Enver Hadžiabdić
Personal information
Date of birth	November 6, 1945 (1945-11-06) (age 64)
Place of birth	Belgrade, FPR Yugoslavia
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	Iskra Bugojno Bratstvo Travnik
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1965-1974 1974-1977	Željezničar Sarajevo R. Charleroi S.C.
National team
1970-1974	Yugoslavia	11 (0)
Teams managed
1993-1995 1998-1999 1999-2000 2007-2008	Iran Olympic team Al Rayyan youth team Željezničar Sarajevo Željezničar Sarajevo Željezničar Sarajevo
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Enver Hadžiabđić (Serbian Cyrillic: Енвер Хаџиабдић) (born November 6, 1945 in Belgrade, Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian football manager and former player.

[edit] Playing career

His first club was Bratstvo Travnik. In 1965, he moved to FK Željezničar. During the next nine years, he played more than 450 games for the club. He also won the championship title in 1971/1972 season. In 1974, he went to Belgian side Charleroi where he stayed for three seasons. He has ended his professional playing career in 1979 at the age of 32.

He was one of the best European defenders in the early 1970s. That fact secured him a place in Yugoslavia national football team in which he have collected 11 caps. He was also a member of the team that participated in 1974 FIFA World Cup and in 1976 European Football Championship.

[edit] Managing career

After retirement, he returned to Sarajevo where he graduated from University of Sarajevo Faculty of Physical Education. In 1993, he became a coach of Iranian olympic football team, and two years later coach of Qatari al-Rayyan junior squad. In 1997, he took over the place of a head coach in his favourite FK Željezničar. He managed to lead the club to the Bosnian championship title in his first season. In winter of 1999. he stepped down because of a disappointing league results and despite winning a Bosnian Super Cup in 1998. against the club's biggest rivals - FK Sarajevo. Nevertheless, he was back again next season in which he guided the club to its first Bosnian Cup title.

After several years working as a stadium director, he yet again became a coach of FK Željezničar on January 10, 2007.

[edit] References

• (Serbian) Serbian national football team website

v • d • e Yugoslavia squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup 1 Marić • 2 Buljan • 3 Hadžiabdić • 4 Mužinić • 5 Katalinski • 6 Bogićević • 7 Petković • 8 Oblak • 9 Šurjak • 10 Aćimović • 11 Džajić • 12 Jerković • 13 Pavlović • 14 Peruzović • 15 Dojčinovski • 16 Vladić • 17 Popivoda • 18 Karasi • 19 Bajević • 20 V. Petrović • 21 O. Petrović • 22 Mešković • Coach: Miljanić

v • d • e Yugoslavia squad – UEFA Euro 1976 Fourth Place 1 Petrović • 2 Buljan • 3 Hadžiabdić • 4 Mužinić • 5 Katalinski • 6 Šurjak • 7 Popivoda • 8 Oblak • 9 Aćimović • 10 Jerković • 11 Džajić • 12 Marić • 13 Halilhodžić • 14 Šljivo • 15 Vladić • 16 Vukotić • 17 Žungul • 20 Peruzović • Coach: Mladinić