Daniel Bogdanovic

Infobox Football biography
playername = Daniel Bogdanovic


fullname = Danijel Bogdanovic
height = height|ft=6|in=2
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|3|26
cityofbirth = Misurata
countryofbirth = Libya
currentclub = Lokomotiv Sofia
clubnumber = 7
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2000–2001
2001–2002
2001–2002
2002
2003
2003
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–
clubs = Sliema Wanderers
Vasas SC
Naxxar Lions
Valletta
Cherno More
Sliema Wanderers
Marsaxlokk
Sliema Wanderers
Marsaxlokk
Cisco Roma
Lokomotiv Sofia
caps(goals) = 07 0(2)
01 0(0)
18 (11)
15 (11)
07 0(1)
10 0(1)
21 (14)
22 (10)
31 (31)
15 0(4)
00 0(0)
nationalyears = 2002–
nationalteam = flagicon|Malta Malta
nationalcaps(goals) = 20 0(1)
pcupdate = August 8, 2008
ntupdate = August 8, 2008

Daniel Bogdanovic (born March 26, 1980 in Misurata, Libya) is a Maltese professional footballer playing for Bulgarian side Lokomotiv Sofia, where he plays as a striker.

Playing career

In the 2006/07 season Bogdanovic scored 31 goals winning him the Golden Boot and also the Maltese Player of the Year. He integrated well in Maltese society and, unlike most foreign-born Malta-based footballers, is very fluent in the Maltese language.

Bogdanovic spent a week on trial at Premiership side Watford in January 2007.

Marsaxlokk

Bogdanovic joined Marsaxlokk for the 2006/07 Maltese season, Daniel scored a few important goals early on in the season and Marsaxlokk showed themselves to have a realistic chance of challanging for the Maltese Premier League title.

With Marsaxlokk front runners and the season drawing to a close, Bogdanovic found himself well ahead in the goalscoring charts and capped of a great season with the final goal in a 4-1 defeat of second-placed Sliema Wanderers.

Marsaxlokk were crowned as champions for the first time in their history and Bogdanovic finished as the leagues top goalscorer with 31 goals in 31 appearances, and ended the season one goal short of the record set by Danilo Doncic, who hit 32 goals in a season, set while playing for Valletta during the 2001/02 season.

Following Marsaxlokk's triumph in the Maltese Premier League, and the end of the players one-year contract, Bogdanovic decided not to renew and instead decided to search for a club elsewhere in continental Europe.

On Wednesday June 13, 2007, Marsaxlokk manager Brian Talbot revealed that Bogdanovic would be going on trial to English club Crystal Palace.

He also had a trial with Norwegian side Brann Bergen. As from [http://www.maltafootball.com maltafootball.com] , Daniel Bogdanovic joined Italian Serie C1 side U.S. Foggia for a trial. He was part of the squad during their training camp in Chatillon and stayed there till the end of the training camp on August 12th.

Cisco Roma

Following weeks of various different trials, Bogdanovic joined Italian side Cisco Roma, just in time to feature for the new season in Italy, Bogdanovic went onto form a good partnership with Paolo Di Canio.

During his time with the club Bogdanovic made sixteen appearances and found the net four times.

Lokomotiv Sofia

In August, 2008 Bogdanovic signed a two-year deal with Bulgarian club Lokomotiv Sofia, following a successful trial.

Bogdanovic had initally joined Lokomotiv Sofia two weeks prior at a training camp in Holland, he appeared as a second half substitute in a friendly match against Israeli outfit Maccabi Petah Tikva, a game in which Lokomotiv Sofia came out 1-0 winners. Bogdanovic was again included in the next friendly match against German Bundesliga team FC Schalke 04, where he played the full match.

The teams next game was against Turkish side Ankaraspor, in which Bogdanovic played no part, but the Maltese player was back for the final game against a second division outfit called Sportist-Sloge, in which Bogdanovic made a second half substitute appearance and scored the second goal in his teams 4-2 victory.

Lokomotiv Sofia had earlier on in the season appointed Danilo Doncic as assistant to manager Dragan Okuka, and it was at the request of the former Floriana coach Doncic that Bogdanovic received his trial with Lokomotiv Sofia.

International career

flagicon|Malta Malta

Although Bogdanovic was born in Libya, Bogdanovic chose to represent Malta and made his international debut on February 9, 2002 in a friendly against Jordan.

To date Daniel Bogdanovic has received twenty caps and scored once for Malta.

External links

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* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/php/spieler.php?id=4502 National Football Teams]
* [http://www.ciscocalcioroma.it/primasquadra/Giocatore.asp?id=101 Cisco Roma Page's Player]

Persondata
NAME= Bogdanovic, Danijel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Bogdanovic, Daniel
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH= 1980-3-26
PLACE OF BIRTH= Misurata, Libya
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=