Editing Igor Tudor (section)

==Club career==
===Early years===
Tudor started his professional career at [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]] in 1995 scoring five goals in 58 matches, being considered a revelation for his technique and ball control above the average of a defender.

===Juventus===
After three personally successful seasons at Hajduk, he was noticed and acquired by Italian giants [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] in 1998. During his time with Juventus, he won the [[Croatian Player of the Year]] award in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027162433/http://geocities.com/juventusfootball/news/archived02/010102.htm |url=http://geocities.com/juventusfootball/news/archived02/010102.htm |title=Award-Winning Tudor Takes Plaudits in His Stride |date=1 January 2002 |archive-date=27 October 2009 |publisher=Juventus Football}}</ref> During his eight-year spell with the club, Tudor was in excellent form, despite injuries, and formed impressive defensive partnerships with the likes of [[Paolo Montero]], [[Mark Iuliano]], [[Gianluca Pessotto]], [[Lilian Thuram]], [[Ciro Ferrara]], [[Alessandro Birindelli]], [[Nicola Legrottaglie]], [[Gianluca Zambrotta]], [[Jonathan Zebina]], [[Giorgio Chiellini]] and [[Fabio Cannavaro]].

During the [[2000–01 Serie A|2000–01]] season under [[Carlo Ancelotti]], Tudor had a prolific year, scoring six goals. The following season, with the return of his former Juventus coach [[Marcello Lippi]], he was occasionally deployed as a midfielder, scoring four crucial goals (one against [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] in the [[Derby della Mole|Turin derby]], two goals in Juventus' comebacks against [[A.C. ChievoVerona|Chievo]] and [[Hellas Verona F.C.|Hellas Verona]] and one during the match against title contenders [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]) in Juventus's successful [[2001–02 Serie A|Serie A title campaign]]. The following season, he also scored a notable goal against [[Deportivo de La Coruña]] in the last minute of a second round match of the [[2002–03 UEFA Champions League|2002–03 Champions League]], allowing the club to progress to the quarter finals of the competition, en route to the [[2003 UEFA Champions League Final|final]], in which they were defeated by Italian rivals [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] on penalties.

During this period, Juventus had one of the strongest teams in the world, and Tudor contributed well, with over 150 total appearances for the club, scoring nearly 20 goals, as a centreback. After a major injury in 2004, however, Tudor was loaned out to [[S.S. Robur Siena|Siena]] in January 2005 after seven seasons with Juve. Following the revocation of Juventus' [[2004–05 Serie A|2004–05]] and [[2005–06 Serie A]] titles due to their involvement in the ''[[Calciopoli]]'' scandal, as well as the expiration of his loan contract with Siena, Tudor returned to Juventus, staying with the club despite their relegation to [[Serie B]], but injuries kept him off the pitch for the whole season. His contract expired on 30 June 2007.

During his time at the club, Tudor won two Serie A titles, two [[Italian Supercup]]s, a [[2006–07 Serie B|Serie B]] title and a [[2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup|UEFA Intertoto Cup]], also reaching the final of the [[2001–02 Coppa Italia]] and 2002–03 Champions League.

===Return to Hajduk===
Constantly struggling with injuries and mysterious bacterial infection of his ankle, Tudor was almost forced to end his career in 2007, but in June 2007 he decided to join his former club Hajduk Split after not renewing his contract with Juventus. After a highly cautious rehabilitation process his comeback was in the match against [[NK Zadar|Zadar]] on 20 October 2007. This was his first official match in over 16 months. However, he was unable to reach his previous form and his ankle injury problems continued. On 22 July 2008, at the age of 30, he announced his early retirement due to his recurring ankle injury problems.