Srečko Katanec, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Srečko Katanec

Slovenian footballer

Date of Birth: 16-Jul-1963

Place of Birth: Ljubljana, Ljubljana City Municipality, Slovenia

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Slovenia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Srecko Katanec ['sret?k? ka'tan?ts] (listen) (born 16 July 1963) is a Slovenian football manager and a former player, capped for Yugoslavia and Slovenia.
He is the current manager of Iraq national team. A former midfielder, who was also capable of playing as a defender, Katanec is regarded as one of the greatest Slovenian footballers of all time and represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games, UEFA Euro 1984, and the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
After Slovenian independence, Katanec made five appearances for the newly formed Slovenian national team before retiring from professional football.During his club career, Katanec won a Yugoslavian league championship with Serbian club FK Partizan, and was a runner-up in the 1988–89 UEFA Cup with VfB Stuttgart.
In a five-year spell at Sampdoria, Katanec won the Serie A championship, the Coppa Italia and the European Cup Winners' Cup, as well as finishing runner-up to Barcelona in the 1992 European Cup Final at Wembley Stadium.Under his management, Slovenia qualified for its first ever UEFA European Championship and FIFA World Cup in 2000 and 2002 respectively.
On 31 December 2012, he returned to manage Slovenia for a second time.