Coloman Braun-Bogdan was a Romania

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n football

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 midfielder

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 and football

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 manager.

Born in Arad

Arad, Romania

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, Arad County

Arad County

Arad is an administrative division of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crişana and few villages in Banat. The administrative center of the county lies in the city of Arad...

, which was at the time part of Austria-Hungary

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, he made a name for himself as one of the best Romanian midfielders of the interwar period

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. One of his most important achievements was being part of the Romania squad

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 at the 1938 World Cup

1938 FIFA World Cup

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.

His coaching career started early while he was still an active player. In 1933 he took the coaching courses of the British

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 football school at Folkstone and in 1940 those of the Romanian football school of O.N.E.F. As manager he led Sportul Studenţesc

Sportul Studentesc

Sportul Studenţesc is a Romanian football club that was established in 1916 . The Bucharest club has won the Balkans Cup once and its best result in the Romanian league is a 2nd place in 1986...

 and Jiul Petroşani

Jiul Petrosani

Jiul Petroşani is a Romanian professional football club from Petroşani, Hunedoara county, Romania, founded in 1919.-History:The history of Jiul Petroşani goes back to 1919, when the club was founded as Clubul Atletic al Minerilor din Petroşani .In 1925 Jiul was runners-up in the Liga I.Most of its...

 to the top flight of Romanian football and he won the Romanian national championship and the Romanian Cup

Romanian Cup

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 with UTA Arad.

He was also the first manager in the history of Steaua Bucureşti and Dinamo Bucharest.

After retiring from coaching, he had an active role in the Romanian Football Federation

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. He wrote two books on football :Fotbalul în glumă ("Football as a Joke") and Din lumea balonului rotund ("From the World of the Round Ball").

Honours

Manager

UTA Arad

• Romanian League: 1
  • 1954
    Divizia A 1954
    -Final classification:-Top scorers:*Alexandru Ene - Dinamo Bucuresti - 20 goals-References:...
    
    
• Romanian Cup
  Romanian Cup
  The Cupa României is a football competition which was held annually since 1933-34, except during the World War II. It is the country's main cup competition, and it is open to all clubs affiliated with FRF and the county football associations regardless of the league they belong to...
  
  : 1
  • 1953