- Ivan Ergić
Football player infobox
playername= Ivan Ergić
fullname = Ivan Ergić
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|01|21
cityofbirth =Šibenik
countryofbirth =SFR Yugoslavia
height = height|m=1.85
currentclub = Basel
clubnumber = 22
position = Central Midfielder
Attacking Midfielder
youthyears = 1997-1998
youthclubs = AIS
years = 1999-2000 2000-2001 2000-2001 2001-
clubs = Perth Glory Juventus → Basel "(loan)" Basel
caps(goals) = 32 (10) 0 (0) 22 (1) 156 (29)
nationalyears = 2006-present
nationalteam = Serbia
nationalcaps(goals) = 10 (0)
pcupdate =5 October 2008
ntupdate =14 September 2008 Ivan Ergić (
Serbian Cyrillic : Иван Ергић; bornJanuary 21 ,1981 ) is aSerbia n footballer who currently plays forFC Basel in theSwiss Super League .Career
Club
Ergić was born in a coastal town of
Šibenik ,Croatia ,SFR Yugoslavia but started his football career inAustralia with Perth Glory. He has dual Australian-Serbian citizenship and trained at the Australian Institute of Sport on a government-funded football scholarship.In 2000 Ergić moved to
Juventus , but went on loan toFC Basel during the season, which later signed him for CHF1.6 million. In June 2004 Ergić was treated for depression in the psychiatric university clinic inBasel , and his further career as a football player was in question at the time. Nevertheless,FC Basel kept him as a player and since 2005 he has been on the pitch again with very good results. He was given the captaincy whenPascal Zuberbühler left in 2006, but in 2008 he resigned from being captain and handed it over to his fellow teammate,Franco Costanzo . He played his 150th first-team game for Basel on10 May 2008 againstBSC Young Boys atSt. Jakob-Park . Basel won the game 2-0, which resulted in them becoming Champions.International
He did not choose to play international football for Australia, and instead chose Serbia. On
May 15 ,2006 Ergić was named as a member of the national team for the2006 FIFA World Cup .Honours
Perth Glory
*National Soccer League : 2000Basel
* Swiss Cup: 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008
*Swiss Super League : 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008
* Uhren Cup: 2003, 2006, 2008External links
* [http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/E/EM.html Oz Football profile]
* [http://www.fcb.ch/sport/show/playerDetailByID//26272/72/9/36 Profile at FC Basel] de icon
* [http://www.football.ch/sfl/777819/de/Kader.aspx?pId=497547 Profile at Swiss Football League Website] de icon
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