Petar Šegrt

A defender, Šegrt started his senior career in 1984 playing for FV Calw. He also played for FV Plochingen, TSV Schwaikheim, SV Allmersbach, FC Walldorf and Waldhof Mannheim Amateure. After his first injury, while he was recovering from the operation, he started as junior coach of FV Calw, while he was only 17 years old. Because of his second knee injury, he had to quit playing in 1993, when he was 27 years old. The same year Šegrt graduated his UEFA 'B' Coaching Licence in Ruit, Germany, and started his coaching career.

After working as an honorary youth coach in the amateur club FV Calw, Šegrt started his professional coaching career and he worked for various clubs in Germany. At Bundesliga clubs VfL Bochum and MSV Duisburg he worked as an U-19 youth coach, as a second team assistant coach and also as part of the first team coaching staff. In 2000, he went back to the club where he once played, SV Waldhof Mannheim in 2. Bundesliga to work as an assistant coach and as head coach of the second team. After he graduated his UEFA Pro Licence in 2001, he started to work as head coach in professional clubs in Austria like DSV Leoben, SV Ried and Wiener Sportklub. In his 14 years of coaching experience, Šegrt was remembered as a coach who developed many young players into players fit for their national teams and earned himself the nickname, "Architect".

Georgia national team

In 2006, Šegrt started working as a part of the Georgia national team coaching team together with Klaus Toppmöller. Between 2006 and 2008, Šegrt also accepted the role as the head coach of the Georgia U-21 national team where in a very short time, he developed more than 18 players who have played or are still playing for the Georgia national team. With Šegrt as coach, the Georgia U-21 national team achieved one of the biggest achievements in Georgian national football history with a 2–0 victory against the Russia U21 national team in the 2007 European U-21 Cup qualification. After Klaus Toppmöller left the Georgia…

Petar Šegrt was born in the town of Đurđevac in SR Croatia in 1966. His parents immigrated to Germany with Šegrt's older brother in the 1970s, leaving Šegrt behind to be raised by his grandmother.

Managerial

Maldives

SAFF Championship: 2018 Tajikistan

King's Cup: 2022 Merdeka Tournament: 2023