Asim Ferhatović

Asim "Hase" Ferhatović (January 24, 1933 in Sarajevo, Drina Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia – January 25, 1987 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) started his professional football career in 1948 for FK Sarajevo.

During the 1950s and 1960s, Ferhatović led FK Sarajevo to great heights, and became the club's best and most famous player, scoring 198 goals in 422 games. His greatest personal achievement was becoming lead scorer in the Yugoslavian First League with 19 goals for FK Sarajevo in the 1963/1964 season.

Ferhatović's retirement was one of the most important events in Sarajevo sports history, and the local newspapers ran the headline "Jedan je Hase!" ("There is Only One Hase!") in his honour that day.

The Bosnian rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje wrote a song in honour of Ferhatović called "Nedelja Kad Je Otišo Hase" ("The Sunday When Hase Left"). In its hidden meaning, the song actually refer to late Yugoslav life-long president Josip Broz Tito. Tito died few years before the song was published, on Sunday - 4th May 1980.

Sarajevo's Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium is named in his honour.

He played once for the Yugoslavia national football team.

References

* [http://www.reprezentacija.co.yu/cgi-bin/index.pl?str=igraci&strana=Ferhatovic-Asim Profile at Serbian federation]