Nedim Jusufbegović
Bosnian football manager (born 1974)
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Nedim Jusufbegović (born 30 September 1974) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 September 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1998 | Sarajevo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1998 | Igman Konjic | ||
| 1998–2001 | Sarajevo | 63 | (15) |
| 2001–2002 | Velež Mostar | 25 | (13) |
| 2002–2005 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 63 | (17) |
| 2005 | Željezničar | 13 | (1) |
| Total | 164 | (46) | |
| International career | |||
| 2001 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Olimpik | ||
| 2013 | Olimpik | ||
| 2013–2015 | Velež Mostar | ||
| 2015–2016 | Zvijezda Gradačac | ||
| 2016 | GOŠK Gabela | ||
| 2016–2017 | Čelik Zenica | ||
| 2018–2019 | Igman Konjic | ||
| 2022 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 | ||
| 2022–2023 | Velež Mostar | ||
| 2024–2025 | Sloga Doboj | ||
| 2026 | Sloga Doboj | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Jusufbegović was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first club he played for was Igman Konjic before moving on to hometown club Sarajevo, and later to Velež Mostar.
From there, Jusufbegović would transfer to the Slovenian PrvaLiga in 2002 and play for Olimpija Ljubljana for several years, scoring a total of 17 goals and making 63 appearances before he returned for the last stages of his career to be spent in the Bosnian side Željezničar.[1]
His final season as a football player was at Željezničar, and he retired from the game at the end of the 2004–05 season.[1]
International career
Jusufbegović's very first match for Bosnia and Herzegovina was against South Africa on 8 August 2001, when Bosnia and Herzegovina defeated their opponent by 4–2 in the LG Cup held in Tehran, Iran.[2]
The second and final match he played for the national team was two days subsequent to the victory against South Africa, in the same tournament, this time against the host nation Iran where Bosnia lost 4–0.[2]
Managerial career
Several years after retiring from football as a player, namely in 2011, Jusufbegović was employed as a manager by the newly revitalized Sarajevo club Olimpik.[3] Not until September 2012 did he leave Olimpik, after having been nominated for manager of the year the very same year,[4] coming back for a third time in the same position in April 2013.[5]
In 2015, Jusufbegović left Velež Mostar after 2 years as the club's manager.[6] After Velež, he managed Zvijezda Gradačac from 2015 to 2016, GOŠK Gabela in 2016, Čelik Zenica from 2016 to 2017 and Igman Konjic from 2018 to 2019.[7][8] In August 2022, he became the new head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 national team.[9]
On 1 December 2022, Velež Mostar appointed Jusufbegović as manager for the second time.[10] His first competitive game back in charge of Velež was a 2–0 home victory against Posušje in the Bosnian Cup on 18 February 2023.[11] He led Velež to the cup final, where his side lost to rivals Zrinjski in the Mostar derby on 17 May 2023.[12] On 23 August 2023, it was announced by Velež that Jusufbegović had left the club by mutual consent.[13]
In September 2023, Jusufbegović was named as an assistant of newly appointed Bosnia and Herzegovina national team head coach Savo Milošević.[14] Jusufbegović's contract with the Bosnian FA expired together with Milošević's one on 21 March 2024, following the country's defeat against Ukraine in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs.[15]
On 30 September 2024, Jusufbegović was appointed manager of Sloga Doboj.[16] His debut was a 2–1 away loss to Radnik Bijeljina on 20 October 2024.[17] After stirring Sloga to an unexpected top-half finish and avoiding relegation early on in the season, Jusufbegović decided to leave the club by mutual consent in May 2025.[18] On 20 February 2026, he returned to manage Sloga amidst a relegation battle.[19] He successfully led the club to safety from relegation after beating Rudar Prijedor 1–0 in the final game of the season on 26 May, a result which subsequently ensured the relegation of Posušje.[20] Jusufbegović left Sloga following the end of the season.[21]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 26 May 2026[22]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
| Olimpik | 15 August 2011 | 19 September 2012 | 35 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 51.43 | ||||
| Olimpik | 11 April 2013 | 3 October 2013 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 45.00 | ||||
| Velež Mostar | 3 October 2013 | 18 March 2015 | 43 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 48.84 | ||||
| Zvijezda Gradačac | 19 April 2015 | 15 May 2016 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 52.94 | ||||
| GOŠK Gabela | 1 July 2016 | 18 September 2016 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 42.86 | ||||
| Čelik Zenica | 2 November 2016 | 19 March 2017 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12.50 | ||||
| Igman Konjic | 6 April 2018 | 10 May 2019 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 36.11 | ||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 | 29 August 2022 | 30 November 2022 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | ||||
| Velež Mostar | 1 December 2022 | 23 August 2023 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 50.00 | ||||
| Sloga Doboj | 30 September 2024 | 9 May 2025 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 47.83 | ||||
| Sloga Doboj | 20 February 2026 | 30 June 2026 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 27.78 | ||||
| Total | 253 | 115 | 61 | 77 | 45.45 | ||||||
Honours
Player
Sarajevo[1]
Olimpija Ljubljana[1]
Manager
Velež Mostar
- Bosnian Cup runner-up: 2022–23