Džemo Smječanin

Džemo Smječanin
Personal information
Full name Džemal Smječanin
Date of birth (1972-06-06) 6 June 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Sarajevo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Korotan Prevalje 21 (3)
1996–1999 Sarajevo 89 (32)
1999–2000 Đerzelez 29 (25)
2000–2001 Rot-Weiss Essen 21 (0)
2001–2002 Zuid-West-Vlaanderen 11 (2)
2002–2003 Sarajevo 18 (3)
Total 189 (66)
International career
1997 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 (1)
Managerial career
2020-5.1.2021 FK UNIS Vogošća (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Džemal "Džemo" Smječanin (born 6 June 1972) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, present day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Smječanin started playing football in the youth teams of hometown club by the same name, Sarajevo. His first professional contract that he signed was with now defunct Slovenian club Korotan Prevalje in the summer of 1995. He spent one season playing in Slovenia, before coming back to Bosnia and Herzegovina and signing with his favourite Sarajevo in 1996.[1] Smječanin played for three years at Sarajevo, winning two Bosnian Cups, one Bosnian Supercup and one league title during that time.

In 1999, he joined Đerzelez, and in the season 1999–2000 scored 25 league goals for the club, making him joint-top goalscorer of the league. From 2000 until 2002, Smječanin played abroad at German and Belgium clubs Rot-Weiss Essen and Zuid-West-Vlaanderen.[1] However, after leaving Đerzelez, he was not able to get back to his goalscoring ways for the rest of his career, scoring only 2 league goals in the two years that he played at Essen and Vlaanderen.

In June 2002, Smječanin came back to Sarajevo, playing one more season for his boyhood club before retiring from football in June 2003 after the end of the 2002–03 league season.

International career

Showing good games at Sarajevo, Smječanin was called up to the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team squad for the 1997 Dunhill Cup in Malaysia by national team head coach Fuad Muzurović. He played all five games at the Cup, scoring one goal against Vietnam in a 4–0 win on 22 February 1997.[2] Smječanin played his last game for the national team against Tunisia in a 2–1 loss on 5 November 1997.[3][4]

Career statistics

International

Source:[2]

National team Year Apps Goals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1997 6 1
Total 6 1

International goals

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 22 February 1997 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Vietnam  Vietnam
3–0
4–0
 1997 Dunhill Cup
Source:[2]

Honours

Player

Sarajevo

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "Džemo Smječanin". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Džemo Smječanin". nfsbih.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Tunisia 2–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina". Soccerway. Perform Group. 5 November 1997. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 22 May 2021.