Vlatko Marković

Vladimir "Vlatko" Marković (born 1 January 1937 in Bugojno, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina)) is a former football player, football manager, and current president of Croatian Football Federation (as of 2007).

He played for: Iskra (Bugojno), Čelik (Zenica), Dinamo (Zagreb), SK Rapid Wien (Vienna).sr icon [http://www.reprezentacija.co.yu/cgi-bin/index.pl?str=igraci&strana=Markovic_Vladimir Page about Marković on Serbian Football Team page] ]

From 1958 until 1959 he played three matches for Yugoslavia national under-21 football team, and from 17 May 1961 until 30 September 1962 he played defense for Yugoslavia national football team and scored one own goal in 16 matches. He played all matches on 1962 FIFA World Cup when Yugoslavia finished 4th.

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.

He was elected president of Croatian Football Federation on 18 December 1999. [hr icon [http://www.vjesnik.com/html/1998/12/19/Sport.htm Vjesnik (19/12/1999): "Unanimous support for Vlatko Marković"] ] He was reelected in 2002 and on 16 December 2006, again with unanimous support. [hr icon [http://www.net.hr/sport/page/2006/12/16/0007006.html Net.hr portal (16/12/2006): "Svi za Markovića, Sinovčić otišao"] ]

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