Ivica Vastić

Ivica Vastić (born 29 September 1969) is a former Austrian football player. He has played for Austria national team.

Ivica Vastić

Personal information
Full name	Ivica Vastić
Date of birth	(1969-09-29) 29 September 1969
Place of birth	Split, Yugoslavia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1993 1993 1994 1994-2002 2002-2003 2003-2005 2005-2009	Split First Vienna St. Pölten Mödling Duisburg Sturm Graz Nagoya Grampus Eight Austria Wien LASK Linz
National team
1996-2008	Austria
Teams managed
2009-10 2010-	Waidhofen FK Austria Wien Amateure
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Vastic started his career with RNK Split although he was invited to play with Split's major club Hajduk. 1991, during the separation war in Croatia, he went to Vienna, where he played for First Vienna FC 1894 in the second division. The next two years he played for VSE St. Pölten, Admira Wacker in Austria and MSV Duisburg in Germany. 1994 he went to SK Sturm Graz where he stayed until 2002. This was the most successful time of his career. He became champion (2), won the cup(3) and the Supercup (3). He also played three times in the Champions League and reached in the season 2000/01 the second stage of the Champion League.

In 2002 he went to Japan and played for Nagoya Grampus Eight. But 2003 he returned to Austria and played two seasons for FK Austria Wien, where he again won the Cup. The last four years of his career he played for LASK Linz in the second division and won the championship in the 2006/07 season. LASK promoted to the Austrian Bundesliga.

After his playing career he started his career as coach. He refused an offer from LASK as assistance coach and started as coach of FC Waidhofen/Ybbs in the third division. There he started with the title in the league. After one year there he became coach of FK Austria Vienna's amateur team.

In 1996 Vastić obtained the Austrian citizenship. Although he was once nominated for Croatia's team he could play for Austria. He played 50 matches and shot 14 goals. In 1998 he played for Austria in the FIFA World Cup and shot one goal. In 2008 he played for Austria in the UEFA European Championship where he scored the only goal for Austria.

Ivica Vastić is married and has 3 children. His oldest son Anton is a talented footballer and played for the U16 team of Austria. Together with the author Karin Ammerer he wrote a book about a coach who forms a team with Austrian and foreign children. (Gemeinsam gewinnen wir! Fußball verbindet - Together we win! Football binds)

Honours

As player:

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (2):
  • 1998, 1999
• Austrian Football First League (1):
  • 2006
• Austrian Cup (4):
  • 1996, 1997, 1999, 2005
• Austrian Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (2):
  • 1996, 2000

As manager:

• Regionalliga Ost
  • 2010

Club career statistics

Club statistics			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Yugoslavia			League
1990/91	Split		22	5
Austria			League
1991/92	First Vienna	Bundesliga	23	8
1992/93	St. Pölten	Bundesliga	34	18
1993/94	Admira Wacker	Bundesliga	18	7
Germany			League
1993/94	Duisburg	Bundesliga	10	0
Austria			League
1994/95	Sturm Graz	Bundesliga	35	7
1995/96			31	20
1996/97			33	13
1997/98			30	14
1998/99			30	14
1999/00			35	31
2000/01			24	8
2001/02			32	17
Japan			League
2002	Nagoya Grampus Eight	J. League 1	18	10
2003			9	3
Austria			League
2003/04	Austria Wien	Bundesliga	35	4
2004/05			32	10
2005/06	LASK Linz	First League	31	19
2006/07			31	23
2007/08		Bundesliga	32	13
2008/09			29	4
Country	Yugoslavia		22	5
	Austria		515	230
	Germany		10	0
	Japan		27	13
Total			574	248

International career statistics

Austria national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1996	3	0
1997	6	1
1998	11	4
1999	5	4
2000	3	2
2001	9	0
2002	3	0
2003	0	0
2004	2	0
2005	4	1
2006	0	0
2007	0	0
2008	4	2
Total	50	14