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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1949-05-13)13 May 1949 (age 76) | ||
| Place of birth | Sarajevo,PR Bosnia-Herzegovina,FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Krivaja | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1971 | Željezničar | 140 | (43) |
| 1971–1974 | Dinamo Zagreb | 35 | (12) |
| 1975 | NAC | 14 | (7) |
| 1975–1976 | Panathinaikos | 16 | (7) |
| 1976–1977 | Željezničar | 17 | (9) |
| Total | 222 | (78) | |
| International career | |||
| Yugoslavia U-21 | 45 | ||
| 1968–1970 | Yugoslavia | 5 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Fikret "Pike" Mujkić (born 13 May 1949) is aYugoslav and Bosnian formerfootballer who played as awinger.
Remembered as an able striker with excellent technique, Mujkić, widely known by his nickname Pike, was one of the more promising young players of his generation. At the time when he was coming up (the late 1960s and early 1970s), his skill caught the attention of many observers who predicted great things for him in the future. However, he never actually managed to reach the predicted level due to a variety of reasons mostly having to do with his inability to fully focus on football and develop his game.
Born inSarajevo, Mujkić's career began inFK Željezničar's youth team. As one of the most talented players of his generation, he was soon included in the first team. He was on FK Željezničar's roster for the first part of the1971–72 season at the end of which the club won its only league title. Mujkić left the club after 140 league matches[1] and during the course of the season, signing a contract withDinamo Zagreb, which meant that he did not get to lift the trophy.
He played for Dinamo until 1974 appearing in 73 matches (42 goals).
After that, he played forNAC Breda andPanathinaikos. He joined NAC in January 1975 and scored on his league debut againstADO Den Haag. He scored another six goals in the final seven league matches of the season to save NAC from relegation, playing alongside Yugoslav compatriotNikola Budišić.[2]
He returned to FK Željezničar during the1976–77 season's winter break. His second stint, however, lasted only half a season. Željezničar got relegated at the end of that season and Mujkić retired from football. During his two stints with Željezničar he played 140 league games (43 goals) for the club.
Mujkić is a record holder for the number of appearances forYugoslav under-21 team as he played 45 times. He played 23 games for the Olympic team as well.
He made his senior debut forYugoslavia in a December 1968friendly match away againstBrazil and has earned a total of fivecaps, scoring one goal. His final international was an April 1970 friendly againstHungary.[3]
After retiring from playing football professionally in 1977, Mujkić began running akafana at Sarajevo'sBaščaršija with his brother Midhat "Medo" Mujkić, also a former professional footballer.[4] Located across the alley from the famous Željoćevabdžinica (ćevapi parlour), thewatering hole named MP immediately became known colloquially as Kod Piketa (Pike's), garnering considerable popularity in the city during the 1980s as the favourite hangout for population of surroundingmahalas.[5]
The kafana was also frequented by professional footballers, includingFK Sarajevo starSafet "Pape" Sušić who reportedly readily utilized it for business meetings with representatives of football clubs chasing his signature. During spring 1982, ahead of the upcomingWorld Cup in Spain where he had been poised for a starring role withYugoslavia, twenty-seven-year-old Sušić—being pursued bySerie A clubsInter Milan andA.C. Torino—reportedly signed a pre-contract with thenerazzurri at Pike's.[6] Due to the sought-after player later also committing to Torino, the transfer became subject of a legal dispute between the two Italian clubs and Sušić ended up inParis Saint-Germain.[7]
The Mujkić brothers later reportedly had a falling out for unspecified reasons.[8] Following theBosnian War, Medo began working as ataxi driver, a job he did in Sarajevo until his death in December 2020.[9]
Mujkić is currently a member ofBosnian-Herzegovinian Football Association's executive board where he representsTuzla Canton's FA.
In 1969, Mujkić married Serbian actressRadmila Živković who had won the Miss Yugoslavia crown earlier that year.[10] The marriage was short-lived, quickly ending in divorce within a year.
In 1971, while serving his mandatoryYugoslav People's Army (JNA) stint inPožarevac, Mujkić began dating Serbian singerRadmila Karaklajić, another high-profile relationship that received a lot of coverage in Yugoslav press.[11][12]
Zabranjeno Pušenje track "Probušeni dolar" off their 1987 albumPozdrav iz zemlje Safari features a reference to Đulijano Pike, a fictional character from Sarajevo reportedly inspired by Mujkić.[13] In the context of the song, Đulijano Pike is a localDon Juanwomanizer who seduces young girls in Sarajevo's Veliki Park, sleeps with them, and then publicly brags about his sexual conquests thereby tarnishing the girls' reputations.
