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Srboljub Markušević

Srboljub Markušević

Yugoslav Serbian footballer and manager (1936–2019)

Srboljub Markušević (Serbian Cyrillic: Србољуб Маркушевић; 5 May 1936 – 18 November 2019)[1] was a Yugoslav and later Serbian professional footballer and football manager.

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Playing career

Markušević spent his whole playing career at Bosnian club Sarajevo, making 148 league appearances for the club and scoring 22 goals.[2] Along with 132 friendly games he played for Sarajevo, Markušević played 280 games for the team in total[2]

Managerial career

After ending his career, Markušević became a football manager, starting out as a coach in the youth team of Sarajevo in 1966.

He then became a manager and led the first team of Sarajevo on four separate occasions (1969–1971, 1972–1973, 1981–1983 and 1990).[2] His biggest managerial achievement with Sarajevo and in his whole career was leading the team to the round of 16 in the 1982–83 UEFA Cup season.[2] Markušević also led Sarajevo to being Yugoslav Cup runners-up in the 1982–83 season.

In between his third and fourth appointment at Sarajevo, He managed Budućnost Podgorica from 1985 to 1986.

Death

Markušević died on 19 November 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia at the age of 83.[2]

Honours

Player

Sarajevo

Manager

Sarajevo

References

  1. [1]
    "Preminuo Srboljub Markušević, legendarni igrač i trener Sarajeva".
  2. [2]
    "Preminuo legendarni fudbaler i trener FK Sarajevo Srboljub Markušević" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
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