Bogdan Cuvaj Explained

Bogdan Cuvaj
Birth Place:Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia,
Austria-Hungary
Birth Date:21 October 1905
Death Place:Zagreb, SR Croatia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Manageryears1:1929–1934
Managerclubs1:Concordia
Manageryears2:1941–1943
Managerclubs2:Independent State of Croatia
Manageryears3:1945–1946
Managerclubs3:Metalac
Manageryears4:1946–1952
Managerclubs4:Lokomotiva
Manageryears5:1952–1955
Managerclubs5:Tekstilac
Manageryears6:1956
Managerclubs6:Dinamo Zagreb
Manageryears7:1958–1962
Managerclubs7:Kickers Offenbach

Bogdan Cuvaj (21 October 1905  - 23 July 1983) was a Croatian football manager in both club and international competition.

Career

He became the manager of Concordia Zagreb's youth side in 1926. After receiving managerial training in Vienna, Cuvaj became Concordia's manager in 1931, a position he held until the club was banned in 1945. With the club he won the 1932 Yugoslavian championship and the 1942 Croatian championship. From March 6, 1939 he served as secretary of the Croatian Football Federation and also managed his country under the flag of the Independent State of Croatia, a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1945.

After World War II he managed Tekstilac Zagreb (1945–1946), Lokomotiva Zagreb (1946–1952), Metalac Zagreb (1952–1955) and Dinamo Zagreb (1955–1956).

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