Nedim Jusufbegović

Nedim Jusufbegović
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-09-30) 30 September 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Sloga Meridian (manager)
Youth career
–1998 Sarajevo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Igman Konjic
1998–2001 Sarajevo 63 (15)
2001–2002 Velež Mostar 25 (13)
2002–2005 Olimpija Ljubljana 63 (17)
2005 Željezničar 13 (1)
International career
2001 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 (0)
Managerial career
2011–2012 Olimpik
2013 Olimpik
2013–2015 Velež Mostar
2015–2016 Zvijezda Gradačac
2016 GOŠK Gabela
2016–2017 Čelik Zenica
2018–2019 Igman Konjic
2022 Bosnia and Herzegovina U17
2022–2023 Velež Mostar
2024– Sloga Meridian
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nedim Jusufbegović (born 30 September 1974) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Bosnian Premier League club Sloga Meridian.

Club career

Jusufbegović was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first club he played for was Igman Konjic before moving on to hometown club Sarajevo, and later to Velež Mostar.

From there, Jusufbegović would transfer to the Slovenian PrvaLiga in 2002 and play for Olimpija Ljubljana for several years, scoring a total of 17 goals and making 63 appearances before he returned for the last stages of his career to be spent in the Bosnian side Željezničar.[1]

His final season as a football player was at Željezničar, and he retired from the game at the end of the 2004–05 season.[1]

International career

Jusufbegović's very first match for Bosnia and Herzegovina was against South Africa on 8 August 2001, when Bosnia and Herzegovina defeated their opponent by 4–2 in the LG Cup held in Tehran, Iran.[2]

The second and final match he played for the national team was two days subsequent to the victory against South Africa, in the same tournament, this time against the host nation Iran where Bosnia lost 4–0.[2]

Managerial career

Several years after retiring from football as a player, namely in 2011, Jusufbegović was employed as a manager by the newly revitalized Sarajevo club Olimpik.[3] Not until September 2012 did he leave Olimpik, after having been nominated for manager of the year the very same year,[4] coming back for a third time in the same position in April 2013.[5]

In 2015, Jusufbegović left Velež Mostar after 2 years as the club's manager.[6] After Velež, he managed Zvijezda Gradačac from 2015 to 2016, GOŠK Gabela in 2016, Čelik Zenica from 2016 to 2017 and Igman Konjic from 2018 to 2019.[7][8] In August 2022, he became the new head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 national team.[9]

On 1 December 2022, Velež Mostar appointed Jusufbegović as manager for the second time.[10] His first competitive game back in charge of Velež was a 2–0 home victory against Posušje in the Bosnian Cup on 18 February 2023.[11] He led Velež to the cup final, where his side lost to rivals Zrinjski in the Mostar derby on 17 May 2023.[12] On 23 August 2023, it was announced by Velež that Jusufbegović had left the club by mutual consent.[13]

In September 2023, Jusufbegović was named as an assistant of newly appointed Bosnia and Herzegovina national team head coach Savo Milošević.[14] Jusufbegović's contract with the Bosnian FA expired together with Milošević's one on 21 March 2024, following the country's defeat against Ukraine in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs.[15]

On 30 September 2024, Jusufbegović was appointed as manager of Sloga Meridian.[16] His debut was a 2–1 away loss to Radnik Bijeljina on 20 October 2024.[17]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 15 December 2024[18]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Olimpik 15 August 2011 19 September 2012 35 18 9 8 051.43
Olimpik 11 April 2013 3 October 2013 20 9 7 4 045.00
Velež Mostar 3 October 2013 18 March 2015 43 21 13 9 048.84
Zvijezda Gradačac 19 April 2015 15 May 2016 34 18 7 9 052.94
GOŠK Gabela 1 July 2016 18 September 2016 7 3 1 3 042.86
Čelik Zenica 2 November 2016 19 March 2017 8 1 4 3 012.50
Igman Konjic 6 April 2018 10 May 2019 36 13 8 15 036.11
Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 29 August 2022 30 November 2022 5 4 1 0 080.00
Velež Mostar 1 December 2022 23 August 2023 24 12 5 7 050.00
Sloga Meridian 30 September 2024 Present 10 5 0 5 050.00
Total 222 104 55 63 046.85

Honours

Player

Sarajevo[1]

Olimpija Ljubljana[1]

References

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  2. ^ a b "Nedim Jusufbegović - national football team player". Eu-football.info. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Jusufbegović umjesto Janjoša". SportSport.ba. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Proglašenje "Idola nacije" u subotu u Sarajevu". SportSport.ba. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
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  7. ^ A. Lendo (6 April 2018). "Nedim Jusufbegović novi trener Igmana". SportSport.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  8. ^ A. Pašić (10 May 2019). "Jusufbegović napustio kormilo Igmana" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  9. ^ H.H. (29 August 2022). "NS BiH imenovao selektore mladih reprezentacija, tvrde da su radovi na stadionima u završnoj fazi" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  10. ^ G.Š. (1 December 2022). "Velež predstavio novog trenera i direktora, novi teren će biti spreman za prvu domaću utakmicu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  11. ^ K.K. (18 February 2023). "Stadion Rođeni zasjao u punom sjaju, fudbaleri Veleža uveličali atmosferu rutinskom pobjedom nad Posušjem" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  12. ^ E.B. (17 May 2023). "Zrinjski pobijedio Velež u finalu Kupa BiH i osvojio duplu krunu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  13. ^ H. Zilić (23 August 2023). "Nedim Jusufbegović nije više trener Veleža" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  14. ^ D.P. (29 September 2023). "Ovo je novi stručni štab Zmajeva: Milošević doveo dvojicu, Jusufbegović među novajlijama" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  15. ^ S. P. (21 March 2024). "Ide li Bosna i Hercegovina u potragu za novim selektorom?". Sport1.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  16. ^ Muhamed Bogilović (30 September 2024). "Nedim Jusufbegović preuzeo klupu Sloge" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Radnik Soccerbet – Sloga Meridian 2:1" (in Bosnian). Arena Sport. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  18. ^ "Nedim Jusufbegović". Sofascore. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

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