| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1933-01-24)24 January 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Sarajevo,Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | 23 January 1987(1987-01-23) (aged 53) | ||
| Place of death | Sarajevo,SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1945–1948 | Vratnik | ||
| 1948–1950 | Sarajevo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1951–1963 | Sarajevo | 158 | (66) |
| 1963 | Fenerbahçe | 7 | (1) |
| 1963–1967 | Sarajevo | 70 | (32) |
| Total | 235 | (99) | |
| International career | |||
| 1961 | Yugoslavia | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Asim Ferhatović "Hase" (pronounced[ǎsimferxǎːtoʋitɕxâ:se]; 24 January 1933 – 23 January 1987) was a Bosnian professionalfootballer who played as astriker.
He started his football career in 1948 with hometown clubFK Sarajevo, for whom he made his first-team debut in 1952. Ferhatović remained with the club until his retirement in 1967, although he representedFenerbahçe in the1962–63 Turkish league season. He won a solitary cap for theYugoslavia national team in 1961.
During the 1950s and 1960s, Ferhatović ledFK Sarajevo to great heights, and became the club's best and most famous player, scoring 198 goals in 422 games. He also had a short stint atFenerbahçe where he played only seven league games and scored one goal. After only half a season he left Fenerbahçe and went back to Sarajevo. His greatest personal achievement was becoming the lead scorer in theYugoslav First League with 19 goals for FK Sarajevo in the1963–64 season. His last season, (1966–67) saw Sarajevo win their first-ever First League title and qualify for theEuropean Cup.
Ferhatović's retirement was one of the most important events in Sarajevo's sporting history, and the local newspapers ran the headlineJedan je Hase! (There is Only One Hase!) in his honour that day.
Ferhatović played once for theYugoslavia national team, on 8 October 1961 againstSouth Korea in a qualification match for the1962 FIFA World Cup.[1]
Ferhatović died on 23 January 1987, a day before his 54th birthday, of aheart attack.
Sarajevo'sAsim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, the site of the Opening Ceremonies of the1984 Winter Olympics and the home ofFK Sarajevo, is named in his honour. TheBosnia and Herzegovina national team often used the stadium for their international matches in the past. It is also the largest stadium in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Bosnian rock bandZabranjeno Pušenje wrote a song in honour of Ferhatović calledNedjelja kad je otišao Hase ("The Sunday When Hase Left") and was included in their 1985 albumDok čekaš sabah sa šejtanom.
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