Enver Marić

Enver Marić
	Marić as goalkeeping coach of Hertha BSC in July 2009
Personal information
Full name	Enver Marić
Date of birth	16 April 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth	Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–1967	Velež Mostar
Senior career*
Years	Team
1967–1976	Velež Mostar
1976–1978	Schalke 04
1978–1985	Velež Mostar
Total
International career
1972–1976	Yugoslavia
Managerial career
1987–1990	Velež Mostar
1993–1998	Fortuna Düsseldorf (goalkeeping coach)
1998	Fortuna Düsseldorf (caretaker)
1998–2010	Hertha BSC (goalkeeping coach)
1999	Bosnia and Herzegovina (goalkeeping coach)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Enver Marić (born 16 April 1948^[1]) is a Bosnian former professional football goalkeeper and retired football manager.

He started his career playing for FK Velež Mostar from 1967 to 1976, for who he played a record 600 games in his nine-year stint. Marić then went on to play for German club FC Schalke 04 from 1976 to 1978^[2] and the Yugoslavia national team at the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He was capped 32 times for Yugoslavia in the period from 1972 to 1976.

Marić is also remembered for being the part of the Velež three known as the "Mostar BMV" (Bajević, Marić and Vladić) during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

He returned to football as a manager, managing Velež from 1987 to 1990, then working as a goalkeeping coach at Fortuna Düsseldorf from 1993 to 1998 and Hertha BSC from 1998 to 2010. For a short stint in 1998, Marić was the caretaker manager of Düsseldorf. During 1999, he worked as a goalkeeping coach in the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Personal life

On 7 October 2010, Marić suffered a stroke in his home in Berlin, Germany.^[3]

Honours

Player

Velež Mostar

Individual

Awards

Yugoslav Footballer of the Year: 1973

References

^ "Legendarni Enver Marić: Moje zdravlje nije dobro, ali se borim" (in Bosnian). Dnevni avaz. April 8, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
^ "Enver Marić". fussballdaten.de (in German). Retrieved July 16, 2013.
^ "Enver Marić doživio moždani udar" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. October 7, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2010.

External links

Enver Marić at Soccerway

[1] "Legendarni Enver Marić: Moje zdravlje nije dobro, ali se borim" (in Bosnian). Dnevni avaz. April 8, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2018.

[2] "Enver Marić". fussballdaten.de (in German). Retrieved July 16, 2013.

[3] "Enver Marić doživio moždani udar" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. October 7, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2010.

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