SreÄko Katanec
Srečko Katanec (2007)
Srečko Katanec (* July 16 1963 in Ljubljana ) is a retired Yugoslav and Slovenian football player.
Career as a player
Katanec began his career at the age of seven years at NK Ljubljana. The jump in the first Yugoslav league he managed in 1981 with the move to NK Olimpija Ljubljana.
In 1984 he played with Yugoslavia at the European Championships in 1984 his first major tournament, and then reached with the Yugoslav team to third place at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
1987 Katanec was with Partizan Belgrade for the first time Yugoslavian Champion. A year later, VfB Stuttgart took him under contract. In 1989 he came with VfB into the UEFA Cup final, but lost to Napoli. Also In 1989, Katanec in the Serie A for UC Sampdoria. With Sampdoria, he won the 1990 European Cup Winners' Cup, in 1991 the Italian championship and reached the following year, the Champions League final, which was won by Barcelona 1-0. In his last full season in Italy Katanec won the 1994 Italian Cup.
In the second round game of the FIFA World Cup 1990 against Spain Katanec ran for the last time for the Yugoslav national team. This World Cup was the only one in which he participated as a player. In this World Cup, he also saw the red card, even though he was on the bench. This also managed the Argentine Claudio Caniggia at the Football World Cup 2002. For the Slovenian national team he played in 1994 yet an official international match before he ended his active career.
Career as a coach
Since 1996 Katanec worked as an assistant coach of the Slovenian U-21 national team. After gaining coaching license in 1998, he was Slovenian coach. Previously, he had only had a short stint as head coach at the Slovenian first division HIT Gorica.
Nevertheless Katanec made from the team that had lost in qualifying for the World Cup in 1998, seven out of eight games, a renowned force in European football. He led the team to Euro 2000. Katanec There failed in Slovenia, although in the first round, but reached at least a 3-3 against Yugoslavia, the Slovenes in the meantime the enemy paraded and 3-0 were in the lead.
Two years later, with Slovenia Katanec qualified for the World Cup 2002. After three defeats in the group stage and a dispute with the star of the team, Zlatko Zahovič, Katanec resigned.
In November 2002 Katanec coach of Olympiakos Piraeus, but was discharged after three months due to lack of success and a dispute with the chairman of the association.
2004 Katanec was a candidate for the post of the Croatian national team. Ultimately, however, he obtained in February 2006 again a coaches job. Between 2006 and 2009 he headed the Macedonian national team. In April 2009 Katanec resigned as coach of the Macedonian national team after a 0-4 defeat against the Netherlands. June 22, 2009 to September 6, 2011, he was coach of the United Arab Emirates.
On 31 December 2012, he Čeferin was introduced as the new coach of the Slovenian national football team by the Slovenian Association President Aleksander.
Success with Macedonia
- May 28 2006: Macedonia wins against Ecuador ( World Cup qualifiers 2006) 2-1
- June 4, 2006: Macedonia wins away against Turkey 1-0
- October 7, 2006 (European Championship Qualification 2008): Macedonia gets away against England a 0-0 out.