Vahid Halilhodžić

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Vahid Halilhodžić
Personal information
Date of birth October 15, 1952 (1952-10-15) (age 55)
Place of birth    Jablanica, SFR Yugoslavia
now Bosnia and Herzegovina
Playing position Striker, Manager
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1972-1981
1981-1986
1986-1987
FK Velež
FC Nantes
Paris SG
   
National team
1976-1985 Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 15 (8)
Teams managed
1990-1992
1993-1994
1997-1998
1998-2002
2002-2003
2003-2005
2005-2006
2006
2008-
FK Velez
AS Beauvais
Raja Casablanca
Lille OSC
Stade Rennais FC
Paris SG
Trabzonspor
Al-Ittihad (Jeddah)
Cöte d'Ivoire

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Vahid Halilhodžić (born October 15, 1952 in Jablanica, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Bosnian football player and now a manager.

Halilhodžić was capped 15 times, scoring eight goals for the Yugoslav national team. He was twice the leading scorer of the French league with FC Nantes Atlantique. After retiring, he coached a number of teams, including Lille and Rennes, and Paris Saint-Germain, where he was between 2003 and 2005. He was the head coach of Trabzonspor in the season 2005-2006 and Al-Ittihad in 2006.

On May 11, 2008 Halilhodžić became the manager of the Ivory Coast national football team.

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