as Ive Sulentic or Johnny Sulentic (born 24 December 1979) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who last played for Croatia SC and is currently the technical director for the Port Moody Soccer Club.

Johnny Sulentic
Personal information
Full name John Ive Sulentic
Date of birth (1979-12-24) 24 December 1979
Place of birth Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Port Moody Soccer Club (Technical Director)
Youth career
Matthew McNair Secondary School
– Edwardsville High School
– Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2005 Vancouver Whitecaps 110 (30)
2005–2006 FC St. Pauli 24 (2)
2006–2007 Vancouver Whitecaps 0 (0)
2008–2009 Croatia SC
National team‡
1998 Canada U20 1 (0)
2000 Canada U23 1 (0)
2004–2005 Canada 2 (0)
Teams managed
2008 Euro Pro Football Academy
2009– Mountain WFC (U-12 Boys Head Coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 December 2009
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 December 2009

Early life

Sulentic attended Matthew McNair Secondary School and Edwardsville High School.

Club career

He began his professional career in 1999 with Vancouver Whitecaps. He broke the USL assist record in his rookie year, with 19[1] helpers. In 2001, he became Vancouver's all-time assist leader[2] in the post CSL era. In 2002 Sulentic had two trials with Dinamo Zagreb but could not find a place. The Whitecaps offered him a contract in 2005 to play in the USL, but he wanted more money so he moved to German third league side St. Pauli in 2005. In one year in Hamburg he played 24 games and scored 2 goals.[3]

He was later re-signed by Vancouver but did not play a competitive match. In December 2007 he left Vancouver Whitecaps and joined amateur club Croatia S.C, before retiring in July 2009.

International career

Sulentic represented Canada at the 1998 CONCACAF U-19 Qualification Tournament (Canada did not qualify for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship).[4] He was 24 years old when he won his first cap with Canada's senior team on 18 January 2004 in Bridgetown, a 1:0 win over Barbados and he represented Canada at the 2000 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament.[5]

His final international was a November 2005 friendly match against Luxembourg.

Coaching career

In 2009, Sulentic began his coaching career training the Under-12 Boys of Mountain WFC besides working as Head Coach at Euro Pro Football Academy.[6] He later became the Technical Director at Port Moody Soccer Club.[7]

Personal life

His older brother Petar is a semi-professional soccer player,[8] who played for Croatia SC as well.[9]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-09-09. Retrieved 2012-10-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/01lynx80.htm
  3. (in German) Player profile at Fußballdaten.de
  4. Player profile at CanadaSoccer.com
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2009-02-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "MOUNTAIN WFC COACHES 2009". Archived from the original on 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
  7. https://www.portmoodysoccer.com/academy-staff
  8. "Azzi's Superlative VMSL Week in Review 07/08'". Archived from the original on 2010-08-08. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
  9. Croatia SC "A" (Croatia SC Vancouver)
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