| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1943-04-04)4 April 1943 (age 82) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Čapljina,Independent State of Croatia | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Full-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –1958 | Čapljina | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1958–1960 | Čapljina | 33 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1960–1961 | Željezničar | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1961–1972 | Sarajevo | 215 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 265 | (5) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1968 | Yugoslavia | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1975 | Sarajevo | ||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1983 | Sarajevo (youth team) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1986 | Sarajevo (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Yugoslavia U20 (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Footscray JUST | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Anorthosis Famagusta | ||||||||||||||||
| Al-Tadhamon | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Mirsad Fazlagić (born 4 April 1943) is a Bosnian retired professionalfootball player andmanager. He played as afull-back.
Fazlagić started his football career in the youth setup of his local hometown teamČapljina in 1957. As a talented seventeen year old, he was acquired byYugoslav First League sideFK Željezničar, where he also made his debut in the top tier of Yugoslav football. After one season with the blues he made a switch to bitter city rivalsFK Sarajevo in the summer of 1960. The team led by prolific scorerAsim Ferhatović finished fourth in the league during the1963–64 season, with Fazlagić establishing himself as the team's starting right-back. Two years later the maroon-whites finished runners-up behindFK Partizan and eventually went on to win the league during the1966–67 season, with him captaining the outfit. FK Sarajevo was narrowly beaten byManchester United in the1967–68 European Cup second round, despite hosting a goalless draw in the first leg. The second leg played atOld Trafford ended in controversy after the ball went out of bounds prior to the hosts scoring the winning goal. After signing a pre-contract withJuventus in the fall of 1971, which would have made him the most expensive defender in history until that point, he suffered a horrendous knee injury and the transfer fell through. After recovering for nearly a year, he was again fielded by then-FK Sarajevo managerSrboljub Markušević. He retired prematurely in 1975 having played 404 matches for FK Sarajevo while finding the back of the net 10 times. His farewell match for the club was againstSporting CP at theStadium Koševo, a 2–2 draw.
On the international stage, Fazlagić made 19 appearances forYugoslavia, earning his first cap in aEuropean Championship qualification match on 31 March 1963 againstBelgium (1–0). He is especially known internationally for being the captain ofYugoslavia during the1968 European Football Championship, where the side took silver after a tight loss to the home teamItaly after a two-legged final at theStadio Olimpico in Rome. He was named part of the tournament's All-star team. He also took part in the1964 Summer Olympics. His final international was that June 1968 final loss against Italy.[1]
In 1974, Fazlagić was named player-manager ofFK Sarajevo, which he led for one season, eventually being transferred to the club's youth department in order to gain more coaching experience. After eight years of managing the youth teams, he was named assistant manager to former club and international teammateBoško Antić. The pair led a talented team of youngsters, including the likes ofFaruk Hadžibegić,Husref Musemić,Slaviša Vukičević,Predrag Pašić andZijad Švrakić, to the Yugoslav First League title in1985, thus becoming champions both as players and as managers. In 1986, he was named assistant toMirko Jozić in theYugoslavia under-20 team, taking the side to the1987 FIFA World Youth Championship inChile. The team, fielding many future European stars includingZvonimir Boban,Robert Prosinečki,Davor Šuker andPredrag Mijatović, lifted the trophy. In 1988, he had a brief stint in Melbourne, Australia with Footscray JUST in the National Soccer League. From 1989 to 1990, he also managedAnorthosis Famagusta FC in theCypriot First Division. With the start of theBosnian war and theSiege of Sarajevo in 1992, Fazlagić rejoined FK Sarajevo and took part in the club's famous1993–94 World tour, with the goal of garnering support and international aid for the newly independent state. After the end of the war he worked as a manager inKuwait.
His son-in-law,Mirza Varešanović is a formerBosnia and Herzegovina international player and current manager. His grandsonsMak andDal Varešanović are professional footballers.[2][3]
Sarajevo
Yugoslavia
Individual
Sarajevo
Yugoslavia Youth
Yugoslavia squads | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
