Enver Lugušić

Enver Lugušić

Personal information
Date of birth	(1961-05-01) 1 May 1961
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	107	(0)
1990–1992	Konyaspor	81	(0)
1992–1995	Kayserispor	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

Club

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

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

Coaching career

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.

External links

• Enver Lugušić at jfa.jp
• Enver Lugušić at klix.ba
• Enver Lugušić at klix.ba
• Enver Lugušić at www.mackolik.com (in Turkish)
• Enver Lugušić at EX YU Fudbalska Statistika po godinama
• Enver Lugušić at reprezentacija.ba