Bogdan Cuvaj

Bogdan Cuvaj
Personal information
Date of birth21 October 1905
Place of birthZagreb, Austria-Hungary
Date of death23 July 1983 (aged 77)
Place of deathZagreb, Austria-Hungary
Playing positionManager
Teams managed
YearsTeam
1929-1934HŠK Concordia
1941-1943Croatia
1945–1946NK Metalac Zagreb
1946–1952NK Lokomotiva Zagreb
1952–1955NK Tekstilac Zagreb
1956Dinamo Zagreb
1958-1962Kickers Offenbach

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

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 the Croatian national team several times 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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