Branislav Ivanovic is a famous Serbian football player playing as a defender. Champions League winner in 2012. He plays for St. Petersburg Zenit and the national team of Serbia.
Biography
Branislav Ivanovich was born in February 1984 on the twenty-second day in the small Serbian town of Sremska Mitrovica. From an early age he was very active and dreamed of playing football. In 90 years, Serbia was experiencing a severe political and economic crisis, and nevertheless, little Branislav managed to find a place in the football environment. He began his career at the football academy of the club "Repair".
Career
In the early 2000s, the young athlete made his debut as a professional footballer for the club "Repair". In 2002, he moved to Srem, which was based in Ivanovich’s hometown. Over 19 matches, he managed to establish himself well in the football environment and even scored with two goals, which is very good, considering that Ivanovich is a defender.
Good results allowed a beginner, but a very promising footballer, to change his job to a more prestigious one. In 2003, he moved to the OFK club. 55 matches and five goals scored attracted the attention of foreign clubs to the rising star. Of all the hunters for a talented defender, the Russian club Lokomotiv turned out to be the most agile, and in 2006 Branislav moved to Russia. For a season and a half in the Russian team, in 2007 for the first time he won the prestigious trophy - the Russian Cup in football.
Since 2008, the career of the Serbian defender continued in the homeland of football in the London club Chelsea. In the team of Roman Abramovich, the Serb spent ten long years, during which he managed to achieve considerable success. Ivanovich three times became the champion of the Premier League of England, three times won the FA Cup, and in 2009 became the owner of the Super Bowl. But the main trophy of the Old World, the Champions League cup, he raised above his head in 2012.
Chelsea had never before won the Champions League, and in 2012 no one would have thought of betting on their victory. The club experienced serious problems - right in the middle of the season the head coach was removed, and his place was temporarily taken by assistant Roberto di Matteo. He managed to create a real miracle. Having defeated the formidable “Barcelona” during the season, he led his team to the final battle against the German “Bavaria” in their native stadium. Within 90 minutes, the winner could not be identified, and the added thirty did not help, the fate of the cup was decided in a penalty shootout.
Over the years spent in the camp of the “blue” Branislav became an integral part of the team, but with the advent of a new coach, it turned out that the team no longer needed him and at the end of 2016 he left Chelsea. Since the new year, then 2017, the athlete has signed a contract with the St. Petersburg club Zenit, where he has been performing to this day.
