Coloman Braun-Bogdan

Coloman Braun-Bogdan

Personal information
Full name	Coloman Braun-Bogdan
Date of birth	(1905-10-13)13 October 1905
Place of birth	Arad, Austria-Hungary
Date of death
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1915–1932	AMEF Arad
1932–1934	Racing Club Calais
1934–1940	Juventus Bucureşti
Managerial career
1934–1936	Juventus Bucureşti
1936–1938	Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti
1938–1940	Juventus Bucureşti
1940–1945	Jiul Petroşani
1945	Romania
1946–1947	Rapid Bucureşti
1948	ASA Bucureşti
1948	Dinamo Bucureşti
1952–1954	UTA Arad
1960–1962	UTA Arad
1962–1963	Politehnica Timişoara
1963–1965	UTA Arad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Coloman Braun-Bogdan (13 October 1905 – 15 March 1983) was a Romanian football midfielder and football manager.

Born in Arad, Arad County, which was at the time part of Austria-Hungary, 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.

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 Folkstone 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 Steaua Bucureşti and Dinamo Bucharest.

After retiring from coaching, he had an active role in the Romanian Football Federation. 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