Admir Smajić

Football player infobox
playername = Admir Smajić


fullname =
nickname =
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1963|9|7|df=y
cityofbirth = Bijeljina
countryofbirth = SFR Yugoslavia
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height = height|m=1.79
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1979 - 1988
1988 - 1993
1993 - 1997
1997-1999
clubs = FK Partizan
Neuchâtel Xamax
FC Basel
BSC Young Boys
Total
caps(goals) = 194 (9)
99 (15)
111 (12)
26 (2)
430 (38)
nationalyears = 1986-1987
1995-1996
nationalteam = flagicon|Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
flagicon|BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina
nationalcaps(goals) = 5 (1)
2 (0)
manageryears = 1998-1999
managerclubs = BSC Young Boys

Admir Smajić (born September 7, 1963 in Bijeljina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian former football defender who played for SFR Yugoslavia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Football career

Admir Smajić began his career with Yugoslav First League club FK Partizan in 1979. Whilst at Partizan he represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where they reached the semi-finals before being eliminated by France. In 1988 he moved to Neuchâtel Xamax in the Swiss Nationalliga A where he played for five years before joining FC Basel in 1993. He then signed for BSC Young Boys in 1997 where he took up a player-manager role in 1998. He was sacked at the end of the season and he also retired from playing.

External links

* [http://www.reprezentacija.co.yu/cgi-bin/index.pl?str=igraci&strana=Smajic-Admir Profile at Serbian federation site]
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=22096 Profile at national-football-teams.com]