Abdulah Gegić
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abdulah Gegić | ||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1924 | ||
| Place of birth | Novi Pazar, Kingdom of SCS | ||
| Date of death | 21 June 2008 (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Novi Sad, Serbia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1947 | OFK Beograd | ||
| Mačva Šabac | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1961–1963 | FK Bor | ||
| 1963–1964 | Radnički Niš | ||
| 1964–1965 | FK Sarajevo | ||
| 1965 | Yugoslavia | ||
| 1965–1966 | FK Partizan | ||
| 1966–1967 | Fenerbahçe SK | ||
| 1967–1971 | Eskişehirspor | ||
| 1969 | Turkey | ||
| 1971–1972 | FK Sarajevo | ||
| 1972–1973 | Beşiktaş JK | ||
| 1973–1974 | Adana Demirspor | ||
| 1974–1975 | Bursaspor | ||
| 1975–1976 | Fenerbahçe SK | ||
| 1976 | Adanaspor | ||
| 1977–1978 | Eskişehirspor | ||
| 1978–1979 | Samsunspor | ||
| 1979 | Diyarbakırspor | ||
| 1983 | Eskişehirspor | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Abdulah Gegić (born 19 March 1924 in Novi Pazar, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes - died June 21, 2008 in Novi Sad, Serbia) was a Yugoslav football coach of Bosniak ethnicity who also had Turkish citizenship. While in Turkey he went by the name Abdullah Gegiç.
As a player he played with OFK Beograd and with FK Mačva Šabac[1] in the Yugoslav First League.
Gegić began his coaching career as coach of Serbian clubs FK Bor and FK Radnički Niš,[2] and later of the Yugoslav u-21 team, and also Yugoslavia national football team. He coached Partizan Belgrade where he reached the Final of the European Champion Clubs' Cup (today known as the UEFA Champions League) in 1966 where he saw a 2-1 defeat against Real Madrid. He was named the second best coach of Europe by France Football magazine. If Gegić had won the final, he would have been named the new coach of Real Madrid.
Gegić then came to Turkey to coach Eskişehirspor, where he became very successful and lead the club to many victories. He also coached Beşiktaş J.K. (1972–1973), Fenerbahçe S.K. (1975–1976) and the Turkish national football team.[3]
Gegić is nicknamed Futbol Profesörü (Football Professor) by the Turkish press. In 1979 he took the Turkish nationality and became a citizen of Turkey. Gegić is still an important figure in Turkish football having mentored most of the top Turkish coaches of today such as Fatih Terim, Mustafa Denizli, Şenol Güneş, and others.
On June 4, 2008, in Novi Sad, 84-year-old Gegić had a stroke and died 17 days later of the consequences.
Managerial honours
Club
- Partizan
- European Cup: Runner-up: 1965–66
- Fenerbahçe
- Spor Toto Cup: 1967
- Turkey
- Eskişehirspor
- Turkish Cup: 1970–71
- Turkish Super Cup: 1971
- Beşiktaş
- TSYD Cup: 1973
References
- ↑ Red Star Belgrade players at redstarbelgrade.info (see section of Milan Krstić)
- ↑ [1] Archived April 25, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- IN MEMORIAM: Abdulah Gegić, MTS Mondo, June 21, 2008
- In memoriam: Abdulah Gegić, B92, June 22, 2008
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1924 births
- 2008 deaths
- Yugoslav footballers
- FK Novi Pazar players
- OFK Beograd players
- FK Mačva Šabac players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Yugoslav football managers
- Serbian football managers
- FK Radnički Niš managers
- FK Sarajevo managers
- FK Partizan managers
- Eskişehirspor managers
- Fenerbahçe football managers
- Beşiktaş J.K. managers
- Sportspeople from Novi Pazar
- Turkey national football team managers
- Bursaspor managers
- FK Bor managers
- Expatriate football managers in Turkey
- Adanaspor managers
- Diyarbakırspor managers
- Samsunspor managers
- Adana Demirspor managers
- Turkish people of Yugoslav descent
- Turkish people of Serbian descent
- Turkish people of Bosniak descent
