Safet Sušić

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Safet "Pape" Sušić (born April 13, 1955 in Zavidovići) is a football coach and former player from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Sušić began his career in with the Krivaja club in Zavidovići. As a young man he was transferred to FK Sarajevo where he played 600 games and scored 400 goals. During the 1979/80 season he led the Yugoslavian league with 21 goals. In 1979 he was honoured as the best football player in Yugoslavia and as the best athlete of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In 1982 he was transferred to Paris Saint-Germain where he became a star on the European stage. Sušić was capped 54 times, scoring 21 goals for the Yugoslav national team, between 1977 and 1990. He transferred to Red Star that is a French club in 1991 and he retired after 1991-92 season.

He also played for Yugoslavia at the España 82, Euro 84 and Italia 90 tournaments.

In 2004, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years. [1]

Sušić coached Çaykur Rizespor in Turkey for 12 matches at first half of 2006-2007 season. He coached İstanbulspor between 1997-1999 and Konyaspor at 2003-2004 season.

• UEFA.com - Golden Player of Bosnia and Herzegovina

	SFR Yugoslavia squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup
1 Pantelić | 2 Jerolimov | 3 Gudelj | 4 Zajec | 5 Stojković | 6 Krmpotić | 7 Petrović | 8 Šljivo | 9 Zoran Vujović | 10 Živković | 11 Zlatko Vujović | 12 Pudar | 13 Sušić | 14 Jovanović | 15 Hrstić | 16 Šestić | 17 Jerković | 18 Deverić | 19 Halilhodžić | 20 Šurjak | 21 Pašić | 22 Svilar | Coach: Miljanić

	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