Profile Of Bojan Hodak, Former Malaysia National Team Coach Who Replaced Luis Milla At Persib Bandung

Bojan Hodak (Instagram/@bojanhodakluka)

YOGYAKARTA In this article, the profile of Bojan Hodak will be discussed, the new coach of Persib Bandung continued BRI Liga 1 2023/2024.

As is known, Persib Bandung officially appointed Bojan Hodak as a coach to replace Luis Milla who resigned after the third week of the Liga 1 match for the 2023/2024 season.

"We hope that, together with this new coach, Persib Bandung can rise up to pursue our initial target of the top four," said Deputy CEO of PT Persib Bandung with dignity Teddy Tjahjono in an official statement, quoted by VOI.

So, what is the figure of Bojan Hodak like? Check out the full information below.

Bojan Hodak is a Croatian tactician who previously led the Malaysian club, Kuala Lumpur FC.

Born in Zagreb, May 4, 1971, most of Hodak's career as a professional footballer has been mostly lived in Asia.

Hodak started his career in the Trnje junior team in 1984 with a center-back position. Next, he defended Vrapce for four years from 1990-1994.

In addition, he also defended Hrvatski Dragovoljac and Ponikve before finally moving to Singapore. In Lion Country, Hodak joined Balstier Central in 1997. A year later, Hodak moved to Jurong FC in the same league.

Hodak was also recorded as having been in the Hong Kong Rangers uniform in 1999 before returning to Jurong.

In 2022, Hodak decides to hang up his boots. The last club he defended was Trnje. He ended his career at the age of 31.

After retiring, Hodak continued his career as a coach. The first club initiated by Hodak was UPW MyTeam. He led the team from 2006 to 2009.

Next, Hodak was signed by Cambodian club Phnom Penh Crown in 2011, then assistant coach Shandong Luneng for four months.

The plates obtained from China were then used to return to Malaysia. In neighboring countries, he trained Kelantan (2012-2013), Johor Darul Tazim (2014-2015), to the Malaysian U-19 national team (2017-2019).

Together with Kelantan, Bodan Hodak won the Malaysian FA Cup twice and one Malaysian Cup.

Experience in Southeast Asian football attracted PSM Makassar's interest in signing Hodak for Liga 1 2020.

Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic forced Hodak to leave in September 2020 because of the stalled competition.

After no longer coaching PSM Makassar, Hodak returned to Malaysia to coach Kuala Lumpur City FC in 2021.

Hodak took Kuala Lumpur City FC to the 2023 Malaysian FA Cup final. Unfortunately, Johor Darul Tazim came out as the champion with a score of 2-0.

Once A Bad Dream Of The Indonesian U-19 National Team

When menukangi timnas Malaysia U-19 pada 2017 hingga 2019, Hodak mampu menyumbangkan trofi untuk Negeri Jiran.

Bojan Hodak brought Malaysia U-19 to win the 2018 AFF U-19 Cup, which was held in Indonesia.

In the semifinals of the 2018 AFF U-19 Cup, Hodak's men managed to win over Indonesia. At that time, the match ended with a score of 1-1 when normal time was over. Malaysia then won 3-2 in the penalty shootout round. In the final match, Malaysia won 4-3 over Myanmar.

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