Kuwait Coach Srecko Katanec

Kuwait has recently announced that Srecko Katanec will be the new coach of the national football team hoping to salvage a doomed world cup 2006 qualification campaign. Who is the new coach? Following are some tidbits.

• Born July 16, 1963 in Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Started playing at 7 years of age with Ljubljana (1970-1981)
• Transferred to Olimpija (Slovenia) from 1981-1984
• Joined Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia, from 1985-1986
• Joined Partizan Belgrade, Yugoslavia, from 1986-1989
• Joined Stuttgart, Germany, from 1989-1990 (Loan then transfer)
  
• Joined Sampdoria until 1994
• Played in the Yugoslav national team from 1983-1990 then continued in the Slovenian national team from 1991-1994
• Coached Slovenian U-21 team, HIT Gorica, then Slovenia's national team
• Left Slovenia after an argument with player Zlatan Zahovic:

• Zahovic is believed to have said in the dressing room after a match against Spain, "I can buy all of you, I can buy the whole association, I can buy Smarna Jore (Katanec's home town). I can't stay in a team like this where you (Katanec) will substitute me in a game like this in the World Cup."

• Coach Srecko Katanec's name translates as "lucky"
• "Luck can decide a lot of things." (Srecko Katanec)
• Only non-playing reserve players to have been sent off in finals: Yugoslavia's Srecko Katanec on 30/6/90 and Argentina's Claudio Caniggia on 12/6/02
• Likes aggressive and pressing football