Ivan Prelec

Ivan Prelec (born 24 July 1987) is a Croatian professional football manager.

Ivan Prelec

Personal information
Full name	Ivan Prelec
Date of birth	(1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Managerial career
Years	Team
2014	Dinamo Zagreb Academy
2014–2017	Dinamo Zagreb U17
2017–2018	Gorica (assistant)
2018	Gorica
2018	Legia Warsaw (assistant)
2019–2020	Istra 1961
2020–2021	Dinamo Zagreb II
2022–2024	Vejle

Managerial career

He started as a manager in 2006, with only 19 years. He led the youth team of Dinamo Zagreb in 2014, while later he became the manager of the U17 team.

In 2017, he went to HNK Gorica, where, at first, he served as an assistant manager, but in February 2018, he was named the head coach of the club. Managing Gorica, he won the 2017–18 Croatian Second Football League.^[1] In June 2018, he left Gorica and became the assistant manager of Legia Warsaw under the coaching staff of Dean Klafurić.

On 15 June 2019, he was named the new manager of NK Istra 1961, succeeding Igor Cvitanović.^[2]

On 15 March 2022, he became manager of Danish Superliga club Vejle Boldklub.^[3] He managed the club until 23 September 2024, when he resigned due to a bad start to the season, where Vejle had lost all 10 games.^[4]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 22 September 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Gorica	10 January 2018	14 June 2018	14	9	3	2	6	13	−7	064.29
Istra 1961	15 July 2019	15 August 2020	42	8	10	24	59	48	+11	019.05
Dinamo Zagreb II	14 October 2020	6 April 2021	15	3	3	9	6	13	−7	020.00
Vejle Boldklub	15 March 2022	23 September 2024	96	39	21	36	140	119	+21	040.63
Total			167	59	37	71	211	193	+18	035.33

Honours

Manager

HNK Gorica

• Croatian Second League: 2017–18

Vejle

• Danish 1st Division: 2022–23^[5]