Bojan Hodak

Bojan Hodak
Personal information
Full name Bojan Hodak
Date of birth (1971-05-04) 4 May 1971
Place of birth Zagreb, Croatia
Playing position Centre-back
Youth career
1987-1990 NK Trnje
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1990-1994 NK Vrapce
1995 NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac
1996 NK Ponikve
1997 Balestier Central
1998-1999 Jurong
1999 Hong Kong Rangers
2000-2001 Jurong
2002 NK Trnje
Teams managed
2006–2009 UPB-MyTeam (head coach)
2010-2011 Phnom Penh Crown (head coach)
2011-2012 Shandong Luneng (assistant coach)
2012-2013 Kelantan (head coach)
2014-2015 Johor Darul Takzim (manager&head coach)
2016- Kelantan (Head coach)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Bojan Hodak (born 4 May 1971), is a former Croatian professional footballer and coach, who most recently managed Kelantan FA in Malaysia Super League.

Early life

Hodak was born and raised in Zagreb, Croatia, as the second child in a family with a strong military background. His father and brother were both army officers there. In his early years he spent most time playing basketball and football, not preferring one from the other as he excelled in both. There was neither a prominent figure that encouraged him, nor was there any history of sportsmen in his family, but Hodak carried on for fun, joining his friends. However at the age of 16, his local club NK Trnje began paying him for his services and he duly gave up basketball to focus his time and energy in football.[1]

Managerial career

UPB-MyTeam

His coaching career began in Malaysia in 2006 with the now-defunct UPB-MyTeam, where he guided them to promotion into the Malaysian Super League. There he was responsible for the development of UPB-MyTeam's very young squad, which produced many Malaysian national players, including Norshahrul Idlan Talaha, Shakir Shaari, Bunyamin Umar, Syed Adney Syed Hussein, Stanley Samuel, Azmi Muslim, Nazrin Nawi and Azamuddin Akil.

Phnom Penh Crown

With Phnom Penh Crown he won the Cambodian League and qualified for the AFC President's Cup Final Round for the first time in Cambodian football history.

Shandong Luneng

With Shandong Luneng Taishan he won the Reserve CSL and he was assistant coach in the First team that lost the Chinese FA Cup final 2-1 to Tianjin Teda.

Kelantan

Hodak was appointed manager and head coach of Kelantan on March 2012.[2][3] He made Kelantan history during his debut season, guiding them to a historic treble of the Malaysian FA Cup, Malaysian Super League and Malaysia Cup. The team also qualified for the 2012 AFC Cup quarter-finals where they lost to Arbil FC of Iraq, 3-6 on aggregate.[4] In his second season with Kelantan,after losing 6 key players still team retained the FA Cup, but lost he league championship to LionsXII and Malaysia Cup final to Pahang FA. He leaves the team after the conclusion of the 2013 season.[5]

Johor Darul Takzim

With Johor Darul Takzim he won the 2014 Malaysia Super League and qualified for the AFC Cup.Collect 44 point from 22 match and beat 1-0 sarawak at stadium Negeri Sarawak Kuching. In January 2015 he won Charity Shield after JDT beat Pahang 2-0.

Personal life

He is married to his wife Junie Hodak née Tan. They have a son Luka.

Honours

UPB MyTeam FC
Kelantan FA
Shandong Luneng
Johor Darul Takzim

Managerial stats

Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
UPB-MyTeam Malaysia 2006 2009 8137152945.7
Phnom Penh Crown Cambodia 2010 2011 14103171.4
Shandong Luneng China 2011 2012
Kelantan FA Malaysia 2012 2013 9053211658.9
Johor Darul Takzim Malaysia 2014 2015 38239660.5
Total 223 123 48 52 55.16

References

  1. ↑ http://mugonopak.blogspot.com/2012/02/kenali-bojan-hodak-bakal-jurulatih-baru.html
  2. ↑ http://www.theredwarriors.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1201:bojan-sah-jurulatih-baharu-kelantan&catid=910:berita-sukan&Itemid=100071
  3. ↑ http://www.sports247.my/2012/10/football-hodak-wants-better-contract/
  4. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3986/editorial/2013/02/08/3732966/five-outstanding-south-east-asian-clubs-kelantan
  5. ↑ http://www.nst.com.my/sports/soccer/hodak-to-bid-farewell-1.385943
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