After Jankovic is basically sure that he will not stay in office, who will become the new coach of the national football team is undoubtedly the focus of attention from the outside world. On January 31, Beijing time, the latest news from a number of domestic media, the 69-year-old former Taishan champion coach and Croatian coach Ivankovic became one of the candidates for the new coach of the national football team.
It is reported that Ivankovic himself is also very interested in coaching the national football team. He has even revealed to his friends that if he can coach, then he is confident that he will lead the Chinese team to qualify in the world preliminaries. And "Ivankovic's current annual salary offer is around $1.5 million, although this price is slightly higher than the value of Jankovic's team, but it is fully in line with the Football Association's annual salary price range of $1 million to $2 million for the national football coach.
I believe that Chinese Super League fans will be no stranger to Ivankovic, who was born in 1954 and has coached Iran, Oman and other West Asian national teams. Ivankovic also landed in the Chinese Super League in December 2009 and coached Shandong Taishan Club.
In the 2010 season, Ivankovic led Taishan to win the championship with an excellent record of 18 wins, 9 draws and 3 losses, accumulating 63 points (13 points ahead of the runner-up Tianjin TEDA team), and set a record for the most wins, the most goals, the most goal difference and the unbeaten home game in that season. Because of his outstanding performance in leading the team, Ivankovic was also awarded the "Best Coach of the Chinese Super League" in the 2010 season.
Unfortunately, in May 2011, Ivankovic took the initiative to resign from Taishan due to health reasons. In this Asian Cup, Ivankovic was also the coach of the Oman team, but after leading the team to 2 draws and 1 loss in the group stage, Ivankovic has been fired by the Oman Football Association. At present, he is at home and knows Chinese football very well, and he is indeed an ideal candidate for the position of coach of the national football team.