Vlatko Marković

For other people called Vladimir Marković, see Vladimir Marković.

Vladimir "Vlatko" Marković (Croatian pronunciation: [ʋlǎdimiːr ʋlâtko mǎːrkoʋitɕ];^[1][2] 1 January 1937 – 23 September 2013) was a Croatian professional football manager and player who served as the president of the Croatian Football Federation from 1998 to 2012.^[3]

Vlatko Marković
Marković in 2012
President of the Croatian Football Federation
In office 18 December 1998 – 5 July 2012
Preceded by	Branko Mikša
Succeeded by	Davor Šuker
Personal details
Born	Vladimir Marković (1937-01-01)1 January 1937 Bugojno, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died	23 September 2013(2013-09-23) (aged 76) Zagreb, Croatia
Nationality	Croatian
Occupation	Footballer football manager football administrator
Association football career Position(s) Defender Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1955–1956 Iskra Bugojno 1956–1958 Čelik Zenica 1958–1965 Dinamo Zagreb 104 (2) 1965–1966 La Gantoise 1 (0) 1966–1967 Wiener Sport-Club 25 (19) 1967–1968 Austria Wien 6 (4) International career 1958–1959 Yugoslavia U21 3 (0) 1961–1962 Yugoslavia 16 (0) Managerial career 1969–1973 Yugoslavia U23 1970–1973 NK Zagreb 1973 Standard Liège 1974–1976 OGC Nice 1977–1978 Hajduk Split 1978–1980 Dinamo Zagreb 1980–1981 OGC Nice 1983–1984 Dinamo Zagreb 1985–1986 Rapid Wien 1988–1989 Rapid Wien 1990–1991 Dinamo Zagreb 1992 HAŠK Građanski 1993–1994 Croatia * Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Club

He played for: Iskra (Bugojno), Čelik (Zenica), Dinamo (Zagreb), Wiener SC (Vienna).^[4]

International

From 1958 until 1959 he played three matches for Yugoslavia national under-21 football team, and from 7 May 1961 (debut against Hungary) until 30 September 1962 (final game against West Germany) he played in defense for Yugoslavia and scored one own goal in 16 matches. He played in all matches on 1962 FIFA World Cup when Yugoslavia finished 4th.^[4][5]

Managerial career

After he finished his playing career, he coached Zagreb (Zagreb), Standard de Liège (Liège), OGC Nice (Nice), Hajduk (Split) and Dinamo (Zagreb). With Dinamo he won Yugoslav Cup in 1980.^[4]

From 1974 to 1978 he was a FIFA instructor. He also participated in the FIFA Coca-Cola-program.^[6]

He was elected president of the Croatian Football Federation on 18 December 1998.^[7] He was reelected in 2002 and on 16 December 2006, again with unanimous support.^[8] He resigned at 15 May 2012.^[9][10]

Personal life

In 1945, his uncles died during the Yugoslav death march of Nazi collaborators.^[11] In SFRY, his father spent over 15 years in prison for possessing illegal firearm.^[11]

Views

In November 2010, Marković spoke out against gay footballers, telling both the Croatian Večernji list and the Serbian Večernje novosti that, "As long as I'm president [of the Croatian football federation] there will be no gay players. Thank goodness only healthy people play football."^[12] He has been reported for the comment to UEFA. In July 2011, in response to his comments, he was charged €10,000 by UEFA.^[13]

Death

He died at Zagreb in 2013. He was 76.^[14]

Managerial statistics

Source:^[15]

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Yugoslavia U23	May 1969	June 1973	22	8	4	10	036.36
NK Zagreb	July 1970	June 1973	98	63	16	19	064.29
Standard Liège	July 1973	October 1973	9	5	2	2	055.56
OGC Nice	June 1974	November 1976	101	42	26	33	041.58
Hajduk Split	July 1977	June 1978	43	18	13	12	041.86
Dinamo Zagreb	21 June 1978	29 June 1980	77	34	26	17	044.16
OGC Nice	July 1980	August 1981	39	10	12	17	025.64
Dinamo Zagreb	20 September 1983	25 April 1984	24	9	7	8	037.50
Rapid Wien	1 July 1985	30 June 1986	48	30	11	7	062.50
Rapid Wien	19 September 1988	30 June 1989	28	15	3	10	053.57
Dinamo Zagreb	28 November 1990	22 July 1991	22	15	5	2	068.18
HAŠK Građanski	22 April 1992	7 July 1992	15	6	4	5	040.00
Croatia	April 1993	June 1994	1	1	0	0	100.00
Total			526	256	129	141	048.67

Honours

Source:^[16]

Player

Dinamo Zagreb

• Yugoslav Cup: 1960, 1963

Manager

Yugoslavia U-23

• Under-23 Challenge Cup: 1969
• Balkan Youth Championship: 1972

NK Zagreb

• Yugoslav Second League: 1972–73

Dinamo Zagreb

• Yugoslav Cup: 1980

Individual

• Matija Ljubek Award: 2002
• HNS's Trophy Trophies: 2003
• Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport: 2008
• UEFA Amicale des Anciens: 2009
• Holder of title Dragon of Bosna Argentina in Brethren of the Croatian Dragon