Bulend Biščević

Bulend Biščević

Personal information
Full name	Bulend Biščević
Date of birth	(1975-03-10) 10 March 1975
Place of birth	Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Right-back, midfielder
Youth career
1984–1994	Željezničar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–2004	Željezničar	300	(7)
2004	AEP Paphos	11	(0)
2005	Hajduk Split	38	(2)
2006	Zrinjski Mostar	12	(2)
Total		361	(11)
International career
1999–2005	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bulend Biščević (born 10 March 1975) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played firstly as a right-back, and then as a midfielder.

Club career

Željezničar

Born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, present day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Biščević spent almost his entire career playing for hometown club Željezničar. That is the club where he began playing football as a child, and in 1994 he started playing for the first team. At first, he played as a right-back, but in 2001, Željezničar's manager Amar Osim moved him to midfield. That was the position in which Biščević showed his real qualities. He was a hard-working player who ran a lot and was mostly oriented in disrupting opposite teams play. Biščević had good technique, so he would, if needed, play in more offensive roles.

During his ten period with Željezničar, he had many success. Biščević won three Bosnian Premier League titles, three Bosnian Cups and three, now defunct, Bosnian Supercups.

Later career and retirement

In 2004, Biščević moved to Cypriot First Division side AEP Paphos. He then moved to Hajduk Split at the beginning of the next year, where he won the 1. HNL and the Croatian Super Cup. Finally, in the 2006 winter transfer window, Biščević came back to Bosnia and Herzegovina and signed a contract with Zrinjski Mostar. Before the start of 2006–07 season, he decided to retire from professional football at only the age of 31.

International career

Bosnia and Herzegovina squad during UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying.

Biščević played for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team from 1999 until 2005, earning 30 caps in that period.

Honours

Player

Željezničar

• Bosnian Premier League: 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02
• Bosnian Cup: 1999–00, 2000–2001, 2002–03
• Bosnian Supercup: 1998, 2000, 2001

Hajduk Split

• 1. HNL: 2004–05
• Croatian Super Cup: 2005

External links

• Bulend Biščević at Sofascore