Fahrudin Zejnilović
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Fahrudin Zejnilović | ||
Date of death | 22 March 2014 | ||
Place of death | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1977–1978 | Borac Banja Luka | 2 | (0) |
1979–1980 | Maribor | 28 | (3) |
1981 | Svoboda Ljubljana | 13 | (0) |
1981 | Fenerbahçe | 2 | (0) |
1982 | Galus Wolfsberg | ||
1984–1985 | Trepča | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
198x–198x | Istra Pula | ||
198x–198x | Famos Hrasnica | ||
1998–1999 | TOŠK Tešanj | ||
Đerzelez | |||
Igman Konjic | |||
Bosnia&Herzegovina (Mediterranean Games) | |||
2007 | Saint George | ||
2010 | Gradina Srebrenik | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Fahrudin Zejnilović (23 November 1924 – 22 March 2014) was a Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player and manager.
Playing career
He played with FK Borac Banja Luka in the 1977–78 Yugoslav First League before moving to Slovenia and playing with NK Maribor and NK Svoboda[1] (known as Merkator back then) in the Yugoslav Second League in the seasons 1979–80 and 1980–81.[2] He played again in Second League in the season 1984–85 with Serbian club FK Trepča.[2] In between he played abroad, first in Turkey with Fenerbahçe S.K. in the first half of the 1981–82 season, and in Austria, with Galus Wolfsberg, in the second half of that same season.[3]
Coaching career
He started his coaching career still back in the 1980s when he coached NK Istra and FK Famos Hrasnica. Later, after the Yugoslav Wars, he took charge of TOŠK Tešanj[4] which he drove to the Premier League, NK Đerzelez, and FK Igman Konjic.[5]
He was then named by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina coach of the Bosnian team to be part at the Mediterranean Games.[5] Before arriving to OFK Gradina, he coached abroad, in Ethiopia, Saint George S.C.[6] in 2007.[5]
He coached OFK Gradina in Autumn 2010.[7]
Zejnilović died on March 22, 2014, in Sarajevo, at age 60, leaving behind his wife Suvada, daughter Emina, and, son Dženan.[8] Earlier, in December 2013, an unknown person throw from a car a bomb which detonated in front of Zejnilović house in Sarajevo with no consequences besides material damage.[9]
References
- ^ Od druge jugoslovanske do letrte slovenske lige at snportal.si, 14-8-2013, retrieved 12-3-2017 Template:Sv icon
- ^ a b Stats from Yugoslav First and Second Leagues at zerodic.com
- ^ "Asovi Yu-Fudbala2, page 118, Template:Sr icon
- ^ In Memoriam-Fahrudin Zejnilović zvani Zeka at tesanj.net, 23-3-2014, retrieved 12-3-2017 Template:Bs icon
- ^ a b c 5. kolo Gradina - Omladinac at apachi.ba, 10-9-2010, retrieved 12-3-2017 Template:Bs icon
- ^ Rwanda/Ethiopia: St. George Coach Extols Ugandan Debutants at allafrica.com, 17-1-2007, retrieved 12-3-2017
- ^ Gradina preokretom do pobjede nad Krajinom at srebrenik.ba, 27-9-2010, retrieved 12-3-2017 Template:Bs icon
- ^ FAHRUDIN (ZEJO) ZEJNILOVIĆ at jedileri.ba, 23-3-2014, retrieved 12-3-2017 Template:Bs icon
- ^ BOMBA BAČENA IZ VOZILA U POKRETU? at infobiro.ba, 5-12-2013, retrieved 12-3-2017 Template:Bs icon
- 1924 births
- 2014 deaths
- Yugoslav footballers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers
- FK Borac Banja Luka players
- NK Maribor players
- NK Svoboda Ljubljana players
- FK Trepča players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Expatriate footballers in Austria
- Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Croatia
- Expatriate football managers in Ethiopia
- Association footballers not categorized by position