Srečko Katanec
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 16 July 1963 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | 56 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
1988–1989 | VfB Stuttgart | 26 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
1989–1994 | Sampdoria | 87 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 271 | (36) | |||||||||||||||
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 |
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.
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]
Under his management, Slovenia qualified for its first-ever UEFA European Championship and the FIFA World Cup in 2000 and 2002, respectively.
Playing career
Katanec began playing football at the age of seven with NK Ljubljana. In 1981, he joined Olimpija; in 1985, he joined Dinamo Zagreb; while the next year, he signed with Partizan and was a Yugoslav champion in 1987.
In 1988, Katanec joined VfB Stuttgart in the German Bundesliga. The club reached the 1989 UEFA Cup Final, but lost to Diego Maradona's Napoli. Katanec played just one season for Stuttgart. In 1989, he signed for Italian Serie A side Sampdoria, where he won the European Cup Winners' Cup in his first season. In 1991, Sampdoria won the Scudetto as Serie A champions, while the next year, the club reached the 1992 European Cup Final, losing to Barcelona. In 1994, he also won the Coppa Italia with Sampdoria under manager Sven-Göran Eriksson.
Katanec was a member of the Yugoslavia national team for the 1984 European Championship in France, but he has fonder memories of 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, where Yugoslavia team won a bronze medal. He was playing successfully in the qualifying round for 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy so he became the third Slovenian to play at a World Cup, where he appeared in three of Yugoslavia's five matches. These would be his last three caps for Yugoslavia. Altogether, he appeared in 31 matches and scored 5 goals.
Katanec played five more matches (and scored a goal) for the independent Slovenia national team, but appeared in only one official match. That was a qualifying round for the 1996 European Championship in England, on 7 September 1994 in Maribor against Italy. Soon after, his contract with Sampdoria expired and he finished his football playing career.
Managerial career
Between 1996 and 1997, Katanec was an assistant manager of Drago Kostanjšek at the Slovenia under-21 team.[3] In December 1997, he became a head coach of Gorica, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.[3] In July 1998, he was announced as the Slovenian national team manager.[4]
With Slovenia, he qualified for the 2000 UEFA European Championship after eliminating Ukraine in the qualifying play-offs, which was the country's first-ever appearance at the major tournament.[5] At the tournament, Slovenia earned draws against FR Yugoslavia and Norway, and lost to Spain.[6] Slovenia also managed to qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where they lost all three matches against Spain, South Africa and Paraguay.[7] After the first game, Katanec had a huge argument with the team's star player Zlatko Zahovič, who was sent home.[8] He resigned immediately after the World Cup.[9] On 2 November 2002, he became the new manager of Olympiacos.[10] Under Katanec's command, Olympiacos played worse than expected, and on 7 February 2003 the club terminated his contract with immediate effect due to poor performances and a bad atmosphere in the team.[11]
In 2004, Katanec was a candidate to become the national team manager of Croatia; however, Zlatko Kranjčar was chosen instead of him.[12]
On 17 February 2006, Katanec was appointed as Macedonia's head coach for the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers.[13] Following a mixed set of results in the qualifying campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, including a 1–0 win against Scotland and a 4–0 loss to the Netherlands, Katanec resigned from the position on 6 April 2009.[14] On 23 June 2009, he was presented as a new head coach of the United Arab Emirates national team.[15] He was sacked on 6 September 2011 after two successive defeats in the third round of qualifiers for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[16]
On 31 December 2012, he accepted the offer from the Football Association of Slovenia to become the manager of Slovenia for the second time, and was officially appointed on 4 January 2013.[17][18] He resigned in October 2017 after failing to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[19]
On 4 September 2018, Katanec was appointed as head coach of the Iraq on a three-year contract.[20] His first major competition was the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, where he managed to achieve what he had failed with Slovenia and the United Arab Emirates, by reaching the knockout stages in a major tournament for the first time, as his Iraq reached the round of 16 before losing to the eventual champions Qatar 1–0.[21] Under his management, Iraq also achieved a notable 2–1 win over neighbour Iran in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers,[22] as well as guiding Iraq to the third round of AFC qualifiers, but due to conflict with the federation over unpaid salaries, Katanec departed as coach in July 2021.[23]
On 27 August 2021, Katanec was appointed as head coach of Uzbekistan on a four-year contract.[24]
Personal life
Katanec was born in Ljubljana to Croat parents from Međimurje.[25] He has two sons, Svit Oliver and Ian Oskar.[26]
Career statistics
Club
Club performance | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Yugoslavia | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
1980–81 | Olimpija Ljubljana | First League | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
1981–82 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||
1982–83 | 29 | 4 | ||||||||||
1983–84 | 33 | 6 | ||||||||||
1984–85 | Dinamo Zagreb | First League | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
1985–86 | 21 | 3 | ||||||||||
1986–87 | Partizan | First League | 28 | 4 | ||||||||
1987–88 | 28 | 6 | ||||||||||
Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Other | Europe | Total | |||||||
1988–89 | VfB Stuttgart | Bundesliga | 26 | 1 | ||||||||
Italy | League | Coppa Italia | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
1989–90 | Sampdoria | Serie A | 27 | 5 | ||||||||
1990–91 | 26 | 2 | ||||||||||
1991–92 | 26 | 4 | ||||||||||
1992–93 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
1993–94 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
Total | Yugoslavia | 158 | 23 | |||||||||
Germany | 26 | 1 | ||||||||||
Italy | 87 | 12 | ||||||||||
Career total | 271 | 36 |
Managerial
- As of match played 28 March 2023
Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Gorica | 18 December 1997[28] | 2 July 1998[28] | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 66.7 | [28] |
Slovenia | 2 July 1998[29] | 18 June 2002[30] | 47 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 38.3 | [28][31] |
Olympiacos | 2 November 2002[32] | 7 February 2003[33] | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 57.1 | [28] |
Macedonia | 17 February 2006[28] | 6 April 2009[28] | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 33.3 | [28][31] |
United Arab Emirates | 23 June 2009[28] | 6 September 2011[28] | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 39.3 | [34][35][36] |
Slovenia | 4 January 2013[18] | 24 December 2017[28] | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 38.1 | [31] |
Iraq | 4 September 2018[37] | July 2021[38] | 38 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 52.6 | [39][40][41][42] |
Uzbekistan | 27 August 2021[43] | Present | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 62.5 | [44][45][46] |
Total | 230 | 104 | 59 | 67 | 45.2 | — |
Honours
Partizan
VfB Stuttgart
Sampdoria
- Serie A: 1990–91
- Coppa Italia: 1993–94
- Supercoppa Italiana: 1991
- Cup Winners' Cup: 1989–90
- European Cup runner-up: 1991–92
References
- ^ "Our Legends". Football Association of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ Srečko Katanec – UEFA coaching record (archived)
- ^ a b "Katanec na klopi HIT Gorice" (in Slovenian). Slovenian Press Agency. 18 December 1997. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Katanec selektor slovenske reprezentance" (in Slovenian). Slovenian Press Agency. 2 July 1998. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Plestenjak, Rok (17 November 2019). "Premraženi Slovenci kljub "svinjskemu" sojenju šokirali svet" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Slovenci odhajajo ponosno" (in Slovenian). Slovenian Press Agency. 21 June 2000. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Plestenjak, Rok (10 June 2018). "SP 2002: Slovenija na svetovnih naslovnicah, a z nič kaj prijetno novico" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Unruly Zahovic is sent home". The Guardian. 7 June 2002. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ Bryant, Steve (6 June 2002). "Slovenia coach to quit in row". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Katanec gets Olympiakos job". BBC Sport. 2 November 2002. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Olympiakos coach vows to deliver title". ESPN. 8 February 2003. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Croatia delay boss decision". BBC Sport. 8 July 2004. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ "Katanec tudi uradno med Makedonci" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 17 February 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Plestenjak, Rok (6 April 2009). "Srečko Katanec ni več selektor Makedonije" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Katanec z novo službo v mondenem Dubaju". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). 23 June 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Abbasher, Yasir (7 September 2011). "UAE football coach Srecko Katanec sacked". Gulf News. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ^ T. O. (31 December 2012). "Katanec pet pred dvanajsto "dahnil usodni da"" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- ^ a b M. R. (4 January 2013). "Katanec: Igralci morajo imeti krvave noge in boleti jih mora glava" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Slovenia boss Srecko Katanec to step down after qualifier against Scotland". ESPN. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ "Milijon evrov za Srečka Katanca. Nekdanji slovenski selektor v Irak odpeljal tudi sina". Večer (in Slovenian). 4 September 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Katančev Irak izpadel v osmini finala". Večer (in Slovenian). 22 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Najslajša Katančeva zmaga, Iračanom se je zmešalo od sreče #video" (in Slovenian). Siol. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ G. N. (8 July 2021). "Srečko Katanec je imel dovolj iraških obljub". Delo (in Slovenian). Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Srechko Katanes Oʻzbekiston milliy terma jamoasi bosh murabbiyi – UFA" (in Uzbek). Uzbekistan Football Association. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Hrvaški predniki vidnih Slovencev" (in Slovenian). Slovenske Novice. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ P. J. (12 June 2014). "Sin Srečka Katanca bo Adrijin pilot?". slovenskenovice.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Srečko Katanec". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Srecko Katanec – Iraq – Stats – titles won". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "2. julij: Katanec prvič sedel na klop reprezentance" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Katanec se je poslovil" (in Slovenian). Slovenian Press Agency. 18 June 2002. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ a b c "Srečko Katanec – national football team manager". eu-football.info. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Srečko Katanec trener Olympiakosa" (in Slovenian). Slovenian Press Agency. 2 November 2002. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Olympiakos odpustil Katanca" (in Slovenian). Slovenian Press Agency. 7 February 2003. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "United Arab Emirates (2009)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "United Arab Emirates (2010)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "United Arab Emirates (2011)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Katanec z Iračani podpisal 1,2 milijona dolarjev težko pogodbo". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). 4 September 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ "Srecko Katanec Cancels Contract with Iraq: Report". Tasnim News Agency. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Iraq (2018)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ "Iraq (2019)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ "Iraq (2020)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "Iraq (2021)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Srechko Katanes Oʻzbekiston milliy terma jamoasi bosh murabbiyi – UFA" (in Uzbek). Uzbekistan Football Association. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Uzbekistan (2021)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Uzbekistan (2022)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Uzbekistan (2023)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
External links
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- Srečko Katanec at the Football Association of Slovenia website (in Slovene)
- Srečko Katanec – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Srečko Katanec at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Ljubljana
- Yugoslav footballers
- Slovenian footballers
- Slovenian people of Croatian descent
- Association football central defenders
- Association football midfielders
- NK Ljubljana players
- NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
- FK Partizan players
- VfB Stuttgart players
- U.C. Sampdoria players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Bundesliga players
- Serie A players
- Yugoslav expatriate footballers
- Slovenian expatriate footballers
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in West Germany
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in West Germany
- Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Slovenian football managers
- ND Gorica managers
- Slovenia national football team managers
- Slovenian expatriate football managers
- Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Expatriate football managers in Greece
- Olympiacos F.C. managers
- Super League Greece managers
- Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia
- Expatriate football managers in North Macedonia
- North Macedonia national football team managers
- Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates
- United Arab Emirates national football team managers
- Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Iraq
- Expatriate football managers in Iraq
- Iraq national football team managers
- Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan
- Expatriate football managers in Uzbekistan
- Uzbekistan national football team managers
- Yugoslavia international footballers
- Slovenia international footballers
- Dual internationalists (football)
- Olympic footballers of Yugoslavia
- Olympic medalists in football
- Olympic bronze medalists for Yugoslavia
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- UEFA Euro 1984 players
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 2000 managers
- 2002 FIFA World Cup managers
- 2011 AFC Asian Cup managers
- 2019 AFC Asian Cup managers