Srećko Katanec (rođen 16.07.1963. godine u Ljubljani, Slovenija) je slovenački i nekadašnji jugoslovenski fudbaler. Trenutno je glavni trener reprezentacije Ujedinjenih Arapskih Emirata.

Srećko Katanec je započeo svoju fudbalsku karijeru veoma rano u klubu NK Ljubljana. 1981. godine prelazi u klub Olimpija Ljubljana, i tu ostaje do 1985. kada prelazi u Dinamo Zagreb. Sledeće godine, 1986., prelazi u Partizan (Beograd), sa kojim postaje deo šampionskog tima nakon pobede Partizana u jugoslovenskom šampionatu. 1988. godine prelazi u nemački klub VfB Štutgart. Klub se plasira do finala UEFA kupa 1989. godine i finale gubi protiv Napolija, kluba Dijega Maradone. U Nemačkoj ostaje svega jednu sezonu. 1989. godine potpisuje ugovor sa italijanskim klubom Sampdorija i već tokom prve sezone igre pobećuje sa timom i odnosi titulu Evropski kup pobednika. 1991. godine Sampdorija dolazi do finala italijanske lige, ali gubi od Barselone.

1984. godine na evropskom šampionatu u Francuskoj po prvi put igra za reprezentaciju tadašnje SFRJ. Iste godine, zajedno sa reprezentacijom, na Olimpijskim igrama 1984. godine u Los Anđelesu osvaja treće mesto i dobija bronzanu medalju. Uspešno je igrao u kvalifikacionim krugovima za Svetsko prvenstvo u fudbalu 1990. godine, održanom u Italiji, i time postao treći Slovenac koji je igrao na prvenstvu u nacionalnom dresu. U 31 utakmici postigao je pet golova.

Nakon raspada SFRJ, ponovo igra u kvalifikaconim mečevima, ovog puta za Evropski šampionat u fudbalu 1996. godine održanom u Engleskoj. U jednom od ovih mečeva, postigao je jedan gol, u utakmici Slovenija protiv Italije. Utakmica je održana 7.09.1994. godine u Mariboru. Nedugo nakon ove utakmice, njegov ugovor sa Sampdorijom ističe i time se završava i njegova fudbalerska karijera.

Od 1998. do 2002. bio je selektor Slovenije i učestvovao na EP u Holandiji i Belgiji 2000, a zatim i na Mundijalu u Japanu i Južnoj Koreji. Od februara 2006. do aprila 2009. godine vodio nacionalni tim Makedonije, da bi u junu 2009. preuzeo reprezentaciju Ujedinjenih Arapskih Emirata.

Nekadašnji reprezentativac Jugoslavije na klupskom nivou je trenirao Goricu i Olimpijakos.

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Srecko, with Croatian roots, started playing football at the age of 7 at NK Ljubljana. In 1981 he went to Olimpija Ljubljana, in 1985 to Dinamo Zagreb and next year to Partizan Belgrade and was a Yugoslav champion in 1987. In 1988 he joined VfB Stuttgart. This team reached UEFA Cup finals in 1989 and lost against Diego Maradona's Napoli. He stayed in Germany only one season. In 1989 he signed for Italian Sampdoria and already at his first season there he won European Cup Winners' Cup. In 1991 his Sampdoria won a " scudetto", next year it reached Champions League finals and lost against FC Barcelona. In 1994 Sampdoria also won Italian Super Cup.

He was already selected into Yugoslav national team at 1984 European Championship in France, but he has fonder memories of 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles where Yugoslavia team won a bronze medal. He was playing successfully in the qualifying round for 1990 World Cup in Italy so he became the third Slovenian to play at a World Cup where he played 3 matches of 5. Those were the last three caps for Yugoslavia, in altogether 31 matches he scored 5 goals.
Then he played five more matches (and scored a goal) for Slovenian national team but only one official match. That was a qualifying round for the 1996 European Championship in England, it took place on September 7, 1994 in Maribor against Italy. Soon after this match his contract with Sampdoria expired and he finished his football playing career.
Since 1996 he co-coached Slovenian U-21 team with Drago Kostajnsek. Meanwhile he successfully finished a school for trainers and in 1998 he became a coach of HIT Gorica. But not for a long time as on July 1 of that year he was chosen a Slovenian national team selector.

He led his team very successfully through the qualifying round and managed to qualify to the 2000 European Championship in Belgium and the Netherlands and thus started a football mania in Slovenia. There Slovenia played well, it played draw against FR Yugoslavia and Norway and lost against Spain which was considered quite successful. Slovenia also managed to qualify to the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea but this time the team played worse, lost all three matches against Spain, South Africa and Paraguay, but the most disappointing was Katanec's huge argument with team's first star Zlatko Zahovic. Because of this he resigned immediately after the World Cup and on November 2 in the same year he was chosen a coach at Olympiakos Pireaus. It is believed that his argument with Zahovic played a crucial role as the club also had arguments with Zahovic 3 years before. But under Katanec's command Olympiakos played worse than expected and on February 7, 2003 the club's management took a chance and fired him immediately after his criticism of the relations inside the club.

In 2004 he was a serious candidate to become a national team coach of Croatia with a support of Croatian Football Federation . But a lobby of influential coaches and managers strongly opposed him so Srecko decided to quit the candidate procedure and Zlatko Kranjcar was chosen instead of him.

On 17 February 2006, Katanec was appointed as Republic of Macedonia's head coach for a two year contract. Following a mixed set of results in the qualifying campaign for World Cup 2010 including a 1-0 win against Scotland and a 4-0 loss to the Netherlands, Katenec resigned from the position on 6 April 2009. A dispute with influential player Goran Pandev was cited by Katanec as the reason for his departure.

Season	Club	Country	Level	GP	GS
1993-94	Sampdoria	ITA	A	4	1
1992-93	Sampdoria	ITA	A	4	0
1991-92	Sampdoria	ITA	A	26	4
1990-91	Sampdoria	ITA	A	26	2
1989-90	Sampdoria	ITA	A	27	5
1988-89	VfB Stuttgart	GER	A	26	1
1987-88	Partizan Beograd	YUG	A	28	6
1986-87	Partizan Beograd	YUG	A	28	4
1985-86	Dinamo Zagreb	YUG	A	21	3
1984-85	Dinamo Zagreb	YUG	A	?	?
1983-84	Olimpija Ljubljana	YUG	A	33	6
1982-83	Olimpija Ljubljana	YUG	A	29	4
1981-82	Olimpija Ljubljana	YUG	A	17	0
1980-81	Olimpija Ljubljana	YUG	A	2	0
Career Totals:				271	36