Almir Memić (footballer, born 1962)

Almir Memić
Personal information
Date of birth (1962-03-01) 1 March 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth Sarajevo, FPR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Famos Hrasnica (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1982 Famos Hrasnica 1 (0)
1982–1986 Čelik Zenica 50 (1)
1988–1989 Šibenik 24 (2)
1989–1990 Borac Banja Luka 38 (0)
1990–1991 Konyaspor 3 (0)
1991 Novi Sad
1991–1992 Mogren 16 (2)
1992–1993 Pazinka 38 (1)
1994 Primorac 1 (0)
1997–2000 Željezničar 27 (8)
Managerial career
2006 Željezničar (caretaker)
2014–2015 Željezničar
2015–2016 Travnik
2017 Goražde
2018 Travnik
2018 Metalleghe-BSI
2024– Famos Hrasnica
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Almir Memić (born 1 March 1962) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Second League of FBiH club Famos Hrasnica.

Playing career

Memić started playing football in Famos Hrasnica. After that, he played in various clubs from SR Bosnia and Herzegovina and other parts of former Yugoslavia; Čelik Zenica, Borac Banja Luka, Šibenik, Novi Sad, Mogren[1] and Pazinka.

Memić also played for Konyaspor in the Turkish Süper Lig[2] before he returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1991.

He played for Željezničar during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Memić had collected 27 league appearances and scored 8 goals in three years at Željezničar and in 1998 won both the Bosnian First League and the Bosnian Supercup. In 2000, he won the Bosnian Cup. Memić ended his career at Željezničar in 2000 at the age of 38.

Managerial career

After finishing his playing career, Memić started working as a manager in Željezničar. He was first an assistant manager, and then, in March 2006, he was promoted to the position of manager of Željezničar, after Ratko Ninković had resigned. As he was just a replacement, Memić led the team only until the end of the season.

He came back to Željezničar in 2009, where he was an assistant of Amar Osim (2009–2013), Hajrudin "Dino" Đurbuzović (2013–2014) and Admir Adžem (2014), before once again becoming the manager of Željezničar in December 2014 replacing Adžem.[3] However, less than a month later, in January 2015, Memić was controversially sacked without a game as Željezničar's manager, and Milomir Odović was named the new manager of the club.[4]

After Željezničar, Memić managed Travnik from 2015 until 2016. From August to November 2016, he was for a second time the assistant manager of Amar Osim, this time at Qatar Stars League club Al Kharaitiyat.[5] Memić also managed Goražde in 2017 and once again Travnik in 2018. On 2 October 2018, he was named manager of First League FBiH club Metalleghe-BSI.[6] He left Metalleghe on 31 December 2018.

In January 2019, Memić was for a third time appointed as an assistant manager at Željezničar, again under the management of Osim.[7] In June 2022, Velež Mostar appointed him as the club's new assistant manager, following Amar Osim becoming its manager.[8]

On 19 January 2024, Memić was appointed manager of Second League of FBiH club Famos Hrasnica.[9]

Honours

Player

Čelik Zenica

Željezničar

Manager

Famos Hrasnica

References

  1. ^ Tempo almanah 1991/92 pag. 36
  2. ^ "ALMIR MEMIC". TFF. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  3. ^ Almir Memić je novi trener FK Željezničar at klix.ba, 17 December 2014
  4. ^ Odović na pragu Željezničara, Memić zasad bez komentara, a u Čeliku ne znaju ništa at klix.ba, 6 January 2015
  5. ^ Amar Osim i Almir Memić ponovo u istom klubu at sportsport.ba, 15 August 2016
  6. ^ Almir Memić novi trener Metalleghea at sportsport.ba, 2 October 2018
  7. ^ Osim šef, ko su ostali članovi stručnog štaba Plavih? at sport1.ba, 29 December 2018
  8. ^ S. Mlaćo (12 June 2022). "Osim otkrio kako je stigao u Velež: "Nisam očekivao poziv, a Šoše me tokom razgovora impresionirao"" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  9. ^ N.M. (19 January 2024). "Almir Memić se vratio kući, povest će trećeligaša ka višem rangu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 19 January 2024.