Ivica Mornar

Croatian former footballer

Ivica MornarPersonal information

Full name|  Ivica Mornar
Date of birth|  (1974-01-12) 12 January 1974 (age 48)
Place of birth|  Split, SFR Yugoslavia
Height|  1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)|  Forward
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1991–1995|  Hajduk Split|  79|  (26)
1995–1996|  Eintracht Frankfurt|  19|  (1)
1996–1997|  Sevilla|  11|  (2)
1997–1998|  Ourense|  28|  (8)
1998–2001|  Standard Liège|  68|  (23)
2001–2004|  Anderlecht|  59|  (24)
2004–2006|  Portsmouth|  10|  (1)
2004–2005|  → Rennes (loan)|  15|  (0)
Total|  |  289|  (85)
National team
1994–1995|  Croatia U-21[1]|  5|  (1)
1994–2004|  Croatia|  22|  (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ivica Mornar (born 12 January 1974) is a Croatian former footballer. He started as a striker, but was mostly deployed as a winger during his career.

Mornar began his career with Hajduk Split before going on to play for Eintracht Frankfurt, Sevilla, CD Ourense, Standard Liège, Anderlecht and Portsmouth.

He played 22 matches and scored once for the Croatian national team, representing them at Euro 2004.

## Contents

* 1 Club career
* 2 International career
* 3 Career statistics
* 3.1 Club
* 3.2 International goals
* 4 Honours
* 4.1 Club
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Club career[edit]

Mornar was born in Split.

In Mornar's final season at Anderlecht, he scored a goal in a 1–1 home draw against Bayern Munich on 30 September 2003.[2]

He was offered a new two-year contract by Anderlecht, but opted to move across the English channel to Portsmouth. He moved to the Premier League at the end of January 2004 for £500,000, signing a two-and-half-year deal.

Mornar made his Pompey debut in a goalless draw at home to Wolverhampton, and looked lively. He then scored his first and only goal in the next game against Tottenham.[3] He played as a winger in most of his Portsmouth appearances.

However, Mornar failed to recreate his previous form at Portsmouth. Seemingly out of the picture at the club, he was loaned to Rennes of the French Ligue 1 for the 2004–05 season, with then Pompey manager Harry Redknapp saying that he would allow Mornar to be sold upon his return. Although it appeared that Mornar was in new boss Alain Perrin's plans for the 2005–06 campaign, he was thwarted by hamstring injuries throughout the season. Upon the return of Harry Redknapp as manager in December 2005 it looked as though Mornar's contract would be allowed to expire the next Summer. However, it transpired that there was a clause in his contract guaranteeing him a further year at the club should relegation be avoided and he remained a Portsmouth player, until September 2006 when his contract with the club was cancelled by mutual consent. This brought further complications due to the fact that Mornar could not find a club willing to sign him. Despite his unceremonious exit from Portsmouth he enjoyed his time playing there and persuaded fellow Split native Niko Kranjčar to join the club. Reportedly he offered his services[citation needed] to first league teams from Belgium, Scotland, Portugal and Japan but no team was interested, thereby forcing his retirement.

## International career[edit]

Mornar was capped 22 times for Croatia and scored one goal for his country against England.[4]

## Career statistics[edit]

### Club[edit]

Club performance  | League  | Cup  | League Cup  | Continental  | Total

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Season | Club | League  | Apps | Goals  | Apps | Goals  | Apps | Goals  | Apps | Goals  | Apps | Goals
Croatia  | League  | Croatian Cup | Super Cup  | Europe | Total
1990–91 | Hajduk Split | Yugoslav First League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1
1992 | Hajduk Split | Prva HNL | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 7
1992–93 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 30 | 8
1993–94 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 12
1994–95 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 4
1995–96 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0
Germany  | League  | DFB-Pokal | Other  | Europe | Total
1995–96 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bundesliga | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 2
Spain  | League  | Copa del Rey | Supercopa de España | Europe | Total
1996–97 | Sevilla | La Liga | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 2
1997–98 | Ourense | Segunda División | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 8
Belgium  | League  | Belgian Cup | Super Cup  | Europe | Total
1998–99 | Standard Liège | First Division | 15 | 3 | – | – | – | 15 | 3
1999–00 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 8
2000–01 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 1 | 34 | 13
2001–02 | Anderlecht | First Division | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 12
2002–03 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | 0 | 25 | 7
2003–04 | Anderlecht | First Division | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | – | 8 | 1 | 26 | 12
England  | League  | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total
2003–04 | Portsmouth | Premier League | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 1
France  | League  | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Europe | Total
2004–05 | Stade Rennais | Ligue 1 | 15 | 0 | – | – | – | 15 | 0
England  | League  | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total
2005–06 | Portsmouth | Premier League | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0
Total  | Croatia  | 77 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 114 | 31
Germany  | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2
Spain  | 39 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 10
Belgium  | 127 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 160 | 55
England  | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1
France  | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0
Career total  | 268 | 78 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 5 | 346 | 92

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### International goals[edit]

#  | Date  | Venue  | Opponent  | Score  | Result  | Competition

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01\.  | 20 August 2003  | Portman Road, Ipswich, England |  England | 2 − 1 | 3 − 1 | Friendly

## Honours[edit]

### Club[edit]

Hajduk Split

* Prva HNL (3): 1992, 1993–94, 1994–95
* Croatian Cup (2): 1992–93, 1994–95
* Croatian Supercup (2): 1993, 1994

Sevilla

* Trofeo Colombino (1): 1996

R.S.C. Anderlecht

* Belgian First Division (1): 2003–04
* Belgian Super Cup (1): 2001

## References[edit]

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1. ^ "STATISTICS". Croatian football federation. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
2. ^ "UEFA Champions League 2003/04 - History - Anderlecht-Bayern – UEFA.com". Archived from the original on 21 September 2012.
3. ^ "Tottenham 4-3 Portsmouth". BBC. 7 February 2004. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
4. ^ "Beckham inspires England win". BBC. 20 August 2003. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
5. ^ "I.Mornarstatistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

## External links[edit]

* Archive of Hajduk's matches

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Croatia squad – UEFA Euro 2004

* 1 Vasilj
* 2 Tokić
* 3 Šimunić
* 4 Tomas
* 5 Tudor
* 6 Živković (c)
* 7 Rapaić
* 8 Srna
* 9 Pršo
* 10 N. Kovač
* 11 Šokota
* 12 Butina
* 13 Šimić
* 14 Neretljak
* 15 Leko
* 16 Babić
* 17 Klasnić
* 18 Olić
* 19 Mornar
* 20 Roso
* 21 R. Kovač
* 22 Bjelica
* 23 Didulica
* Coach: Barić

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*[Gls]: League goals
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