Srecko Katanec has resigned as Uzbekistan head coach due to undisclosed health issues less than two months before the country's 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Kyrgyzstan and Iran, the Uzbekistan Football Association said on Wednesday.The 61-year-old, who coached Slovenia at the 2002 World Cup, leaves t

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Uzbekistan coach Srečko Katanec has resigned citing health reasons with the team close to qualifying for the men’s World Cup for the first time.

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(Reuters) - Srecko Katanec has resigned as Uzbekistan head coach due to undisclosed health issues less than two months before the country's 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Kyrgyzstan and Iran, the Uzbekistan Football Association said on Wednesday. Read full story

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TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) — With Uzbekistan close to qualifying for the men’s World Cup for the first time, national-team coach Srečko Katanec resigned Wednesday citing health reasons.

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Former Slovenian national football team coach Srečko Katanec, who has successfully led the Uzbekistan national team since 2021, has resigned from his position as coach, the Football Federation of Uzbekistan announced. He cited health problems as the reason and expressed regret that in the current situation he can no longer perform his duties professionally and fully. The announcement was titled: Thank you, sir.

Nekdanji selektor slovenske nogometne reprezentance Srečko Katanec, ki je od leta 2021 uspešno vodil izbrano vrsto Uzbekistana, je odstopil s položaja selektorja, so sporočili iz Nogometne zveze Uzbekistana. Kot razlog je navedel zdravstvene težave in izrazil obžalovanje, da v trenutnem stanju ne more več profesionalno in v celoti opravljati svojih nalog. Na zvezi so objavo naslovili z naslovom: Hvala, gospod.

Katanec zaradi zdravstvenih težav odstopil z mesta selektorja: Ne morem več v celoti opravljati nalog

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The Slovenian's health condition has worsened.

Slovencu se pogoršalo zdravstveno stanje.

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Srečko Katanec has terminated his cooperation with the Uzbekistan Football Federation due to health problems and is no longer managing their national team.

Srečko Katanec je zaradi zdravstvenih težav prekinil sodelovanje z uzbekistansko nogometno zvezo in ne vodi več njihove reprezentance.

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Srečko Katanec missed the preparations in Qatar due to health problems, and now the Uzbek federation has confirmed that they have mutually terminated their cooperation.

Srečko Katanec je zaradi težav z zdravjem izpustil priprave v Katarju, sedaj so na uzbekistanski zvezi potrdili, da so sodelovanje sporazumno prekinili.

Katanec stands down as Uzbekistan head coach due to health issues

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