Igor Tudor

Igor Tudor (born 16 April 1978) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who most recently managed Serie A club Juventus.

Capable of playing either as a defender or defensive midfielder, Tudor spent most of his playing career at Juventus, winning several trophies during that time. He was a part of the Croatia national team at UEFA Euro 2004, the 2006 and 1998 World Cup, but missed the 2002 World Cup due to injury. 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 with PAOK in the 2015–16 season. In Turkey, he managed Karabükspor from 2016 to 2017, and Galatasaray in 2017. From April to June 2018, Tudor managed Serie A side Udinese and in that time, saved the club from relegation to Serie 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.

Following three successful seasons at Hajduk Split, Tudor was noticed by Italian club Juventus in 1998 and signed for them shortly afterwards; he later won the Croatian Player of the Year award in 2002. At international level, Tudor earned a total of 55 appearances, scoring three goals.

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 imposing defender who excelled in the air, making him a dangerous goal threat during set pieces. He was also a tight man-marker and a hard tackling defender, with great tactical intelligence. Despite being primarily a central defender, he was capable of playing anywhere along the back line and even as a defensive 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. Despite his talent, he was also injury-prone, which is often thought to have affected his playing career.

On 4 February 2015, Tudor resigned from Hajduk Split after managing the club for more than year and nine months.

On 18 June 2015, Tudor was appointed coach of PAOK, signing a three-year contract. He lost 2–1 against Lokomotiva in his debut with PAOK for the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League. He was sacked on 9 March 2016 due to "unsuccessful results and raging comments about the quality of the team". On 18 June 2016, he was appointed coach of Karabükspor on a one-year contract.

On 15 February 2017, Tudor was appointed coach of Galatasaray, signing a one-and-a-half-year contract with the club. He was sacked by the club on 18 December.