Ivan "Ivica" Brzić (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Ивица Брзић; 28 May 1941 – 1 June 2014) was a Yugoslav and Serbian football manager and player.^[1]

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Ivica Brzić

Personal information
Full name	Ivan Brzić
Date of birth	(1941-05-28)28 May 1941
Place of birth	Újvidék, Kingdom of Hungary
Date of death	1 June 2014(2014-06-01) (aged 73)
Place of death	Novi Sad, Serbia
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Vojvodina
	Novi Sad
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960–1964	Novi Sad	77	(0)
1964	Željezničar Sarajevo	14	(0)
1965–1972	Vojvodina	200	(5)
1972–1974	DSV Alpine	53	(6)
1974–1976	VÖEST Linz	81	(2)
Total		425	(13)
International career
1966	Yugoslavia	1	(0)
Managerial career
1977–1978	Vojvodina (assistant)
1978–1979	Vojvodina
1980–1981	DSV Alpine
1982–1983	Spartak Subotica
1983–1986	Osasuna
1987–1988	Vojvodina
1988–1989	Mallorca
1989	Rad
1990–1991	Vojvodina
1991–1993	Universitario
1994	Blooming
1994–1995	Alianza Lima
1995–1996	Oviedo
1996	Hércules
1997	Universitario
1999	Sport Boys
2001	Alianza Lima
2007–2008	Vojvodina
Medal record UEFA European Championship 1968
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Brzić was born during World War II in the city of Novi Sad (then called Újvidék) that had been annexed just months before his birth by the Kingdom of Hungary.^[2]

Brzić made his debut for Novi Sad in the 1960–61 Yugoslav Second League, helping them win promotion to the Yugoslav First League. He played regularly for the side in the top tier of Yugoslav football over the next three seasons. Following the club's relegation to the Second League in 1964, Brzić moved to Željezničar Sarajevo, along with Lazar Lemić and Ilija Tojagić.

In the 1965 winter transfer window, Brzić joined his parent club Vojvodina. He helped them win the Yugoslav First League in the 1965–66 season, missing just one game in the process. Over the course of 7+1⁄2 years at Vojvodina, Brzić amassed 200 league appearances and scored five goals.

In the summer of 1972, Brzić moved abroad to Austria, spending two seasons with DSV Alpine and 2+1⁄2 seasons with VÖEST Linz, before retiring during the 1976–77 winter break.

At international level, Brzić was capped once for Yugoslavia in 1966. He was also selected to represent the nation at UEFA Euro 1968, but remained unused in the tournament. Yugoslavia finished as runners-up after losing to Italy in the final.^[3]

After hanging up his boots, Brzić briefly worked as a coordinator in the youth system of Vojvodina before becoming an assistant to Branko Stanković with the seniors in 1977. He replaced him as the club's manager the following year, aged 37. Between 1983 and 1986, Brzić was manager of La Liga side Osasuna, qualifying for European football for the first time in club history.

During the 1990s and early 2000s, Brzić spent several years in Peru, having stints with Universitario and Alianza Lima.^[4][5]