Andrej Panadić

Andrej Panadić (born 9 March 1969) is a Croatian football manager and a former defender. Besides Croatia, he has played in Germany, Austria, and Japan.

Club
He played for Dinamo Zagreb (1988–1994), Chemnitzer FC (1994–1996), KFC Uerdingen 05 (1996), Hamburger SV (1997–2002), Sturm Graz (2001–2002), and Nagoya Grampus Eight (2002–2004).

With Dinamo Zagreb he won a Croatian championship in 1993.

International
Panadić made his debut for Yugoslavia in a September 1989 friendly match against Greece, coming on as a 62nd-minute substitute for Predrag Spasić and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. He was a non-playing squad member at the 1990 FIFA World Cup so his final international was a December 1989 friendly away against England.

Managerial career
In January 2016, Panadić was named manager of Istra 1961, after managing Radnik Velika Gorica and Austrian side LASK Linz as well as acting as an assistant to Branko Ivanković in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Iran. He replaced Nikola Jaroš as manager of Rudar Velenje in October 2019 but was dismissed himself in April 2020.

He took charge of Kosovan side Ferizaj in October 2022, with the club bottom of the table.