_(cropped).jpg) Tudor withHajduk Split in 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Igor Tudor[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1978-04-16)16 April 1978 (age 47) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Split,SR Croatia,Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Tottenham Hotspur (head coach) | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1995–1998 | Hajduk Split | 58 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 1996 | →Trogir (loan) | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1998–2007 | Juventus | 110 | (15) | |||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | →Siena (loan) | 39 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Hajduk Split | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||
| Total | 221 | (22) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Croatia U16 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1993 | Croatia U17 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Croatia U18 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1995 | Croatia U19 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1994–2000 | Croatia U21 | 12 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2001 | Croatia B | 1 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1997–2006 | Croatia | 55 | (3) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Croatia (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Hajduk Split | |||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | PAOK | |||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Karabükspor | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | Galatasaray | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | Udinese | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | Udinese | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | Hajduk Split | |||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Juventus (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Hellas Verona | |||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Marseille | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | Lazio | |||||||||||||
| 2025 | Juventus | |||||||||||||
| 2026– | Tottenham Hotspur | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Igor Tudor (born 16 April 1978) is a Croatian professionalfootballmanager and formerplayer who is the current head coach ofPremier League clubTottenham Hotspur.
Capable of playing either as adefender ordefensive midfielder, Tudor spent most of his playing career atJuventus, winning several trophies during that time. He was a part of theCroatia national team atUEFA Euro 2004, the2006 and1998 World Cup, but missed the2002 World Cup due to injury.[2] Tudor announced his retirement on 22 July 2008 at age 30, after problems with his right ankle reappeared. He spent his final season playing for his youth club,Hajduk Split.
As manager, Tudor took charge of Hajduk from 2013 to 2015, and spent eight months withPAOK in the2015–16 season. In Turkey, he managedKarabükspor from 2016 to 2017, andGalatasaray in 2017. From April to June 2018, Tudor managed Serie A sideUdinese and in that time, saved the club from relegation toSerie B. In March 2019, he came back to Udinese. After he returned to Hajduk in January 2020,Andrea Pirlo invited Tudor to join his coaching staff at Juventus in August 2020, an offer which Tudor accepted. He became manager of Marseille in 2022 before leaving the club after one season in 2023. In March 2024, he returned to Serie A and was appointed as manager of Lazio before resigning at the end of the season. In March 2025, he returned to Juventus in the position of manager but was sacked in October after a poor start to the season. In February 2026, he joined Tottenham Hotspur.
Following three successful seasons at Hajduk Split, Tudor was noticed by Italian clubJuventus in 1998 and signed for them shortly afterwards. At international level, Tudor earned a total of 55 appearances, scoring three goals[3] forCroatia, with which he won the bronze medal at the1998 FIFA World Cup, and laterOrder of the Croatian Interlace.[4] He won theCroatian Player of the Year award in 2001.[5]
Tudor was considered one of Croatia's best defenders in the period between the late 1990s and mid-2000s. Tudor was a large, hard-working, strong and imposingdefender who excelled in the air, making him a dangerous goal threat during set pieces.[6] He was also a tight man-marker and a hard tackling defender, with great tactical intelligence.[6] Despite being primarily acentral defender, he was capable of playing anywhere along the back line and even as adefensive midfielder, which was made possible due to his tactical versatility, stamina, and his surprisingly capable technical skills, ball control and distribution for such a large and physical player.[6] Despite his talent, he was also injury-prone, which is often thought to have affected his playing career.[2]
He began his coaching career in the Hajduk Split youth teams. From July 2012, he was assistant coach toIgor Štimac in theCroatian national football team until 29 April 2013, when he took over as coach ofHajduk Split.[7] On 4 February 2015, Tudor resigned from Hajduk Split after managing the club for more than year and nine months.[8]
On 18 June 2015, Tudor was appointed coach ofPAOK, signing a three-year contract.[9] He lost 2–1 against Lokomotiva in his debut with PAOK for the second qualifying round ofUEFA Europa League.[10] He was sacked on 9 March 2016 due to "unsuccessful results and raging comments about the quality of the team".[11] On 18 June 2016, he was appointed coach ofKarabükspor on a one-year contract.[12]
On 15 February 2017, Tudor was appointed coach ofGalatasaray, signing a one-and-a-half-year contract with the club.[13][14] He was sacked by the club on 18 December.[15]
On 24 April 2018, Tudor was appointed coach of Italian clubUdinese.[16] On 13 May 2018, he led the club to a 1–0 victory againstVerona.[17] On 7 June, despite saving Udinese from relegation toSerie B, Tudor left the club after choosing to not extending his contract club's management.[18]
On 20 March 2019, he became the manager ofUdinese for a second time.[19] His first win as Udinese's manager came on 30 March 2019 in a 2–0 home victory againstGenoa.[20] Following poor results, Tudor was sacked on 1 November.[21]
On 23 December 2019, Hajduk announced that Tudor has been selected as new manager.[22] On 2 January 2020, he officially took his role.[23] On 2 February, Tudor led his first match with Hajduk after three-and-a-half years in a 3–0 victory againstVaraždin.[24]
On 23 August 2020, Tudor resigned from Hajduk Split,[25] and accepted an offer to assistAndrea Pirlo at the Serie A clubJuventus.[26] He was sacked afterInter Milan reclaimed itsSerie A title.[27]
On 14 September 2021, Tudor was appointed coachSerie A clubHellas Verona in place ofEusebio Di Francesco.[28] Tudor immediately managed to turn the club's fortunes, ending the season in ninth place and achieving impressive performances throughout the season. On 28 May 2022, Verona announced to have parted ways with Tudor by mutual consent.[29]
On 4 July 2022, Tudor was named as the next manager ofMarseille in the FrenchLigue 1.[30] In the2022–23 UEFA Champions League, Marseille were knocked out after finishing bottom of their group, following a 2–1 home loss againstTottenham Hotspur.[31]
On 1 June 2023, Tudor announced that he was to part ways with the French club at the end of the season, stating in an official press release of his "tiredness" with the club.[32] Upon his departure from the club, Tudor had secured a third place finish in Ligue 1,[33] therefore guaranteeing Marseille a place in the2023–24 UEFA Champions League qualification stage.
On 18 March 2024, Tudor signed withSerie A clubLazio afterMaurizio Sarri resigned.[34] The same year on 5 June, he resigned from his position at the end of2023–24 season.[35]
On 23 March 2025, Tudor replacedThiago Motta as head coach of Serie A clubJuventus.[36] This appointment marked the first time Juventus had appointed a foreign manager sinceDidier Deschamps in the2006–07 season. He eventually guided the club to the fourth place of league table andChampions League qualification at the end of the2024–25 season.[37] On 13 June, Tudor signed a contract extension that kept him in the club until 2028.[38] In his first Champions League match with Juventus, he oversaw a 4–4 home draw againstBorussia Dortmund, managed byNiko Kovač, 25 years after a 4–4 draw between Juventus andHamburg in which both had scored as players.[39] Tudor was sacked by Juventus on 27 October, a day after the team lost 1–0 away to Lazio, extending their winless run to eight games, ending his tenure after seven months in charge.[40]
On 13 February 2026, Tudor agreed a deal to become head coach ofTottenham until the end of the2025–26 season.[41][42][43]
Known for his forward-looking philosophy, Tudor seeks to impose an aggressive style of play in his teams. Describing his preferred style of play whilst manager of Marseille, he said, "I want courageous and intensive football, not only uniquely based on the defence. I want people who come to the stadium to be entertained and not disappointed."[44]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hajduk Split | 1995–96 | Prva HNL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 1996–97 | Prva HNL | 23 | 1 | 3[b] | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | ||||
| 1997–98 | Prva HNL | 26 | 4 | 5[b] | 1 | — | 31 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 66 | 6 | 8 | 1 | — | 74 | 7 | |||||
| Trogir (loan) | 1995–96 | Treća HNL | 5 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Juventus | 1998–99 | Serie A | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| 1999–2000 | Serie A | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | — | 28 | 2 | ||
| 2000–01 | Serie A | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5[c] | 1 | — | 32 | 7 | ||
| 2001–02 | Serie A | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6[c] | 2 | — | 21 | 6 | ||
| 2002–03 | Serie A | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11[c] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |
| 2003–04 | Serie A | 15 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | |
| 2004–05 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Serie B | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 110 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 43 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 174 | 21 | ||
| Siena (loan) | 2004–05 | Serie A | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | |||
| 2005–06 | Serie A | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 | |||
| Total | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 2 | ||||
| Hajduk Split | 2007–08 | Prva HNL | 8 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | |||||
| Career total | 228 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 51 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 300 | 32 | ||
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 June 2004 | Estádio da Luz,Lisbon |  England | 2–3 | 2–4 | Euro 2004 |
| 2 | 30 March 2005 | Maksimir,Zagreb |  Malta | 3–0 | 3–0 | World Cup 2006 Qualifying |
| 3 | 4 June 2005 | Vasil Levski,Sofia |  Bulgaria | 2–0 | 3–1 | World Cup 2006 Qualifying |
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
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| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Hajduk Split |  | 29 April 2013 | 4 February 2015 | 78 | 35 | 21 | 22 | 132 | 105 | +27 | 044.87 |
| PAOK |  | 18 June 2015 | 9 March 2016 | 45 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 68 | 45 | +23 | 037.78 |
| Karabükspor |  | 18 June 2016 | 15 February 2017 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 038.10 |
| Galatasaray | | 15 February 2017 | 18 December 2017 | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 67 | 47 | +20 | 055.88 |
| Udinese |  | 24 April 2018 | 7 June 2018 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Udinese | | 20 March 2019 | 1 November 2019 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 040.91 |
| Hajduk Split | | 2 January 2020 | 21 August 2020 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 050.00 |
| Hellas Verona | | 14 September 2021 | 28 May 2022 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 65 | 56 | +9 | 038.89 |
| Marseille |  | 4 July 2022 | 1 June 2023 | 48 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 82 | 51 | +31 | 056.25 |
| Lazio | | 18 March 2024 | 6 June 2024 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 054.55 |
| Juventus | | 23 March 2025 | 27 October 2025 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 041.67 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | | 13 February 2026 | present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Career Total | 341 | 156 | 81 | 104 | 555 | 437 | +118 | 045.75 | |||
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