Bojan Hodak

Bojan Hodak

Personal information
Full name	Bojan Hodak
Date of birth	(1971-05-04) 4 May 1971
Place of birth	Zagreb, Croatia
Position(s)	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
Managerial career
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bojan Hodak (born 4 May 1971), is a former Croatian professional footballer and coach, who most recently managed Johor Darul Takzim 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.

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. 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. 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.

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

• Malaysia Premier League (1): 2007 Runner Up

Kelantan FA

• Malaysia Super League (1): 2012 Champion
• Malaysia FA Cup (2): 2012, 2013 Champion
• Malaysia Cup (1) : 2012 Champion
• Malaysia Cup (1) : 2013 Runner Up
• Charity Shield (1) : 2013 Runner Up

Shandong Luneng

• China FA Cup (1): 2011 Runner Up

Johor Darul Takzim

• Malaysia Super League (1): 2014 Champion
• Charity Shield (1) : 2015 Champion
• Malaysia Cup (1) : 2014 Runner Up

Managerial stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
UPB-MyTeam		2006	2009	81	37	15	29	45.7
Phnom Penh Crown		2010	2011	14	10	3	1	71.4
Shandong Luneng		2011	2012
Kelantan FA		2012	2013	90	53	21	16	58.9
Johor Darul Takzim		2014	2015	38	23	9	6	60.5
Total				223	123	48	52	55.16