Coloman Braun-Bogdan (13 October 1905 – 15 March 1983) was a

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n football

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and football manager. Born in Arad,

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, which was at the time part of

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, he made a name for himself as one of the best Romanian midfielders of the interwar period. One of his most important achievements was being part of the Romania squad at the

1938 World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, beat ...

. His coaching career started early while he was still an active player. In 1933 he took the coaching courses of the British football school at

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and in 1940 those of the Romanian football school of O.N.E.F. As manager he led Sportul Studenţesc and Jiul Petroşani to the top flight of Romanian football and he won the Romanian national championship and the Romanian Cup with UTA Arad. He was also the first manager in the history of

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and Dinamo Bucharest. After retiring from coaching, he had an active role in the

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. He wrote two books on football :''Fotbalul în glumă'' ("Football as a Joke") and ''Din lumea balonului rotund'' ("From the World of the Round Ball").

Honours

''Manager'' UTA Arad * Romanian League: 1 ** 1954 * Romanian Cup: 1 ** 1953

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Braun-Bogdan, Coloman 1905 births 1983 deaths Sportspeople from Arad, Romania 1938 FIFA World Cup players Association football midfielders Romanian Austro-Hungarians Romanian footballers Vagonul Arad players FC Petrolul Ploiești players Liga I players Romanian football managers FC Sportul Studențesc București managers CSM Jiul Petroșani managers FC Rapid București managers FC Steaua București managers FC Dinamo București managers FC UTA Arad managers FC Politehnica Timișoara managers Romania national football team managers Romanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Romanian expatriate sportspeople in France