Daniel Bogdanović (born 26 March 1980) is a retired
footballer
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who played as a
striker. Born in Libya, he represented the
Malta national team.
Club career
Bogdanović spent six months with
Cherno More during the second half of the 2002–03 season in the
A PFG
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.
In the 2006–07 season, Bogdanović scored 31 goals, winning him the Golden Boot and also the Maltese Player of the Year.
Marsaxlokk
Bogdanović joined
Marsaxlokk
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for the
2006–07 Maltese season, and Marsaxlokk built a strong title challenge. With Marsaxlokk front-runners and the season drawing to a close, Bogdanović found himself well ahead in the goalscoring charts and scored the final goal in a 4–1 defeat of second-placed
Sliema Wanderers. With this win, Marsaxlokk were crowned as league champions for the first time in their history. Bogdanović finished as the league's top goalscorer with 31 goals in 28 appearances, and ended the season one goal short of the record set by Danilo Dončić, who twice hit the 32-goal mark in a single season, first with
Valletta
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during the
1996–97 season and then with Sliema Wanderers in the
2001–02 season.
Following Marsaxlokk's triumph in the Maltese Premier League, and the end of the player's one-year contract, Bogdanović decided not to renew and instead decided to search for a club elsewhere in continental Europe.
Cisco Roma
Following weeks of various trials, Bogdanović joined
Italian
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side
Cisco Roma, just in time to feature for the new season in
Italy
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(during this time Cisco Roma was playing in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione). Bogdanović went on to form a partnership with
Paolo Di Canio
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.
During his time with the club, Bogdanović made sixteen appearances and found the net four times.
Lokomotiv Sofia
In August 2008, Bogdanović signed a two-year deal with
Bulgaria
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n club
Lokomotiv Sofia, following a successful trial.
Bogdanović had initially joined Lokomotiv Sofia two weeks prior at a training camp in the
Netherlands
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. He appeared as a second-half substitute in a friendly match against
Israel
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i outfit
Maccabi Petah Tikva, a game in which Lokomotiv came out 1–0 winners. Bogdanović was again included in the next friendly match against German
Bundesliga
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team
Schalke
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, and played the full match.
The team's next game was against
Turkish side
Ankaraspor
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, in which Bogdanović played no part, but he was back for the final game, against Second Division outfit
Sportist Svoge, in which he made a second-half substitute appearance and scored the second goal in his team's 4–2 victory.
Lokomotiv had, earlier on in the season, appointed Danilo Dončić as assistant to manager
Dragan Okuka
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As a player, he was predominantly associated with his time with FK Velež Mostar, Velež ...
, and it was at the request of the former
Floriana
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coach Dončić that Bogdanović received his trial.
Barnsley
On 26 January 2009 it was confirmed that Bogdanović had signed for
Barnsley
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for an undisclosed fee, signing a deal until 2010. He received clearance and played in the 1–2 defeat to
Ipswich Town, scoring Barnsley's goal on 47 minutes.
Despite having a second successful season at Barnsley, he was released by the club.
Sheffield United
Bogdanović began talks with
Sheffield United, before eventually signing a two–year deal with the club at the start of June 2010.
Despite being a relatively high-profile signing he found it difficult to break into the first team and although he made 33 appearances during his first season, the majority were from the bench in the very latter stages of games. He finished the season having scored only five goals as The Blades were relegated to League One. The start of the following season found him still unable to hold down a first team place as he was overlooked by new manager
Danny Wilson.
Blackpool
On 31 August 2011 he signed a one-year deal with the option of a further year with
Blackpool
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, for a fee of £250,000 and was given the number 13 shirt. He made his début for the Tangerines as a second-half substitute in a victory over
Ipswich Town at Bloomfield Road on 10 September. He scored his first and what turned out to be only goals for Blackpool when he scored twice in a 5–0 win over
Bristol City
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Founded in 1894, the club competed in the Southern League and Western L ...
on 1 October. Despite this Bogdanović was unable to make the breakthrough into the first team and joined
Rochdale
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in a 28-day emergency loan deal on 2 January 2012, citing that the opportunity to link up with Rochdale's assistant caretaker-manager
Ryan Kidd, with whom Bogdanović had worked whilst at Barnsley, had been a major factor in making the decision to join the Dale.
On his début, the same day, he started the game, scored and was named Man of the Match against
Preston North End in a 1–1 draw.
He played another four times for Rochdale without further goals, before returning to parent club Blackpool. He was then loaned out to
Notts County
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until the end of the season, where he netted 2 goals in 8 games. With first team opportunities still eluding him Bogdanović was released by Blackpool in May 2012 due to the expiry of his contract.
Mosta
He returned to Malta with
Mosta
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for the
2012–13 season. In August 2012 he was linked with a return to English football with Portsmouth but the move failed due to failure to agree terms. Later he moved to Valletta F.C. on loan until the end of the season 2012–13.
Floriana
At the start of a new season 2013–14, Daniel signed for
Floriana
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on a three-year deal. He started the season on a positive note as Floriana won the AME Cup (Summer friendly tournament), the latter then debuted with the Greens against his former club Naxxar Lions; he then scored his first goal with the Green and White shirt of Floriana against
Vittoriosa Stars on 15 September 2013 at the Victor Tedesco Stadium, Hamrun in which the game ended 2–1 in favour of the boys in Green.
International career
He made his international début on 9 February 2002 in a friendly against
Jordan
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and he earned a total of 41 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a September 2012
FIFA World Cup qualification
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Qualifying tournaments ar ...
match against
Italy
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. He represented his country in 5
FIFA World Cup qualification
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matches and 18
UEFA European Championship qualifying games.
International goals
:''Scores and results list. Malta's goal tally first.''
Personal life
He is of
Serb
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ian and
Slovenian descent.
He was married to Alison Apap, sister of footballer
Ferdinando Apap. After their divorce, Bogdanović had a relationship with then-Minister of Education
Justyne Caruana.
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*Maltese Premier League
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*Gozo Football League First Division
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1980 births
Living people
People from Misrata
Naturalised citizens of Malta
Maltese people of Serbian descent
Maltese people of Slovenian descent
Men's association football forwards
Maltese men's footballers
Malta men's international footballers
Sliema Wanderers F.C. players
Vasas SC players
Naxxar Lions F.C. players
Valletta F.C. players
PFC Cherno More Varna players
Marsaxlokk F.C. players
Atletico Roma FC players
FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players
Barnsley F.C. players
Sheffield United F.C. players
Blackpool F.C. players
Rochdale A.F.C. players
Notts County F.C. players
Mosta F.C. players
Floriana F.C. players
Xewkija Tigers F.C. players
Għajnsielem F.C. players
Maltese Premier League players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
English Football League players
Gozo Football League players
Maltese expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
Maltese expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Maltese expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
Maltese expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Maltese expatriate sportspeople in England