Nermin Šabić

Nermin Šabić
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-12-21) 21 December 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Youth career
0000–1989 Čelik Zenica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1992 Čelik Zenica 4 (1)
1992 Red Star Belgrade 0 (0)
1993 Dubrava 12 (1)
1994 Zagreb 6 (0)
1994–1995 Inter Zaprešić 44 (7)
1996–1997 Osijek 29 (0)
1997 Zadar 10 (3)
1998–2000 Dinamo Zagreb 59 (13)
2001 Željezničar 7 (0)
2001–2002 Zagreb 15 (0)
2002–2003 Čelik Zenica 23 (3)
2003–2005 Changchun Yatai 46 (3)
2006–2010 Čelik Zenica 65 (6)
Total 320 (37)
International career
1994–1995 Croatia U21 6 (0)
1996–2008 Bosnia and Herzegovina 36 (1)
Managerial career
2017–2018 Zvijezda Gradačac
2018 Mladost Doboj Kakanj
2019 Shanxi Metropolis
2019 TOŠK Tešanj
2019–2022 Bosnia and Herzegovina U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nermin Šabić (born 21 December 1973) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player.

Club career

Born in Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, back then part of SFR Yugoslavia, Šabić started playing with hometown club Čelik Zenica having played with them in the 1990–91 Yugoslav First League season. Afterwards, he moved to Red Star Belgrade but with the start of the Yugoslav Wars he left the club along with Goran Jurić and Robert Prosinečki.

Šabić then moved to Croatia where he played for almost a decade in the Croatian First League, first with Dubrava, Zagreb, Inter Zaprešić, Osijek and Zadar, and then with Dinamo Zagreb, know back then as Croatia Zagreb, between 1997 and 2001, winning with them 3 championships (the last 3 of the 5 in-a-row Zagreb won) and two cups. He spent the second half of the 2000–01 season in Bosnia playing with Željezničar and had also won the double with them.[1]

Šabić then returned to Croatia and was part of the championship winning squad of Zagreb in the season 2001–02. Afterwards, he played 3 seasons in China with Changchun Yatai, before returning to Bosnia to his former club Čelik where he finished his career in 2010.[2]

International career

From 1994 to 1995, Šabić represented the Croatia national U21 team, making 6 appearances.

He then made his senior debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in an April 1996 friendly match against Albania and has earned a total of 38 caps (2 unofficial), scoring 1 goal.[3] His final international was an August 2008 friendly match against Bulgaria.[4]

Managerial career

After retiring, Šabić held the position of CEO of Čelik Zenica in 2011, and in June 2015 he became assistant manager of Ibrahim Rahimić, at Bosnian Premier League newly promoted side Mladost Doboj Kakanj, where he also accumulated the function of main coordinator of the youth teams in the club.[5]

On 13 June 2017, Šabić became the new manager of First League of FBiH club Zvijezda Gradačac.[6] On 10 April 2018, he left Zvijezda to become the manager of Mladost Doboj Kakanj.[7] He officially took over the club the next day on 11 April.[8] After a terrible start to the league which culminated even more with a 93rd minute 0–1 home league loss against Široki Brijeg on 15 August 2018, he left the club the next day.[9][10]

For a short period from January to February 2019, Šabić was in charge of China League Two club Shanxi Metropolis. On 8 September 2019, he became the new manager of First League of FBiH club TOŠK Tešanj.[11] In his first game as TOŠK manager, his team beat Metalleghe-BSI 2–1 at home in a league match.[12] Šabić left TOŠK on 23 December 2019, taking over the position of head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 national team two days earlier, on 21 December.[13] He officially took over the position four days later, on 27 December, signing a contract with the Bosnian FA.[14]

On 16 January 2024, Šabić was appointed assistant manager of Željezničar, with newly appointed Bruno Akrapović as manager.[15] He left the club following Akrapović's departure in April 2024.[16]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results table. Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first:

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 7 October 2001 Koševo City Stadium, Sarajevo,Bosnia and Herzegovina  Liechtenstein 3–0 5–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

Managerial statistics

As of match played 20 August 2022[17]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Zvijezda Gradačac 13 June 2017 9 April 2018 21 12 6 3 27 8 +19 057.14
Mladost Doboj Kakanj 11 April 2018 15 August 2018 11 2 2 7 11 22 −11 018.18
Shanxi Metropolis 1 January 2019 25 February 2019 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
TOŠK Tešanj 8 September 2019 23 December 2019 12 7 1 4 29 17 +12 058.33
Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 27 December 2019 28 August 2022 29 9 8 12 37 43 −6 031.03
Total 73 30 17 26 104 90 +14 041.10

Honours

Player

Dinamo Zagreb[2]

Željezničar[2]

Zagreb[2]

References

  1. ^ Bosnian Premier League stats at sportsport.ba (copies of the NFSBiH yearbooks)
  2. ^ a b c d e Nermin Šabić at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ Mamrud, Roberto (16 July 2009). "Bosnia and Herzegovina – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  5. ^ Ibro Rahimić šef struke, prvi pomoćnik Nermin Šabić at sportsport.ba, 14-6-2015, retrieved 16-6-2015 (in Bosnian)
  6. ^ D.B. (13 June 2017). "Nermin Šabić postao trener Zvijezde iz Gradačca" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  7. ^ D.B. (10 April 2018). "Nermin Šabić napustio Zvijezdu, novi trener Romeo Šapina" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba0. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  8. ^ D.B. (11 April 2018). "Nermin Šabić nakon odlaska Edisa Mulalića preuzeo Mladost DK" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  9. ^ K.H. (15 August 2018). "Široki Brijeg u 93. minuti stigao do gostujuće pobjede protiv Mladosti" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  10. ^ K.H. (16 August 2018). "Mladost ostala bez trenera, Šabić podnio ostavku nakon poraza od Širokog Brijega" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  11. ^ E. Oštraković (8 September 2019). "Poznat nasljednik Nusreta Muslimovića: Nermin Šabić novi trener TOŠK-a" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  12. ^ A. Lendo (15 September 2019). "TOŠK i GOŠK slavili domaće pobjede, Igman odnio puni plijen iz Hadžića" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  13. ^ N.K. (21 December 2019). "Nermin Šabić novi selektor kadetske reprezentacije BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  14. ^ S. Mlaćo (27 December 2019). "Šabić: Ovo je nagrada za moj rad" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Nermin Šabić i Almir Seferović novi članovi stručnog štaba Željezničara". fkzeljeznicar.ba (in Bosnian). 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  16. ^ E.K. (20 April 2024). "Bruno Akrapović više nije trener FK Željezničar" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  17. ^ "Nermin Šabić". Sofascore.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 20 August 2022.