Andrej Panadić

Andrej Panadić 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, Chemnitzer FC, KFC Uerdingen 05, Hamburger SV, Sturm Graz, and Nagoya Grampus Eight.
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 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.