Igor Tudor

Igor Tudor (Split, April 16, 1978) is a Croatian former football player and technical director. Currently without a club.

Tudor spent much of his career at the Italian club Juventus F.C., winning several trophies, being considered one of the best Croatian defenders in the late 90s and mid-2000s.

Career

Player

Tudor began his professional career at Hajduk Split in 1995 scoring 5 goals in 58 games, being considered a revelation for his technique and ball control above an average defender.

After three successful seasons, he was signed by Juventus in 1998. During his stay in Turin, he won the Croatian player award in 2002. During his 8 years with the club, Tudor was in excellent condition, despite injuries, and formed defensive alliances with Paolo Montero, Mark Iuliano, Gianluca Pessotto, Lilian Thuram, Ciro Ferrara, Alessandro Birindelli, Nicola Legrottaglie, Gianluca Zambrotta, Jonathan Zebina, Giorgio Chiellini, and Fabio Cannavaro. During 2000-01, with Ancelotti in charge, Tudor had a productive year, scoring 6 goals. The following season, with the return of his former coach, Marcello Lippi, he was occasionally deployed as a midfielder, scoring 4 decisive goals (1 against Torino in the Turin derby, 2 goals against Chievo and Verona, and 1 during the match against Inter Milan) in Juventus' successful Serie A title campaign. The following season, he also scored a notable goal against Deportivo La Coruña in the final minute of a 2002 Champions League second-round match -03, which allowed the club to progress to the quarter-finals of the competition, en route to the final, in which they were to be defeated by their Italian rivals Milan on penalties. During this period, Juventus had one of the strongest teams in the world, and Tudor contributed as well, with more than 150 appearances in total for the club, scoring almost 20 goals, as a defensive center. However, after a major injury in 2004, Tudor was loaned to AC Siena in January 2005, after 7 seasons with Juventus. Following Juventus' revocation of the 2004-05 and 2005-06 Serie A titles due to their involvement in the 'Calciopoli' scandal, as well as the expiration of their loan contract with Siena, Tudor returned to Juventus, to stay with the club despite their relegation to Serie B, but injuries kept him off the pitch all season. His contract expired on 30 June 2007. During his time at the club, Tudor won two Serie A titles, two Italian Super Cups, one Serie B title and one UEFA Intertoto Cup, also reaching the final. of the Italian Cup 2001-02 and the UEFA Champions League 2002-03. Finally, he retired in 2008.

Coach

In May 2013 he became coach of Hajduk Split, after the Board of Directors approved the dismissal of coach Miso Krsticevic and sports director Sergio Krešić. Igor was a coach in the lower divisions and took charge of the first team on a provisional basis.

In June 2015, he became coach of PAOK Thessaloniki.

In February 2017, after leaving Karabükspor, Igor became Galatasaray's new coach. He was fired in December of that same year due to a poor run of results.

At the end of the 2017-18 season, he managed Udinese Calcio, achieving permanence.

In March 2019, he rejoined Udinese Calcio, which he coached until November 1 of the same year.

On December 23, 2019, he returned to Hajduk Split.

In August 2020, he arrived at Juventus Turin as Andrea Pirlo's assistant. However, he only spent one season on the Allianz Stadium bench.

On September 16, 2021, he became the new coach of Hellas Verona Football Club. Despite the fact that he managed to stay without problems, leaving the team 9th in Serie A, he did not reach an agreement with the club for its renewal.

On July 4, 2022, he was confirmed as the new coach of Olympique de Marseille, replacing Jorge Sampaoli. Despite the fact that the French team completed an irregular preseason, it dispelled doubts with a great start to the season, becoming co-leader of Ligue 1 along with Paris Saint-Germain. Subsequently, they were eliminated in the group stage of the Champions League and in the quarterfinals of the French Cup against Annecy. Finally, Olympique Marseille finished 3rd in Ligue 1, qualifying for the previous round of the Champions League. On June 1, 2023, Tudor announced that he would not continue at the club next season.

National team

He has been international 55 times with the Croatian soccer team, debuted on November 15, 1997 in a Euro Cup qualification match against Ukraine and played in the 1998 Soccer World Cup in France where he finished third. place.

Participations in World Cups

World	Headquarters	Outcome
1998 Football World Cup	France	Third place
2006 Football World Cup	GermanyGermany	First phase

International goals

#	Date	Rival	Marker	Outcome	Competition
1	21 June 2004	England	2-3	2-4	Euro 2004
2	30 March 2005	Malta	3- 0	3-0	World rankings 2006
3	4 June 2005	Bulgaria	2- 0	3-0	World rankings 2006

Clubs and statistics

As a player

Club	Country	Year	Parties	Goles	Media
Hajduk Split	CroatiaCroatia	1995-1998	57	6	0.09
Trogir (given)		1996	5	1	0.2
Juventus	ItalyItaly	1998-2007	171	21	0.12
AC Siena (given)		2005-2006	39	2	0.05
Hajduk Split	CroatiaCroatia	2007-2008	9	1	0.11
Total in your career			281	31	0.11

As a coach

Updated according to the last party led 3 June 2023.

Equipment	Div.	Season	League						Cup					International						Other					Totals
			Part.	G	E	P	Pos.		Part.	G	E	P		Part.	G	E	P	Pos.		Part.	G	E	P		Part.	G	E	P	Performance	GF	GC	Dif.
Hajduk Split CroatiaCroatia	1. a	2012-13	4	1	1	2	4.o		2	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		6	2	2	2	44.44%	8	9	-1
		2013-14	36	17	11	8	3.o		4	2	0	2		4	1	1	2	3aR		1	0	1	0		45	20	13	12	54.07%	71	56	+15
		2014-15	19	9	5	5	Inc.		2	2	0	0		6	2	1	3	4aR		-	-	-	-		27	13	6	8	55.56%	53	40	+13
PAOK GreeceGreece	1. a	2015-16	25	10	8	7	Inc.		8	3	3	2		12	4	6	2	-		-	-	-	-		45	17	17	11	50.37%	68	45	+23
	Total		25	10	8	7	-		8	3	3	2		12	4	6	2	-		-	-	-	-		45	17	17	11	50.37%	68	45	+23
Karabükspor TurkeyTurkey	1. a	2016-17	20	8	3	9	Inc.		1	0	0	1		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		21	8	3	10	42.86%	27	33	-6
	Total		20	8	3	9	-		1	0	0	1		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		21	8	3	10	42.86%	27	33	-6
Galatasaray TurkeyTurkey	1. a	2016-17	14	8	1	5	4.o		-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		14	8	1	5	59.52%	26	20	+6
		2017-18	16	10	2	4	Inc.		2	1	0	1		2	0	1	1	2aR		-	-	-	-		20	11	3	6	60%	41	27	+14
	Total		30	18	3	9	-		2	1	0	1		2	0	1	1	-		-	-	-	-		34	19	4	11	59.8%	67	47	+20
Udinese ItalyItaly	1. a	2017-18	4	2	1	1	13.		-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		4	2	1	1	58.33%	5	7	-2
		2018-19	11	5	3	3	12.		-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		11	5	3	3	54.54%	15	13	+2
		2019-20	10	3	1	6	Inc.		1	1	0	0		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		11	4	1	6	39.39%	8	18	-10
	Total		25	10	5	10	-		1	1	0	0		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		26	11	5	10	48.72%	28	38	-10
Hajduk Split CroatiaCroatia	1. a	2019-20	17	8	1	8	5.°		-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		17	8	1	8	49.02%	30	24	+6
		2020-21	1	1	0	0	Inc.		-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		1	1	0	0	100%	2	0	+2
	Total		77	36	18	23	-		8	5	1	2		10	3	2	5	-		1	0	1	0		96	44	22	30	53.47%	164	129	+35
Hellas Verona ItalyItaly	1. a	2021-22	35	14	11	10	9.°		1	0	0	1		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		36	14	11	11	49.08%	65	56	+9
	Total		35	14	11	10	-		1	0	0	1		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		36	14	11	11	49.08%	65	56	+9
Olympique de Marseille France	1. a	2022-23	38	22	7	9	3.o		4	3	1	0		6	2	0	4	FG		-	-	-	-		48	27	8	13	61.81 per cent	82	51	+31
	Total		38	22	7	9	-		4	3	1	0		6	2	0	4	-		-	-	-	-		48	27	8	13	61.81 per cent	82	51	+31
Total in your career			250	118	55	77	-		25	13	5	7		30	9	9	12	-		1	0	1	0		306	140	70	96	53.38%	501	399	+102
↑ Includes Croatian Cup, Greece Cup, Turkey Cup, Italy Cup and France Cup ↑ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA European League ↑ Includes Croatia Super Cup

Summary by competitions

Updated according to the last party led 3 June 2023.

Palmarés

National Championships

Title	Club	Country	Year
Series A	Juventus F.C.	ItalyItaly	2001-02
Supercopa de Italia			2002
Series A			2002-03
Supercopa de Italia			2003
Series B			2007

International championships

Title	Club	Country	Year
UEFA Intertote Cup	Juventus F. C.	ItalyItaly	1999

Individual distinctions