 Musa in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1971-06-21)21 June 1971 (age 54) | ||
| Place of birth | Mostar,SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1992 | Velež Mostar | 52 | (8) |
| 1992–1993 | Zrinjski Mostar | ||
| 1993–1994 | Šibenik | 31 | (2) |
| 1994–1995 | Imotski | ||
| 1995–1997 | Široki Brijeg | 55 | (7) |
| 1997–2002 | Zrinjski Mostar | 127 | (37) |
| Total | 265 | (54) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007–2010 | Branitelj | ||
| 2010–2012 | Zrinjski Mostar | ||
| 2012 | GOŠK Gabela | ||
| 2012–2015 | Široki Brijeg | ||
| 2015–2016 | Široki Brijeg | ||
| 2016–2017 | Vitez | ||
| 2017 | GOŠK Gabela | ||
| 2018 | Čelik Zenica | ||
| 2018–2021 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Slaven Musa (born 21 June 1971) is a Bosnian professionalfootball manager and formerplayer.
Musa is mostly known for playing forZrinjski Mostar, spending six years in total at the club, from 1992 to 1993 and from 1997 to 2002. As a manager, he won theBosnian Cup withŠiroki Brijeg in 2013.
Born inMostar, Musa started his career at hometown clubVelež in 1989. His next club was Velež's fiercecity rivalsZrinjski Mostar, where he was the first captain of the club after its refurbishment in 1992.
Musla also played forŠibenik andŠiroki Brijeg. In 1997, he returned to Zrinjski, where he played the last five years of his career. He was one of the club's best players at the time. In 2001, Musa received the trophy "Filip Šunjić - Pipa" as best player of the club on field and outside of it for the2000–01 season.
In the media he was often emphasizing his love for the club and its supporters. In 2002, Musa finished his playing career at the age of only 31.
After finishing his playing career, Musa was an assistant coach atZrinjski Mostar in the seasons2002–03 and2003–04. He led the first team in one match. After Zrinjski, he went toBranitelj and stayed the club manager for four years. In the meantime, Musa earned anUEFA Pro Licence.
His ambition was to be the manager of bigger clubs in the country, likeŠiroki Brijeg or Zrinjski one day. In 2010, Musa and his team Branitelj made a sensation, by eliminatingPremier League clubLeotar from theBosnian Cup.
In November 2010, he was appointed as Zrinjski manager, and his longtime wish finally came true. He stayed as manager of Zrinjski for about two years, before resigning after not as good results as he hoped six rounds before the end of the2011–12 league season.[1]
At the beginning of the2012–13 season, Musa became new manager ofGOŠK Gabela.[2] He left the club after a series of bad results.
The same year Musa became the new manager of Široki Brijeg.[3] In his first season with the club he won theBosnian Cup beatingŽeljezničar on penalties.[4] After three years of managing Široki Brijeg, in April 2015, Musa was sacked.[5] Though, after only five months after his firing, he was once again named manager of Široki.[6] On his own behalf, he left the club in July 2016.[7]
Musa then was the manager ofVitez from 2016 to 2017, GOŠK Gabela in 2017 andČelik Zenica in 2018.
In June 2018, Musa became the new head coach of theBosnia and Herzegovina U-19 national team.[8] On 25 January 2020, he was named as an assistant ofBosnia and Herzegovina national team head coachDušan Bajević.[9]
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