Refik Šabanadžović

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Refik Šabanadžović (born August 2, 1965 in Titograd, Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Montenegro-born Bosniak footballer.

[edit] Playing career

His career began in a small Montenegrin club FK Dečić Tuzi. He was spotted there by Titograd's FK Budućnost and moved there shortly after. Before the 1983/1984 season, he moved to FK Željezničar where he became one of the more notable Yugoslav defenders under the guidance of Ivica Osim. He gave his contribution to the club's best European result, UEFA Cup semifinals in 1984/1985 season.

After four seasons playing for this Bosnian side, he left for Red Star Belgrade. He won three championship titles and one national cup at the club, but the most important moment of his entire career was winning the UEFA Champions' Cup in 1990/1991 season.

After that, he went to Greece. He played for AEK Athens which have won three consecutive championships in 1992, 1993. and 1994. Then he played in Olympiakos and won yet another title in 1997. In the winter of 1998, he moved to Major League Soccer club Kansas City Wizards. He played there for two years before he finally retired at the end of 1999.

• FK Dečić Tuzi
• FK Budućnost Podgorica
• FK Željezničar
• Red Star Belgrade
• AEK Athens
• Olympiakos SFP
• Kansas City Wizards

[edit] International career

Šabanadžović also played for Yugoslavia at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, where he was sent off in the Quarter-Final against Argentina, which his team lost on penalties. He has collected 8 caps for the national team. After the breakup of Yugoslavia, he was supposed to play for the national team of Bosnia-Herzegovina. However, because of the war, this national team did not play any official games before 1996.

He lives in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

	SFR Yugoslavia squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Ivković | 2 Stanojković | 3 Spasić | 4 Vulić | 5 Hadžibegić | 6 Jozić | 7 Brnović | 8 Sušić | 9 Pančev | 10 Stojković | 11 Vujović | 12 Omerović | 13 Katanec | 14 Bokšić | 15 Prosinečki | 16 Šabanadžović | 17 Jarni | 18 Baljić | 19 Savićević | 20 Šuker | 21 Panadić | 22 Leković | Coach: Osim