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From Maccabi Tel Aviv to England: Vladan Ivic has been appointed Watford coach
The Serb who led the Yellows to two championships with just two league losses went the way of Selvisha Yukanovic and Oscar Garcia and coached the Wasps, who dropped out of the Premier League last season and will try to get back there
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Yaniv Tuchman
Saturday, August 15, 2020, 9:15 p.m.Watford announced tonight (Saturday) the appointment of Vladan Ivic as its new coach. Five weeks have passed since the Serbian coach announced the departure of Maccabi Tel Aviv, and he finally landed with the Wasps from the Championship, who dropped out of the Premier League last season and will try to return to the main stage in England at the end of this season.
Ivica will step into the shoes of Nigel Pearson, who finished his way after the dramatic league relegation. He will be the club's fourth head coach in a year, after Xavi Gracia, Kika Sanchez Flores and Pearson. In the past, the team was coached by two other coaches who moved to Kiryat Shalom - Selvisha Yukanovich and Oscar Garcia.
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Ivica started his coaching career in the 2013 season, then coached the Greek team of the Greek PAOK Thessaloniki and won the championship with it. In March 2016 Ivica received the keys to the club's senior team, and in the 2016/17 season won the Greek Cup with it. In May 2018, he signed as the coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv, and with him the team won two Israeli championships, during which time the Yellows recorded only two league losses in two seasons and set many league records.