Ivan Juric was appointed manager of Southampton on 21 December 2024, replacing Russell Martin.

A former Sevilla and Hajduk Split midfielder, Juric represented Croatia five times prior to retiring in 2010 while at Genoa.

Before joining Southampton, Juric's entire managerial career had been spent in Italian football. His pathway began with four years on the coaching staff of Genoa, Inter and Palermo.

Juric first went into management in 2014 at Mantova. But within months, Crotone - the club he played for between 2001 and 2006 - approached him to return.

He guided Crotone to promotion to Serie A for the first time in 2015/16, arguably the club's greatest achievement. 

Juric was soon lured back to Genoa, and his appointment as head coach there in June 2016 was the beginning of a rollercoaster ride. Things started encouragingly with victories over AC Milan and Juventus, but he was dismissed in February 2017.

Just two months later, Juric was reinstated as Genoa head coach and guided the team to safety but his time was up again in November 2017, when Davide Ballardini replaced him.

Less than a year later, in October 2018, he was appointed Genoa coach again but it was not to be third time lucky. Juric was sacked seven weeks later after being knocked out of the Coppa Italia by Serie C side Virtus Entella.

Juric returned to Serie A management a year later with promoted Hellas Verona, keeping them in Italy's top division for two seasons before he was given permission to depart for Torino.

Following three respectable seasons in Turin, finishing midtable each time, Juric was offered the chance to turn Roma's season around after the sacking of Daniele De Rossi, successor to Jose Mourinho.

However, Juric was unable to inspire an improvement and on 10 November 2024, after only 12 matches at the helm, he was replaced by Claudio Ranieri.

Juric becomes only the third Croat to take charge of a Premier League club, following former West Ham United and Everton boss Slaven Bilic and ex-Portsmouth manager Velimir Zajec.