| Name: | Branislav Ivanovic |
| Nationality: | Serbian |
| Date of Birth: | 22/02/1984 |
| Height: | 6' 2" (188cm) |
| Weight: | 13st 8lbs (86.0kg) |
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| Clubs: | OFK Belgrade, Lokomotiv Mosc |
| Position: | Defender |
Steady progress was the theme of Branislav Ivanovic's first full season as a Chelsea player, while in his second he made himself almost indispensable.
Beginning the 2009/10 campaign as understudy to Jose Bosingwa at right-back, the Serb capitalised when the Portuguese suffered a season-ending knee injury in October, and has never looked back, contributing a series of assured displays with his strong defensive work and powerful attacking play.
His 41 appearances placed him as a frontrunner in voting for our Player of the Year award, and although he eventually lost out to Didier Drogba, he joined the Ivorian in the PFA Premier League Team of the Season.
That was in spite of beginning the league campaign as a reserve following an uncertain Community Shield. However injury to Alex and the manager's reluctance to play Ricardo Carvalho twice in a week allowed Ivanovic a start a centre-back in our second league game of the season, but it wasn't until Bosingwa withdrew at Aston Villa in mid-October that he became a regular.
He bundled himself his solitary goal of the campaign at Bolton at the end of the month as he kept seven consecutive clean sheets in all competitions, while beginning to offer an added threat in attack.
Two assists came against Everton in December, and it was he who was fouled for the decisive penalty against Portsmouth a few days later.
Away in the San Siro in the Champions League he was arguably at fault for Inter's first goal but compensated by charging his way through Inter's midfield and defence to tee up Salomon Kalou for the equaliser.
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