| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1978-04-16)16 April 1978 (age 47) | ||
| Place of birth | Mostar,SR Bosnia and Herzegovina,Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1996 | Velež Mostar | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1998 | Triglav Kranj | 35 | (16) |
| 1998–2001 | Le Havre | 27 | (2) |
| 2002–2004 | Laval | 57 | (11) |
| 2004–2005 | Amiens | 20 | (4) |
| 2005–2008 | Mouscron | 103 | (45) |
| 2009–2010 | Gent | 42 | (13) |
| 2010–2012 | Germinal Beerschot | 47 | (6) |
| 2012 | →Mouscron-Péruwelz (loan) | 10 | (5) |
| 2012–2014 | Tournai | 54 | (20) |
| Total | 395 | (122) | |
| International career | |||
| 2007 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2015 | Kortrijk (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2017 | Oostende (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Oostende (caretaker) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Oostende | ||
| 2018–2019 | Waasland-Beveren | ||
| 2020 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (assistant) | ||
| 2020 | Oostende | ||
| 2021–2022 | Shanghai Port (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Kortrijk | ||
| 2023 | Hajduk Split (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Adnan Čustović (born 16 April 1978) is a Bosnian professionalfootball manager and formerplayer.
Čustović started his career at local sideVelež Mostar in 1991, before joiningSlovenian Second League teamTriglav Kranj in 1996. He later moved to France, where he played forLigue 1 andLigue 2 teamsLe Havre,Laval andAmiens. On 21 December 2005, after three years, he leftMouscron and moved toGent.
In 2010, Čustović joinedGerminal Beerschot, who loaned him out to the successor of his previous club Mouscron, namelyMouscron-Péruwelz in 2012. After the loan, he left forBelgian Second Division teamTournai. Čustović finished his playing career at Tournai in 2014, retiring at the age of 36.
Čustović made his debut for theBosnia and Herzegovina national team againstNorway on 24 March 2007. On 2 June 2007, he experienced his first notable moment for the national team by scoring his first international goal when he headed the winner overTurkey from a corner kick taken byMirko Hrgović.
He has earned a total of 5 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a September 2007European Championship qualification match againstMoldova.[1]
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2 June 2007 | Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium,Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |  Turkey | 3–2 | 3–2 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
Right after finishing his playing career, Čustović started his managerial career. From 2014 to 2015, he was the assistant manager atKortrijk and then from 2015 to 2017, Čustović was assistant atOostende.
In September 2017,Yves Vanderhaeghe, Oostende manager at the time, was sacked after a poor start to the season when the club collected only one point in seven games and were bottom of the league. Čustović was named interim manager of Oostende,[2] but after two wins and one draw in three games, thus collecting seven points in those three games, he was given a full contract, which was to last until the end of the season.[3] At the end of the season, the club avoided relegation and Čustović was praised by fans as a result. He left the club after the end of the season.
On 17 November 2018, Čustović was appointed as the new manager ofWaasland-Beveren.[4] His first match in charge was a league game at home toRoyal Excel Mouscron on 24 November 2018, which ended in a 1–2 loss.[5] Čustović's most memorable moment at the club was a 2–1 victory over league championsClub Brugge on 7 December 2018. Following a bad start to the2019–20 season, he was relieved of his duties on 26 August 2019.[6]
On 25 January 2020, Čustović was named as an assistant ofBosnia and Herzegovina national team head coachDušan Bajević.[7]
On 4 March 2020, Čustović was once again appointed as the manager of Oostende.[8] After only one game as Oostende's manager, he was released by the club on 7 June 2020.[9]
Čustović was hired as the manager ofKortrijk on 1 September 2022.[10] He was fired on 14 November 2022 after a seven-game winless streak.[11]
On 5 January 2023, Čustović was hired byHajduk Split as an assistant manager toIvan Leko.[12]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Oostende (caretaker) |  | 17 September 2017 | 17 October 2017 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 050.00 |
| Oostende | | 17 October 2017 | 30 June 2018 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 040.63 |
| Waasland-Beveren | | 17 November 2018 | 26 August 2019 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 026.67 |
| Oostende | | 4 March 2020 | 7 June 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 000.00 |
| Total | 67 | 23 | 16 | 28 | 034.33 | |||
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