Suad Beširević

Suad Beširević
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

Suad Beširević (4 March 1963 – 28 September 2019) was a Slovene football manager and a professional football player.

Playing career

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Club

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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.

Managerial career

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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.

Personal life

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On 27 September 2019, Beširević died at the age of 56 after a long illness in his hometown of Ljubljana.[1]

Honours

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Player

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Club

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Borac Banja Luka

Apollon Limassol

Individual

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Performance

Manager

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Olimpija Ljubljana

Šenčur

References

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  1. ^ A. Pašić (27 September 2019). "Preminuo proslavljeni fudbaler Borca" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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