Nedim Jusufbegović

Nedim Jusufbegović (born 30 September 1974) is a Bosnian football manager and former player.

Club career

Jusufbegović was born in the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo.^[1] The first club he played for was FK Igman Konjic before moving on to FK Sarajevo, and later to FK Velež Mostar.^[2] From there he would transfer to the Slovenian league in 2002 and played for NK Olimpija Ljubljana for several years, scoring a total of 17 goals and making 63 appearances before he returned for the last stages of his career to be spent in the Bosnian side NK Željeznicar Sarajevo.^[1] His final season as a football player expired there, and he retired from the game in the transfer season of 2005, during July.^[1]

National team

His very first match in Bosnia and Herzegovina's jersey was against South Africa 8 August 2001 when Bosnia and Herzegovina defeated their oppnent by 2-4 in the L.G. tournament held in Tehran, Iran.^[3] The second and final match he played for the national team was two days subsequent to the victory against South Africa, in the same tournament, this time against the host nation Iran where the team lost 4-0.^[3]

Coaching career

Several years after retiring from football as a player, namely in 2009, he was employed as a manager by the newly revitalized Sarajevo team FK Olimpic Sarajevo.^[4] After a series of losses in November 2009, he was replaced, only to return as a manager once again in August 2011.^[1] Not until September 2012 did he leave the club once more^[1] after having been nominated for manager of the year the very same year,^[5] coming back for a third time in the same position in April 2013,^[1] and has been running the team smoothly ever since.

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