Bogdan Cuvaj was a Croatia

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n football

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 manager in both club and international competition.

He became the manager of Concordia Zagreb's youth side in 1926. After receiving managerial training in Vienna

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, Cuvaj became Concordia's manager in 1931, a position he held until the club was banned in 1945. With the club he won the 1932 Yugoslavian championship and the 1942 Croatian championship

Croatian First League 1942

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. From March 6, 1939 he served as secretary of the Croatian Football Federation

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 and also managed the Croatian national team

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 several times from 1941 to 1945.

After World War II

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 he managed Tekstilac Zagreb (1945-1946), Lokomotiva Zagreb (1946-1952), Metalac Zagreb {1952-1955) and Dinamo Zagreb

Dinamo Zagreb

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(1955-1956).