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Bojan Hodak (born 4 May 1971) is a Croatian professional football coach and former player. He is the coach of
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club Kuala Lumpur City.


Early life

Hodak was born and raised in
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, 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.


Managerial career


UPB-MyTeam

Hodak's coaching career began in Malaysia in 2006 with the now-defunct UPB-MyTeam, where he guided them to promotion into the
Malaysian Super League The Malaysia Super League ( ms, Liga Super Malaysia) is the men's top professional football division of the Malaysian football league system. Administered by the Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership (FMLLP), now known as the Malaysi ...
. 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,
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, Syed Adney Syed Hussein, Stanley Samuel, Azmi Muslim, Nazrin Nawi and Azamuddin Akil.


Phnom Penh Crown

With
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, he won the Cambodian League and qualified for the
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Final Round for the first time in
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n football history.


Shandong Taishan

With
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, he won the Reserve CSL and he was assistant coach in the First team that lost the
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final 2–1 to
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.


Kelantan

Hodak was appointed manager and head coach of
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in February 2012. He made Kelantan history during his debut season, guiding them to a historic treble of the
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,
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and Malaysia Cup. The team also qualified for the
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quarter-finals where they lost to Arbil FC of
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, 3–6 on aggregate. In his second season with Kelantan, despite losing six key players, the team managed to retain the
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, but lost the league championship to LionsXII and Malaysia Cup final to Sri Pahang. He left the team after the conclusion of the 2013 season.


Johor Darul Takzim

With
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, he won the
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and qualified for the AFC Cup. The team collected 44 points from 22 matches and beat Sarawak 1–0 at Stadium Negeri Sarawak, Kuching. In January 2015, he guided JDT to the Charity Shield after JDT beat Pahang 2-0.


Penang

Hodak was appointed CEO of Penang in May 2016 with the target to save Penang from relegation. Penang were bottom of the Malaysian Super League with only 6 points from 11 matches. He signed Nenad Baćina as head coach, changed three players and the team started improving. In the second half of the season, Penang was one of the best teams, winning 16 points, with only
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and
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winning more points in these 11 matches. The team managed to stay in Malaysian Super League in 2016. After Hodak left at the end of the 2016 season, Penang was relegated the next season, after collecting only 12 points From 22 matches.


Malaysia U19 National Team

With Malaysia U-19, Hodak achieved best results in the history by winning AFF U-19 Championship in 2018. Before that, in 2017 he was runner Up in same age group and manage to qualify for AFC U-19 Championship 2017.


PSM Makassar

On the last day of 2019 (31 December 2019),
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officially announced Bojan Hodak as their new coach for the upcoming 2020 season.


Kuala Lumpur City

Bojan helped the City Boys reached their first cup final after 22 years (since 1999 Malaysia FA Cup). On top of that, Kuala Lumpur City put an end to the 32-year drought of Malaysia Cup (last won in 1989) by winning the 2021 Malaysia Cup final by beating the overwhelming favourites JDT 2–0 at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium. As title holders of the Malaysia Cup, Kuala Lumpur City qualified to play in the 2022 AFC cup campaign via cup competition after Malaysia FA Cup was abandoned due to
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.


Honours

; UPB MyTeam *
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: Promotion 2007 ; Phnom Penh Crown * Cambodian League: 2011 ; Kelantan *
Malaysia Super League The Malaysia Super League ( ms, Liga Super Malaysia) is the men's top professional football division of the Malaysian football league system. Administered by the Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership (FMLLP), now known as the Malays ...
:
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* Malaysia FA Cup:
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,
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* Malaysia Cup:
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, Runner-up
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; Johor Darul Ta'zim *
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:
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*
Malaysia Charity Shield Piala Sumbangsih (English: Malaysia Charity Cup), also known as Piala Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah ( en, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup), is the Malaysian super cup competition. It is the curtain raiser match to the new Malaysian football season, pitting ...
: 2015 * Malaysia Cup: Runner-up
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; Malaysia National Team U19 *
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: Runner-up
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*
2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship The 2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship was the 16th edition of the AFF U-19 Youth Championship, organised by ASEAN Football Federation. It was hosted by Indonesia during July 2018. Eleven out of the twelve member associations of the ASEAN Footba ...
:
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; Kuala Lumpur City * Malaysia Cup:
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* AFC Cup runner-up:
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Managerial stats


References

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