Nedim Jusufbegović

Nedim Jusufbegović

Personal information
Date of birth	(1974-09-30) 30 September 1974
Place of birth	Sarajevo, FPR Yugoslavia
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
???–???	FK Igman Konjic
???–???	FK Sarajevo
???–2002	FK Velež Mostar
2002–2005	NK Olimpija Ljubljana	63	(17)
2005	NK Željeznicar Sarajevo
Total			(104)
International career
2001-2005	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	(0)
Managerial career
2009	FK Olimpic Sarajevo
2011–2012	FK Olimpic Sarajevo
2013	FK Olimpic Sarajevo
2013–2015	FK Velež Mostar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nedim Jusufbegović (born 30 September 1974) is a Bosnian football manager and former player.

Club career

Jusufbegović was born in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo. The first club he played for was FK Igman Konjic before moving on to FK Sarajevo, and later to FK Velež Mostar. From there he would transfer to the Slovenian league in 2002 and played for NK 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 NK Željeznicar Sarajevo. His final season as a football player expired there, and he retired from the game in the transfer season of 2005, during July.

International career

His very first match for Bosnia and Herzegovina was against South Africa 8 August 2001 when Bosnia and Herzegovina defeated their oppnent by 2–4 in the L.G. tournament held in Tehran, Iran. 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 the team lost 4–0.

Coaching career

Several years after retiring from football as a player, namely in 2009, he was employed as a manager by the newly revitalized Sarajevo team FK Olimpic Sarajevo. After a series of losses in November 2009, he was replaced, only to return as a manager once again in August 2011. Not until September 2012 did he leave the club once more after having been nominated for manager of the year the very same year, coming back for a third time in the same position in April 2013, and has been running the team smoothly ever since.