Kerala Blasters FC is one of the best clubs in Indian Super League football history. Barring the lack of crown adornment, no other club in the Indian Super League has been able to come close to Kerala Blasters FC. Kerala Blasters FC is a step above any other club in ISL in terms of fan base, financial revenue and attendance.
Kerala Blasters FC has been under the tutelage of Serbian coach Ivan Vukomanovic for the last 2 seasons. Everything you need to know about 45-year-old Ivan Vukomanovic, who Kerala Blasters FC fans call Aashan.
Not so cool
Ivan Vukomanović’s case is like the saying that if you measure up, you will bite. Ivan Vukomanovic was named as the coolest coach in the history of Indian Super League football. However, Ivan Vukomanovic withdrew the Kerala Blasters FC team in the middle of the match to mark a dark chapter in ISL history. It was a reaction from Ivan Vukomanovic, who faced the referees’ error with grace.
The fact is that the reaction by Gatikett went a bit too far. However, Ivan Vukomanovic was angered by the fact that Kerala Blasters FC, who fought only to win, did not get justice on the field against Bengaluru FC in the play-off eliminator. It was an incident that proved that Evan was not so cool.
History in Blasters
Ivan Vukomanovic joined Kerala Blasters FC in the 2021-2022 season. The belief among Kerala Blasters FC fans was that he was a one-season coach as usual. However, Ivan Vukomanovic took Kerala Blasters FC to the finals in his first season, even written off by the fans. Fans started calling him Ivan Ashan. Kerala Blasters FC have renewed Ivan Vukomanovic’s contract till 2025. Ivan Vukomanovic became the first person in history to get an extension as the coach of Kerala Blasters FC.
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Best Coach of Blasters
Ivan Vukomanovic already has the reputation of being the best coach in the history of Kerala Blasters FC. A number of club records such as a plus goal difference in his first season, most clean sheets and 10 consecutive games without defeat were born under Ivan Vukomanović’s tutelage.
Ivan Vukomanovic also holds the records of being the manager who has coached Kerala Blasters FC in the most matches and the coach with the highest winning percentage. Ivan Vukomanovic, who has coached Kerala Blasters FC in 47 matches, has a win percentage of 44.68. Behind Ivan Vukomanovic in this regard is Steve Koppel with 41.18 success percentage.
Training career
In October 2014, Ivan Vukomanovic first donned the coach’s shirt. He started as a coach of Belgium club Standard League. Since 2013, Ivan Vukomanović has also served as an associate coach of the Standard League. In 2016, he became the coach of the Slovakian club Sloan Bratislava and in 2019, the Cypriot club Apollon Limassol. Then in 2021, Ivan Vukomanovic joined Kerala Blasters FC. Ivan Vukomanovic has a total of 125 matches in his coaching career. A career win percentage of 51.20.
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Ivan on the field
From 1994 to 2011, Ivan Vukomanovic has played for 14 clubs. Ivan Vukomanovic has also played for Yugoslavia in the Under-21 category. Scored one goal in five appearances for the Yugoslavia Under-21 team. He played a total of 248 matches in his club career. Owned 12 goals. Ivan Vukomanović played in the defense and defensive midfield position. He has participated in five titles so far in his career as a player and coach.
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