Safet Sušić
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Safet Sušić | ||
Date of birth | 13 April 1955 | ||
Place of birth | Zavidovići, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
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Position(s) | Attacking midfielder Second striker |
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Youth career | |||
1971–1972 | Krivaja | ||
1972–1973 | FK Sarajevo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1973–1982 | FK Sarajevo | 221 | (86) |
1982–1991 | Paris Saint-Germain | 287 | (67) |
1991–1992 | Red Star Saint-Ouen | 17 | (3) |
Total | 525 | (155) | |
International career | |||
1977–1990 | Yugoslavia | 54 | (21) |
1993 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1994–1995 | Cannes | ||
1996–1998 | İstanbulspor | ||
2001 | Al-Hilal Riyadh | ||
2004–2005 | Konyaspor | ||
2005–2006 | Ankaragücü | ||
2006 | Çaykur Rizespor | ||
2008 | Çaykur Rizespor | ||
2008–2009 | Ankaraspor | ||
2009–2014 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
2015–2016 | Évian | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Safet Sušić (born 13 April 1955) is a Bosnian football manager and former player. Sušić was a gifted midfielder known for his dribbling skills and technical ability. He is strongly reputed to have been one of the finest European players of his generation. Sušić played in two World Cups, 1982 and 1990, and at Euro 1984. As manager he took Bosnia and Herzegovina to the 2014 World Cup.
Sušić played as an attacking midfielder, often in a role of trequartista or fantasista (i.e. a creative playmaker), or rarely as secondary striker for FK Sarajevo, Paris Saint-Germain and Red Star Saint-Ouen and internationally for Yugoslavia and Bosnia and Herzegovina - later during his career he was utilized more in a role of deep-lying playmaker, both for club and national team. In 2010 France Football voted Sušić as Paris Saint-Germain's best player of all time and the best foreign player of Ligue 1 of all time.[1][2][3] He scored three international hat-tricks for Yugoslavia, in victories against Romania, Italy, and Argentina in the late 1970s,[4] and was voted, as part of the UEFA Jubilee Awards, the greatest ever player from Bosnia.
Following his retirement from playing, Sušić started working as a manager. He worked for a number of club sides: Cannes, İstanbulspor, Al-Hilal, Konyaspor, Ankaragücü, Çaykur Rizespor, Ankaraspor, Évian and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team.
Contents
Club career
Early career
Sušić began his career with the football club Krivaja in his hometown Zavidovići. In 1973, he was transferred to FK Sarajevo. During the 1979–80 season, he was top scorer in the Yugoslav First League with 17 goals. In 1979, he was honoured as the Yugoslav Footballer of the Year, also being selected as the best athlete hailing from the republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Paris Saint-Germain
In 1982, Sušić signed with Paris Saint-Germain, where he became a star on the European stage. Hardly ever injured, he performed at a high level well past his 30s. The Yugoslav international was never injured nor suspended, thus allowing him to score 96 goals and make a record 61 assists for PSG between 1982 and 1991. On 22 September 1984, in a 7–1 home drubbing of Bastia, he assisted on five of the side's goals. At 36, Sušić left the capital for a final year with Red Star Saint-Ouen.
During a 13-year span, Sušić appeared 54 times with the Yugoslav national team, netting 21 goals, in spite of the fact that he was always in the role of midfield playmaker. He represented the nation at the 1982 and 1990 World Cups, and at Euro 1984. On 19 June 1990, Sušić opened the score in Yugoslavia's 4–1 World Cup win against the United Arab Emirates, aged 35.
In 2004, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years.[5][6]
Footballer Darko Pančev declared:
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"It's well known how much I valued and still do value Safet Sušić. For me he's unsurpassable, the best Yugoslavia had. Probably one of the best in the world. I was often known to say that us other players should have to pay to play in the same team as Pape. At least I always talked and thought like that. Pape was a treasure for every forward. His crosses were unbelievable. Sometimes his ball would hit me without me even being aware of it. A wonderful player."[7]
On 5 February 2010, France Football chose Sušić as the best player in the history of Paris Saint-Germain, ahead of players such as Carlos Bianchi, Mustapha Dahleb, Ronaldinho, George Weah, Joël Bats, Raí and Luis Fernández.[8][9]
Managerial career
Sušić coached Cannes, where he retired as a player, briefly in 1994–95. Between 1997–1999, he managed İstanbulspor during 2003–04, with Konyaspor, and in the first half of 2006–07, taking charge of Çaykur Rizespor (12 matches). After he was sacked by Rizespor, another Turkish side, in February 2008,[10] Sušić was hired by Ankaraspor in March.[11]
Bosnia and Herzegovina
On 28 December 2009, Sušić was named coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team.[12] His debut was a friendly match against Ghana in Sarajevo. Bosnia and Herzegovina won the game 2–1 after goals from Vedad Ibišević and Miralem Pjanić. After only 2 wins in Sušić's 6 first matches in charge of the national team, including an important 2–0 loss to France in the qualification for Euro 2012, Sušić came under a lot of criticism from several journalists and columnists who called for his head.[13][14] Sušić recorded a 1–1 draw with France during a second game in Paris and ensured Bosnia qualified for their second consecutive qualification play-off birth for EURO 2012 to be played against Portugal in November.[15][16]
2014 FIFA World Cup with Bosnia
From August 2012 to August 2013, Sušić's Bosnia national football side was on a nine-game unbeaten streak run. On 8 August 2013, the Bosnian national team achieved their highest ever FIFA ranking, the 13th place.[17] On 15 October 2013, Bosnia qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, their first major tournament in their history as an independent nation.[18] Sušić's side fared well in their first World Cup match against Argentina despite losing 2-1. An unlucky own goal and some brilliance from football legend Lionel Messi saw them to a defeat. However, highs taken from the match were the good play the team demonstrated and the materialisation of their first World Cup goal scored by Vedad Ibišević. The team however controversially exited the competition at the group stage of the tournament after their second game against Nigeria having an equaliser scored by Edin Džeko wrongly disallowed for offside. This revitalised the calls for reformation of the FIFA governing body and the replacement of linesmen with technology so as to remove human error from lines decisions. Bosnia won their last game in the competition against Iran with a healthy 3–1 victory which would've seen them through instead of Nigeria, who incidentally failed to defeat Iran, to a round of 16 match with France. In July 2014, Sušić signed a two-year contract to continue as coach, after he removed his resignation.[19]
On 17 November 2014, Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Safet Sušić parted ways after poor showing of the national team in the first 4 games of the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying.[20][21][22][23][24]
Évian
On 13 July 2015, Safet Sušić was named manager of 2nd tier French club Évian. On his debut he registered a draw. After first four rounds, his new side registered 4 drawn games.[25]
On 11 January 2016 Safet Sušić was sacked by Évian due to run of poor results at the club. After 20 rounds, Sušić's Évian was placed 13th on the table and were eliminated from French cup at third round.ref. He was replaced by Romain Revelli.
Statistics
Player statistics
Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
1973–74 | FK Sarajevo | Yugoslav First League | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
1974–75 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 0 | – | 34 | 11 | |||
1975–76 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 2 | |||
1976–77 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | – | 31 | 12 | |||
1977–78 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | 35 | 8 | |||
1978–79 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 0 | – | 31 | 15 | |||
1979–80 | 34 | 17 | 4 | 1 | – | 38 | 18 | |||
1980–81 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | ||
1981–82 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 11 | |||
1982–83 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | ||
Paris Saint-Germain | French Division 1 | 18 | 8 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 18 | 8 | |
1983–84 | 38 | 8 | ? | ? | ? | 1 | 38 | 9 | ||
1984–85 | 34 | 10 | ? | ? | ? | 2 | 34 | 12 | ||
1985–86 | 37 | 10 | ? | ? | - | 37 | 10 | |||
1986–87 | 29 | 3 | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 31 | 3 | ||
1987–88 | 24 | 3 | ? | ? | - | 24 | 3 | |||
1988–89 | 34 | 7 | ? | ? | - | 34 | 7 | |||
1989–90 | 36 | 7 | ? | ? | ? | 1 | 36 | 8 | ||
1990–91 | 37 | 10 | ? | ? | - | 37 | 10 | |||
1991–92 | Red Star Paris | Division 2 | 17 | 3 | ? | ? | - | 17 | 3 | |
1973–82 | FK Sarajevo Total | 221 | 86 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 244 | 96 | |
1983–91 | PSG Total | 287 | 67 | ? | 14 | ? | 4 | 345 | 85 | |
1991–92 | Red Star Paris Total | 17 | 3 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
Career Total | 525 | 155 | ? | 20 | ? | 8 | 606 | 184 |
Managerial statistics
Team | Tenure | M | W | D | L | Win % | Points per game[26] | Achievements |
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Cannes | 1994–1995 | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 40.5% | 1.45 | |
İstanbulspor | 1996–1998 | 62 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 53.2% | 1.74 | |
Al-Hilal | 2001 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.3% | 1.33 | |
Konyaspor | 2004–2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 3.00 | |
Ankaragücü | 2005–2006 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 3.00 | |
Çaykur Rizespor | 2006–2008 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 35.3% | 1.24 | |
Ankaraspor | 2008–2009 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 50.0% | 1.70 | |
Bosnia-Herzegovina | 2009–2014 | 50 | 23 | 9 | 18 | 44.0% | 1.50 | 2014 FIFA World Cup Group stage |
Évian | 2015–2016 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 25.0% | 1.05 | |
Totals | 207 | 93 | 44 | 69 |
Table correct as at 9 January 2016 (after Évian tenure).
International goals
- Scores and results table. Yugoslavia's goal tally first:
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 5 October 1977 | Budapest, Hungary | Hungary | 1–2 | 3–4 | Friendly |
2 | 5 October 1977 | Budapest, Hungary | Hungary | 2–4 | 3–4 | Friendly |
3 | 13 November 1977 | Bucharest, Romania | Romania | 1–1 | 6–4 | 1978 World Cup qualifier |
4 | 13 November 1977 | Bucharest, Romania | Romania | 3–3 | 6–4 | 1978 World Cup qualifier |
5 | 13 November 1977 | Bucharest, Romania | Romania | 4–3 | 6–4 | 1978 World Cup qualifier |
6 | 13 June 1979 | Maksimir, Zagreb, Yugoslavia | Italy | 1–1 | 4–1 | Friendly |
7 | 13 June 1979 | Maksimir, Zagreb, Yugoslavia | Italy | 2–1 | 4–1 | Friendly |
8 | 13 June 1979 | Maksimir, Zagreb, Yugoslavia | Italy | 3–1 | 4–1 | Friendly |
9 | 16 September 1979 | Marakana, Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Argentina | 1–0 | 4–2 | Friendly |
10 | 16 September 1979 | Marakana, Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Argentina | 2–0 | 4–2 | Friendly |
11 | 16 September 1979 | Marakana, Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Argentina | 3–0 | 4–2 | Friendly |
12 | 30 March 1980 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Romania | 2–0 | 2–0 | Balkan Cup |
13 | 27 August 1980 | Bucharest, Romania | Romania | 1–3 | 1–4 | Balkan Cup |
14 | 10 September 1980 | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1982 World Cup qualifier |
15 | 12 October 1983 | JNA, Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Norway | 2–0 | 2–1 | Euro 1984 qualifier |
16 | 21 December 1983 | Poljud, Split, Yugoslavia | Bulgaria | 1–1 | 3–2 | Euro 1984 qualifier |
17 | 21 December 1983 | Poljud, Split, Yugoslavia | Bulgaria | 2–1 | 3–2 | Euro 1984 qualifier |
18 | 2 June 1984 | Lisbon, Portugal | Portugal | 1–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
19 | 7 June 1984 | La Línea, Spain | Spain | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
20 | 19 November 1988 | JNA, Belgrade, Yugoslavia | France | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1990 World Cup qualifier |
21 | 19 June 1990 | Dall'Ara, Bologna, Italy | United Arab Emirates | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1990 World Cup |
Honours
Club
- Paris Saint-Germain
Individual
- Yugoslav First League Top Goalscorer: 1979–80
- Ligue 1 Foreign Player of the Year: 1982–83
- UEFA Jubilee Awards Bosnia's Golden Player: 2004
Personal life
Sušić comes from a sporting family; as Sead Sušić, is a former footballer, is Safet's older brother. Safet's nephew, Tino-Sven Sušić, is also a footballer, currently a player in the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team who also alongside Safet appeared at 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
References
- ↑ http://www.mondo.rs/s160052/Sport/Fudbal/Pape_Susic_najbolji_igrac_u_istoriji_PSZ-a.html
- ↑ http://sportin.ba/vijesti.aspx?id=32780
- ↑ http://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/susic-velika-cast-za-mene-i-bih-halilhodzic-potpuno-zasluzeno/120829122
- ↑ http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=bih/news/newsid=141549.html
- ↑ Golden players take center stage; UEFA.com, 29 November 2003
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- ↑ Pančev interview on Sportin (Bosnian), 24 February 2008
- ↑ http://www.dnevniavaz.ba/dogadjaji/licnost-dana/parizani-mu-se-i-danas-klanjaju
- ↑ http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/breves2010/20100202_114950_susic-joueur-de-l-histoire-du-psg.html
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- ↑ http://www.sarajevo-x.com/sport/nogomet/euro2012/clanak/100908109
- ↑ http://scsport.ba/bs/tekst.php?ID=7571
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- ↑ http://www.sport.ba/istaknuto/hrvati-upozoravaju-zmajevi-sve-blize-vatrenima/
- ↑ World Cup 2014: Dzeko & Begovic in Bosnia-Hercegovina squad, BBC Sport.
- ↑ Bosnia-Hercegovina coach Safet Susic signs two-year deal, BBC Sport.
- ↑ http://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/safet-susic-smijenjen/141116107
- ↑ http://sportsport.ba/bh_fudbal/susic-vise-nije-selektor/145694
- ↑ http://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/bih-trazi-novog-izbornika-safet-susic-dobio-otkaz-/784666.aspx
- ↑ http://www.avaz.ba/clanak/146807/safet-susic-dobio-otkaz
- ↑ http://bhdragons.com/safet-susic-fired-bosnia-herzegovina-coach/
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Calculated by multiplying wins by three, plus draws, divided by games played.
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