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{{Short description|Croatian football manager}}
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| birth_place         = [[Zagreb]], [[Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia]],<br>[[Austria-Hungary]]
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1905|10|21|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[Zagreb]], [[SR Croatia]],<br>[[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]]
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|1983|07|23|1905|10|21|df=y}}
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| manageryears1       = 1929–1934 | managerclubs1 = [[HŠK Concordia|Concordia]]
| manageryears2       = 1941–1943 | managerclubs2 = [[Croatia national football team|Independent State of Croatia]]
| manageryears3       = 1945–1946 | managerclubs3 = [[NK Metalac Zagreb|Metalac]]
| manageryears4       = 1946–1952 | managerclubs4 = [[NK Lokomotiva Zagreb|Lokomotiva]]
| manageryears5       = 1952–1955 | managerclubs5 = [[NK Tekstilac Zagreb|Tekstilac]]
| manageryears6       = 1956      | managerclubs6 = [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]
| manageryears7       = 1958–1962 | managerclubs7 = [[Kickers Offenbach]]
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'''Bogdan Cuvaj''' (21 October 1905 &ndash; 23 July 1983) was a [[Croatia]]n [[football (soccer)|football]] manager in both club and international competition.

==Career==
He became the manager of [[Concordia Zagreb]]'s youth side in 1926.  After receiving managerial training in [[Vienna]], Cuvaj became Concordia's manager in 1931, a position he held until the club was banned in 1945.  With the club he won the [[Yugoslav First League 1931-32|1932 Yugoslavian championship]] and the [[Croatian First League 1942|1942 Croatian championship]]. From March 6, 1939 he served as secretary of the [[Croatian Football Federation]] and also managed his country under the flag of the [[Independent State of Croatia]], a [[World War II]]-era [[puppet state]] of [[Nazi Germany]] from 1941 to 1945.

After [[World War II]] he managed [[Tekstilac Zagreb]] (1945–1946), [[Lokomotiva Zagreb]] (1946–1952), [[Metalac Zagreb]] (1952–1955) and [[Dinamo Zagreb]] (1955–1956).

== References ==
* ''Nogometni leksikon'' (2004, in Croatian)

==External links==
* {{sports links}}

{{Croatia national football team managers}}
{{NK Lokomotiva managers}}
{{Dinamo Zagreb managers}}
{{Kickers Offenbach managers}}

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[[Category:1905 births]]
[[Category:1983 deaths]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Zagreb]]
[[Category:Yugoslav football managers]]
[[Category:Croatian football managers]]
[[Category:Croatia national football team managers]]
[[Category:NK Lokomotiva Zagreb managers]]
[[Category:GNK Dinamo Zagreb managers]]
[[Category:Kickers Offenbach managers]]
[[Category:Yugoslav expatriate football managers]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in West Germany]]
[[Category:Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in West Germany]]

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