Igor Tudor: Out-of-work coach who was fired by Juventus is now interim manager of Tottenham. Check portfolio

Igor Tudor is the new interim manager of Tottenham. Tudor, who was out of work since October 2025, will remain head coach of Juventus till the end of 2025-26 season.

Tudor started his coaching career with Croatian football club Hajduk Split in 2013. Tudor played for Juventus for nearly a decade from 1998-2007 and he previously coached Udinese, Hellas Verona and Lazio in Italy.

The Croatian was also an assistant coach to Andrea Pirlo at Juventus in 2020-21.


Earlier in October, Juventus fired coach Igor Tudor. Tudor was appointed in March to replace the fired Thiago Motta and initially given a contract until the end of the season — including the Club World Cup in the United States.

At Juventus, Tudor inherited a team that sat outside the Champions League places late in the 2024-25 campaign, but he guided them to a fourth place finish after losing just one of his first 11 games in charge.

When his appointment is confirmed, the former Croatia defender will be tasked with cleaning up the mess left by Frank, who was axed on Wednesday after a 2-1 defeat against Newcastle 24 hours earlier.

Tottenham are languishing just five points above the Premier League relegation zone.

Frank, hired from Brentford last year after Ange Postecoglou's sacking, paid the price for a miserable run of two wins in 17 league games.

Tottenham's players have been given time off until Monday due to the club being without a weekend match after their FA Cup exit in January.

Tudor is expected to be in place by the time they return to training.

Opting for a temporary boss follows the template used by Manchester United, who hired Michael Carrick until the end of the season after dismissing Ruben Amorim.

Tottenham had also been linked with former Borussia Dortmund manager Edin Terzic and ex-Leipzig boss Marco Rose prior to reports of their agreement with Tudor.

Candidates for the permanent Tottenham job are likely to include their former manager Mauricio Pochettino after his United States commitments at the World Cup in June and July.

Tottenham's next match is the north London derby at home to Premier League leaders Arsenal on February 22.