Srečko Katanec
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Srečko Katanec (pronounced [ˈsretʃkɔ kaˈtanɛts] ⓘ; born 16 July 1963) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of the Uzbekistan national team. At international level, he was capped for both the Yugoslavia and Slovenia national teams.
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1963-07-16) 16 July 1963 (age 60) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth |
Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) |
Defensive midfielder, centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Uzbekistan (head coach) | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1970–1981 | Ljubljana | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1981–1985 | Olimpija | 81 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
1985–1986 | Dinamo Zagreb | 21 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
1986–1988 | Partizan | 58 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
1988–1989 | VfB Stuttgart | 26 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
1989–1994 | Sampdoria | 87 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 273 | (35) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
Yugoslavia U21 | |||||||||||||||||
1983–1990 | Yugoslavia | 31 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
1994 | Slovenia | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
1997–1998 | Gorica | ||||||||||||||||
1998–2002 | Slovenia | ||||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Olympiacos | ||||||||||||||||
2006–2009 | Macedonia | ||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2017 | Slovenia | ||||||||||||||||
2018–2021 | Iraq | ||||||||||||||||
2021– | Uzbekistan | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
A former midfielder, who was also capable of playing as a defender, Katanec is regarded as one of the greatest Slovenian footballers of all time, having represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics, UEFA Euro 1984 and the 1990 FIFA World Cup. After Slovenian independence, Katanec made five appearances for the newly formed Slovenia national team before retiring from professional football.[1]
During his club career, Katanec won a Yugoslav League championship with FK Partizan and was a runner-up of the 1988–89 UEFA Cup with VfB Stuttgart. In his five-year spell with Sampdoria, he won the Serie A championship, the Coppa Italia and the European Cup Winners' Cup, as well as finishing as a runner-up in the 1992 European Cup final, losing to Barcelona.[2]
As manager of Slovenia, Katanec led the country to its first major tournament in history after qualifying for the 2000 European Championship and the 2002 FIFA World Cup.