Sulejman Rebac

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Sulejman Rebac
Personal information
Date of birth	1929
Place of birth	Mostar, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	November 17, 2006
Place of death	Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Playing position	Striker
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1947-1954 1954-1957	FK Velež Mostar Hajduk Split FK Sarajevo
National team
1956	Croatia	1 (2)
Teams managed
1963-1976 1973–1974 1977-1978	FK Velež Mostar Yugoslavia FK Željezničar Sarajevo
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Sulejman "Sula" Rebac (born in 1929 in Mostar, died in November 17, 2006 in Mostar^[1]) was a Bosnian football player and manager.

He started playing football in Velež Mostar in 1947. In 1954, he moved to Hajduk Split where he stayed for several seasons. He also played one season for FK Sarajevo. In total, he played more than 1000 games, scoring 620 goals. He is considered to be one of the most celebrated football players in history of Velež and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1956, Rebac also competed for the SR Croatia national football team against Indonesia.

After retirement, he began his coaching career. He started in 1963^[2] as a coach of Velež Mostar. Although they have never managed to win a title, Velež Mostar was among the top Yugoslav clubs at the time. Players like Dušan Bajević, Enver Marić, Franjo Vladić, Džemal Hadžiabdić, Vahid Halilhodžić, Aleksandar Ristić, Boro Primorac, Vladimir Pecelj, Momčilo Vukoje, Ahmed Glavović, Dubravko Ledić, Jadranko Topić, Marijan Kvesić, Marko Čolić and Slobodan Mrgan, all made their names under the guidance of Sulejman Rebac. In 1977/1978 season, he was a coach of FK Željezničar.

In December 1973, he was appointed to a coaching commission, alongside Miljan Miljanić, Milan Ribar, Tomislav Ivić and Milovan Ćirić, created to lead the Yugoslavia national team. As a part of it, he was present at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.^[3]

Sulejman Rebac died on November 17, 2006 in Mostar.

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