Bojan Hodak
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Bojan Hodak, is a former Croatia
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n football player and current football coach-manager of UPB-MyTeam FC
UPB-MyTeam FC
For information about the reality TV series, see MyTeam .UPB MyTeam Football Club is a defunct Malaysian soccer club which formerly competed in the top tier of Malaysian football, the Malaysia Super League...

 of the Malaysian Super League
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 the top football division in Malaysia.

Bojan was born and raised in Zagreb
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, Yugoslavia
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 (now Croatia
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), the second child in a family with strong military background. His father and brother were both officers in the Army there. In his early years he spent most time playing basketball and football, not preferring one from the other as he excelled in both. There was neither a prominent figure that encouraged him, nor was there any history of sportsmen in his family, but Bojan carried on for fun, joining his friends. However at the age of 16, his local club NK Trnje
NK Trnje
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 began paying him for his services and he duly gave up basketball to focus his time and energy in football.

Before accepting his current post of coach-manager of UPB-MyTeam FC
UPB-MyTeam FC
For information about the reality TV series, see MyTeam .UPB MyTeam Football Club is a defunct Malaysian soccer club which formerly competed in the top tier of Malaysian football, the Malaysia Super League...

, Bojan was head coach of Little League Malaysia, a youth football program in Kuala Lumpur. Bojan Hodak is a very keen footballing coach and believes that MyTeam FC can challenge for the MSL title in next years 08/09 season.

Bojan Hodak is also in the running for MSL's coach of the year award for his work in transforming MyTeam. After his first year in second division Malaysian Football, MyTeam were promoted to the Malaysian Super League.
He is married to his wife Junie Hodak née Tan. They have a son Luka.
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