Ivan is the best candidate for China's new coach, 2 coaches and 5 games, and led Oman to an upset win over Japan
On February 24, Beijing time, there was basically no suspense about the new coach of the national football team, and Ivankovic was close to signing. He once led Shandong Taishan to win the Chinese Super League championship, but that was more than ten years ago after all. After leaving China, how was Ivan coaching?
On December 16, 2009, Ivankovic came to the Chinese Super League and became the coach of Shandong Luneng Taishan, and won the championship in the 2010 season with an excellent record of 13 points ahead of the runner-up Tianjin TEDA, and set a record for the most wins, the most goals, the most goal difference and the most unbeaten home games in that season, and was awarded the best coach of the Chinese Super League.
In the 2011 season, Shandong Luneng Taishan's performance declined, and finally announced on May 5 that Ivankovic had resigned as the team's head coach due to his poor physical condition and energy.
In July 2011, Ivan coached Saudi Arabian side Al Itifak and eventually led the team to a fourth-place finish in the league, but was sacked at the end of the season. In May 2012, he moved to the UAE to coach Al Wahda, finishing 7th in the league and stepping down at the end of the season.
In September 2013, Ivankovic returned to Dinamo Zagreb, where he made a name for himself, only to play only five games before being sacked.
In April 2015, Ivan became the head coach of Iranian side Persepolis, which was also his glory year for the club, completing two consecutive league titles in 2016-17 and 2017-18 before leaving in June 2019.
In June 2019, Ivan coached Saudi Arabia's Jeddah Nationals, but was sacked after five games with the team.
In January 2020, Ivan became the coach of the Oman national team, winning 46 games, 22 wins, 10 draws and 14 losses, and his masterpiece was a 1-0 away win over Japan in the top 12 of the World Preliminary Tournament!
However, in the group stage of this year's Asian Cup, Oman drew 2 and lost 1 to the group, and Ivan failed to renew his contract and left after the end of the contract.