Srećko Bogdan (born 5 January 1957) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played a defender. He is now a youth coach in NK Inter Zaprešić.

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Srećko Bogdan

Personal information
Date of birth	(1957-01-05) 5 January 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth	Mursko Središće, PR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1970–1973	Rudar Mursko Središće
1973–1974	Čakovec
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1974–1985	Dinamo Zagreb	262	(34)
1985–1993	Karlsruher SC	245	(21)
Total		507	(55)
International career
1977–1983	Yugoslavia	11	(0)
1990–1991	Croatia	2	(1)
Managerial career
1996–2001	Karlsruher SC (assistant)
2001–2002	VfR Mannheim
2005–2006	Inter Zaprešić
2007–2008	Segesta
2009–2010	Međimurje
2010–2011	Savski Marof
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games UEFA U-21 Euro 1978 1979 Split Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Bogdan was born in Mursko Središće, Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia. He started his career in his home town with NK Rudar Mursko Središće, where he spent three years before moving to MTČ Čakovec and starting his senior career in 1973. He spent one season and a half with Čakovec before transferring first to Dinamo Zagreb and later to Karlsruhe. He is currently in third place in Dinamo Zagreb's all-time list of appearances for the club, with a total of 595 appearances in which he scored 125 goals.^[1] He played for Dinamo Zagreb between January 1975 and June 1985, after which he moved to Karlsruhe in the German 2. Bundesliga. After two years at Karlsruhe, he managed promotion to the Bundesliga with the club and subsequently made 169 appearances for the club in the league over the following six seasons, scoring nine goals.^[2] He retired from playing in June 1993.

In his international career, Bogdan played for both former Yugoslavia and Croatia, and won 11 caps for Yugoslavia and two for Croatia, scoring one goal for the latter.^[3] He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a January 1977 friendly match away against Colombia, coming on as a 30th-minute substitute for Franjo Vladić. The games for Croatia in 1990 and 1991 were unofficial,^[4] since the country was still officially part of Yugoslavia.

Bogdan worked as a coach at Karlsruhe's youth academy between 1993 and 1996, following his retirement as a player at the club. He went on to work as an assistant coach at the club's first team between 1996 and 2001.

The first club where he was appointed head coach was Croatian side Inter Zaprešić, where he was in charge in 2005 and 2006. He was then appointed head coach at Segesta Sisak in January 2007, staying with the club until October 2008. In October 2009, he was appointed head coach at Međimurje, signing a contract until the end of the 2009–10 season. He was sacked on 2 April 2010, when the club found themselves on the brink of the relegation zone after a streak of five games without a win. He later managed Savski Marof and became academy boss at Inter Zaprešić.^[5]

During the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Bogdan commented several of the tournament's matches as a co-commentator for the Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT).