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Ivan Leko was born on 7 February, 1978 in Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia, is a Croatian footballer and manager. Discover Ivan Leko's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 46 years old?
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46 years old |
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7 February 1978 |
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7 February |
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Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
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Croatia
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He is a member of famous footballer with the age 46 years old group.
Ivan Leko Height, Weight & Measurements
At 46 years old, Ivan Leko height is 1.78m .
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1.78m |
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Who Is Ivan Leko's Wife?
His wife is Tina Leko (m. 2003)
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Tina Leko (m. 2003) |
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Ivan Leko Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Ivan Leko worth at the age of 46 years old? Ivan Leko’s income source is mostly from being a successful footballer. He is from Croatia. We have estimated Ivan Leko's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Leko led the team to a surprising 2nd place finish in the group, with 4 wins and 2 losses, culminating in a 1–0 home victory against Tottenham on 29 October; as a result, the team qualified for the round of 32, where they were drawn against Rangers.
Ivan Leko (born 7 February 1978) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is currently managing Standard Liège.
Leko started his career with his hometown club Hajduk Split and played there for several seasons before moving to Spain to join Málaga CF.
In his early senior years, he was loaned to HNK Trogir.
Taking over the team from Laszlo Bölöni, he led the team to win their first Belgian Cup since 1992, with a 1–0 win against his former side Club Brugge in the final.
Leko made his debut for Croatia in a June 1999 Korea Cup match against Egypt, coming on as a 65th-minute substitute for Mario Cvitanović, and earned a total of 13 caps, scoring no goals.
In January 2005, Leko returned for a brief stint with Hajduk; in the summer he joined Club Brugge.
He was called up to the squad to participate in the 2006 World Cup, but played no part in the tournament, as Croatia exited in the group stage.
His final international was a June 2006 friendly against Spain.
On 15 January 2009, he decided to sign a contract for K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot.
After his spell at the Antwerp side, he went on with his career at K.S.C. Lokeren.
Leko made his debut as a manager in 2014, with Oud-Heverlee Leuven, but he managed club for a season.
In 2015 he became an assistant manager of Greek side PAOK FC under the coaching staff of Croatian manager Igor Tudor, who was sacked in 2016.
In the subsequent court case, the judge demanded to know why Leko had received a payment from Dejan Veljkovic's Cypriot account in 2015.
A one-season, 2016–17, he managed Sint-Truidense V.V. and the next two seasons, 2017–18 and 2018–19, Leko was the manager of Club Brugge.
He celebrated Jupiler Pro League and Belgian Super Cup in his first season in Brugge.
Also, Leko won the title of Professional Manager of the Year.
The 41-year-old coach had been with the club since 2017.
In October 2018 Belgian police interrogated him for corruption investigation.
In October 2018, Club Brugge KV coach Leko was interrogated by Belgian police as part of a corruption investigation.
In May 2019, Club Brugge KV and Leko parted ways.
On 1 June 2019, he was appointed at his new club, Al Ain.
In December 2019, Leko left club Al Ain FC after a disastrous home defeat against Al Dhafra FC.
Both sides had agreed to end their cooperation after five months of poor play.
In June 2019, former Club Brugge KV coach Leko was interrogated all day as part of the investigation into fraud in Belgian football, but was later released.
On 20 May 2020, Leko was appointed the manager of Royal Antwerp.
This earned Antwerp a qualification in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage for the first time in the club's history, where they were drawn in Group J against Tottenham Hotspur, LASK Linz and Ludogorets Razgrad.
In December 2020, Leko left Royal Antwerp F.C. just before the UEFA Europa League match against Rangers and moved to Shanghai Port F.C., where he took up his new post with team Shanghai Port F.C., under a 2-year total net 5 million euros contract.
On 1 January 2021, Leko became the new manager of Chinese side Shanghai Port.
In February 2021, Leko was introduced as the new head coach of Shanghai Port F.C. at the SAIC Motor Pudong Arena.