Luka Ivanovic

Right Midfielder - Free Agent
17 Sep 2028
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105 Edition

The Hrvatski Dragovoljac Courier

31 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad31 Jul 2028

A fracture rules Antonio Jakoliš out for 56 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Hrvatski Dragovoljac will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Player ratings31 Jul 2028

Franco Beljo, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 7.83

A mark of 7.83 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Squad31 Jul 2028

Real improvement from Luka Radaković at Hrvatski Dragovoljac

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Luka Radaković is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad31 Jul 2028

Domagoj Pavičić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hrvatski Dragovoljac this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces31 Jul 2028

The crowd has taken to Franco Beljo

At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Squad31 Jul 2028

The manager makes an example of Domagoj Pavičić

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match29 Jul 2028

Honours even between Hrvatski Dragovoljac and Cibalia

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Player ratings31 Jul 2028

Leon Ivančić runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market31 Jul 2028

Frane Barbić told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Frane Barbić has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Hrvatski Dragovoljac.

In brief

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The Hrvatski Dragovoljac Courier

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings26 Jul 2027

Leon Ivančić, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 8.30

A mark of 8.30 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Domagoj Pavičić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hrvatski Dragovoljac this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom26 Jul 2027

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Hrvatski Dragovoljac

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

The terraces26 Jul 2027

Hrvatski Dragovoljac supporters have found a favourite in Leon Ivančić

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Leon Ivančić has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Market26 Jul 2027

Petar Lovren steps up from the Hrvatski Dragovoljac academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Petar Lovren has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market26 Jul 2027

Daniel Horvat steps up from the Hrvatski Dragovoljac academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Horvat has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market26 Jul 2027

Hrvatski Dragovoljac promote Dejan Simunovic from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dejan Simunovic has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market26 Jul 2027

Hrvatski Dragovoljac promote Luka Ivanovic from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luka Ivanovic has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Squad26 Jul 2027

The manager makes an example of Antonio Jakoliš

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief