Suad Beširević

Suad Beširević "Suljo" (4 March 1963 – 28 September 2019) was a Slovene football manager and a professional football player.

Suad Beširević
Personal information
Full nameSuad Beširević
Date of birth(1963-03-04)4 March 1963
Place of birthLjubljana, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Date of death28 September 2019(2019-09-28) (aged 56)
Place of deathLjubljana, Slovenia
Playing positionCentre-forward
Youth career
1977–1983Svoboda
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1983–1984Svoboda??(??)
1983–1984Slovan30(8)
1984–1989Borac Banja Luka84(58)
1989–1990Rijeka18(3)
1990–1992Apollon Limassol51(34)
1992–1993Celje11(7)
1993–1994APEP20(10)
1994–1995Aris Limassol28(13)
1995–1996Omonia Aradippou11(1)
Total253(134)
Teams managed
2002–2003Ljubljana
2003–2004Olimpija Ljubljana
2005–2006Bela Krajina
2007–2011Šenčur
2011–2012Svoboda
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He was thought to be as one of the best players of FK Borac Banja Luka, where he spent most of his career and where he won the 1987–88 Yugoslav Cup. He also won the 1990–91 Cypriot First Division and the 1991–92 Cypriot Cup with Apollon Limassol FC.

As a manager Beširević won the Slovenian Cup in the 2002–03 season. He also won the Slovenian Third League (West Group) with NK Šenčur in the 2008–09 season.

On 28 September 2019, Beširević died at the age of 56 after a long illness in his hometown of Ljubljana.[1]

References

  1. A. Pašić (28 September 2019). "Preminuo proslavljeni fudbaler Borca" (in bosanski). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 28 September 2019.