- Enver Hadžiabdić
Enver Hadžiabđić (
Serbian Cyrillic : Енвер Хаџиабдић) (bornNovember 6 ,1945 inBelgrade ,Yugoslavia ) is a Bosnian football manager and former player. Currently, he is employed as a head coach ofFK Željezničar .Playing career
His first club was Bratstvo Travnik. In 1965, he moved to
FK Željezničar . During the next nine years, he played more than 450 games for the club. He also won the championship title in 1971/1972 season. In 1974, he went to Belgian side Charleroi where he stayed for three seasons. He has ended his professional playing career in 1979 at the age of 32.He was one of the best European defenders in the early 1970s. That fact secured him a place in
Yugoslavia national football team in which he have collected 11 caps. He was also a member of the team that participated in1974 FIFA World Cup and in1976 European Football Championship .Managing career
After retirement, he returned to
Sarajevo where he graduated fromUniversity of Sarajevo Faculty of Physical Education. In 1993, he became a coach ofIran ian olympic football team, and two years later coach ofQatar i al-Rayyan junior squad. In 1997, he took over the place of a head coach in his favourite FK Željezničar. He managed to lead the club to the Bosnian championship title in his first season. In winter of 1999. he stepped down because of a disappointing league results and despite winning a Bosnian Super Cup in 1998. against the club's biggest rivals -FK Sarajevo . Nevertheless, he was back again next season in which he guided the club to its first Bosnian Cup title.After several years working as a stadium director, he yet again became a coach of FK Željezničar on
January 10 ,2007 .References
* [http://www.reprezentacija.co.yu/reprezentativci/Hadziabdic_Enver.htm Serbian national football team website]
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