Andrej Panadić

Andrej Panadić

File:Andrej Panadić.jpg Panadić with Persepolis
Personal information
Full name	Andrej Panadić
Date of birth	(1969-03-09) 9 March 1969
Place of birth	Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position	Defender
Team information
Current team	Naft Al-Basra SC (manager)
Youth career
	Radnik Velika Gorica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1994	Dinamo Zagreb	148	(14)
1994–1996	Chemnitzer FC	65	(6)
1996–1997	KFC Uerdingen 05	45	(3)
1997–2001	Hamburger SV	101	(5)
2002	Sturm Graz	14	(1)
2002–2004	Nagoya Grampus Eight	51	(3)
Total		410	(30)
International career
1989	Yugoslavia	3	(0)
Managerial career
2007–2008	Radnik
2008	LASK Linz
2016	Istra 1961
2019	Krško
2019–2020	Rudar Velenje
2022–2023	Ferizaj
2024	Naft Al-Basra SC
Medal record Representing Yugoslavia Silver medal – second place UEFA U-21 Euro 1990
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrej Panadić (born 9 March 1969) is a Croatian football manager and a former defender. Besides Croatia, he has played in Germany, Austria, and Japan.

Playing career

Club

He played for Dinamo Zagreb (1988–1994), Chemnitzer FC (1994–1996), KFC Uerdingen 05 (1996), Hamburger SV (1997–2002), Sturm Graz (2001–2002), and Nagoya Grampus Eight (2002–2004).

With Dinamo Zagreb he won a Croatian championship in 1993.

With Dinamo Zagreb he won a Croatian cup in 1994.

With Hamburger SV he played the Intertoto Cup final against Montpellier in 1999 where he score the goal in away game. He also played in the group stage of the Champions league sezone 2000/01 with Hamburger SV (Juventus, Panatinaikos, Deportivo La Coruna) where he scored a goal against Juventus in Turin.

International

Panadić played 6 games for Yugoslavia U21 team. With U21 team he won a Silver medal in U21 European Football Championship against SSSR in 1990.

He made his debut for Yugoslavia A team in a September 1989 friendly match against Greece and earned a total of 3 caps. He was a squad member at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Managerial career

After finishing his football playing career, he attended the Croatian Football Federations coaching academy and earned his UEFA PRO diploma in 2008.

Panadić started his coaching career at NK Radnik from Velika Gorica.

As an assistant coach to one of the most respected Croatian coaches, Branko Ivanković, he worked at the clubs Al Ettifaq, Al Wahda, Persepolis FC from 2011 to 2016.

In the meantime, Panadić worked as a tactical analyst for the Croatian national football team under the leadership of coaches Niko Kovač, Ante Čačić and Zlatko Dalić- As a tactical analyst, he was part of Niko Kovač coaching team at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

As a head coach he trained NK Radnik, LASK Linz, NK Istra Pula, Padideh FC, NK Krško, NK Rudar Velenje, FC Ferizaj, Naft Al Basra.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League
		Division	Apps	Goals
Dinamo Zagreb	1988–89	First League	28	3
	1989–90		30	4
	1990–91		18	0
	Total		76	7
HAŠK-Građanski	1992	Prva HNL	20	0
Croatia Zagreb	1992–93	Prva HNL	29	3
	1993–94		23	4
	Total		52	7
Chemnitzer FC	1994–95	2. Bundesliga	32	4
	1995–96		33	2
	Total		65	6
KFC Uerdingen 05	1996–97	2. Bundesliga	31	2
	1997–98		14	1
	Total		45	3
Hamburger SV	1997–98	Bundesliga	13	2
	1998–99		26	2
	1999–00		29	1
	2000–01		24	0
	2001–02		9	0
	Total		101	5
Sturm Graz	2001–02	Austrian Bundesliga	14	1
Nagoya Grampus Eight	2002	J1 League	22	0
	2003		26	3
	2004		3	0
	Total		51	3
Career total			424	32

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Yugoslavia	1989	3	0
Total		3	0

External links

• Andrej Panadić at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• Andrej Panadić – Povijest Dinama (in Croatian)