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Suad Beširević
Slovenian footballer and manager (1963–2019)
Suad Beširević (4 March 1963 – 28 September 2019) was a Slovene football manager and a professional football player.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Suad Beširević | ||
| Date of birth | (1963-03-04)4 March 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | 27 September 2019(2019-09-27) (aged 56) | ||
| Place of death | Ljubljana, Slovenia | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1977–1983 | Svoboda | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1984 | Svoboda | ||
| 1983–1984 | Slovan | 30 | (8) |
| 1984–1989 | Borac Banja Luka | 84 | (58) |
| 1989–1990 | Rijeka | 18 | (3) |
| 1990–1992 | Apollon Limassol | 51 | (34) |
| 1992–1993 | Publikum Celje | 11 | (7) |
| 1993–1994 | APEP | 20 | (10) |
| 1994–1995 | Aris Limassol | 28 | (13) |
| 1995–1996 | Omonia Aradippou | 11 | (1) |
| Total | 253 | (134) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2003 | Ljubljana | ||
| 2003–2004 | Olimpija Ljubljana | ||
| 2005–2006 | Bela Krajina | ||
| 2007–2011 | Šenčur | ||
| 2011–2012 | Svoboda | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club
He was regarded as one of the best players of FK Borac Banja Luka, where he spent most of his career and where he won the 1987–88 Yugoslav Cup. He also won the 1990–91 Cypriot First Division and the 1991–92 Cypriot Cup with Apollon Limassol FC. He was the joint top goalscorer of the 1990–91 Cypriot First Division season alongside Panikos Xiourouppas, with 19 scored goals in 25 played games.
As a manager Beširević won the Slovenian Cup in the 2002–03 season with NK Olimpija Ljubljana, whose manager he was from January 2003 to the summer of 2004. He also won the Slovenian Third League (West Group) with NK Šenčur in the 2008–09 season.
On 27 September 2019, Beširević died at the age of 56 after a long illness in his hometown of Ljubljana.[1]
Player
Club
Borac Banja Luka
Apollon Limassol
Individual
Performance
- Cypriot First Division Top Goalscorer: 1990–91 (19 goals)
Manager
Olimpija Ljubljana
Šenčur
- A. Pašić (27 September 2019). "Preminuo proslavljeni fudbaler Borca" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- Suad Beširević at FBref.com
- Suad Beširević at WorldFootball.net
- Interview at boracbl.net
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