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Enver Lugušić

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Enver Lugušić
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-05-01) 1 May 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth Foča, FPR Yugoslavia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1981 Lokomotiva Brčko 54 (0)
1981–1986 Jedinstvo Brčko 72 (0)
1986–1990 FK Sarajevo[1] 107 (0)
1990–1992 Konyaspor 81 (0)
1992–1995 Kayserispor[2] 88 (0)
International career
1986–1990 Yugoslav Olympic team 3 (0)
Managerial career
1998–2000 FK Sarajevo (goalkeeping coach)
2002–2004 Slavia Sofia (goalkeeping coach)
2004–2006 Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 (goalkeepingk coach)
2006–2007 Pegah (goalkeeping coach)
2007–2008 Saba Battery (goalkeeping coach)
2008–2010 Shanghai Shenhua (goalkeeping coach)
2008–2010 Bosnia and Herzegovina (goalkeeping coach)
2010–2011 Shandong Luneng (goalkeeping coach)
2011–2012 Persepolis (goalkeeping coach)
2012–2013 Al Wahda (goalkeeping coach)
2014 Al-Fujairah (goalkeeping coach)
2014–2016 Bosnia and Herzegovina (goalkeeping coach)
2016–2018 Japan (goalkeeping coach)
2018–2020 Al-Fujairah (goalkeeping coach)
2022–2023 FK Sarajevo (goalkeeping coordinator)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Enver Lugušić (born 1 May 1961) is a retired Bosnian goalkeeper and current goalkeeping coach, who last managed Al-Fujairah.

Playing career

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Club

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Lugušić started his career in FK Lokomotiva Brčko in 1979. Two years later, he moved to FK Jedinstvo Brčko where he played until 1986. Then he left to play in FK Sarajevo, where he spent four seasons before eventually leaving for Turkish Konyaspor. In Konyaspor, he was proclaimed the best goalkeeper of Turkish Süper Lig twice and won Gold Gloves British Petrol twice. In 1992, he left for Kayserispor where he played successfully until 1995.

International

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Between 1986 and 1990, he played three matches for the Yugoslav Olympic team.

Coaching career

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Lugušić started his coaching career in 2002 in Bulgarian club PFC Slavia Sofia. In 2004 he joined the Bosnia and Herzegovina national Under-21 football team where he worked with national coach Mišo Smajlović, famous ex FK Željezničar Sarajevo player. In 2006 he left for Iranian club Pegah F.C. where he worked until 2007. In February 2007, Lugušić joined another Iranian club, Saba Battery. In 2008, he left for Chinese Shanghai Shenhua where he spent two years. While in Shanghai, he worked for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team with Croatian manager Miroslav Blažević. He left for the Chinese Shandong Luneng in 2010, where he worked with Croatian coach Branko Ivanković. In 2011 he joined Iranian Persepolis with Turkish coach Mustafa Denizli. After their contract ended in 2012, Lugušić left for Al Wahda, UAE Arabian Gulf League. He worked in another club in UAE in 2014, Al Fujairah, coached by Džemal Hadžiabdić, but he soon received an invitation for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team coached by Mehmed Baždarević which he didn't turn down. With the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team he won Kirin Cup held in Japan. In 2016, he received a call from the Japan national football team, led by Vahid Halilhodžić, and signed a contract. In 2017 Lugušić qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2018 with the Japan national football team which was held in Russia. After the contract with head coach Vahid was terminated, Lugušić decided to leave as well. In 2018, he accepted ian invitation from Maktoum, Sheikh of Al-Fujairah SC and joined the staff of Czech coach Ivan Hašek.

References

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  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20121112044937/http://www.bihsoccer.com/BiH-klubovi-u-prvoj-saveznoj-ligi-Jugoslavije.html. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "Türkiye 1- Belarus 0". Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
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