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Mehmed Baždarević
	Mehmed Baždarević
Personal information
Full name	Mehmed Baždarević
Date of birth	28 September 1960 (age 49)
Place of birth	Višegrad, FPR Yugoslavia
Senior career1
National team
Teams managed
2003–2005; 2005–2006; 2006–2007; 2007–	Istres; Étoile Sportive du Sahel; Al-Wakra; Grenoble Foot 38
	1 Senior club appearances and goals; counted for the domestic league only.; * Appearances (Goals)

Mehmed Baždarević (born 28 September 1960 in Višegrad, Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian football manager and former football midfielder. Baždarević played for Yugoslavian side Željezničar Sarajevo and French Ligue 1 club Sochaux-Montbéliard, among others. Internationally he earned caps with Yugoslavia and Bosnia and Herzegovina after the break up of Yugoslavia in 1992. He retired as a player in 1998^[1] and moved into management. He is currently the manager of French Ligue 1 team Grenoble Foot 38.

[edit] Playing career

He is considered to be one of the best football players from Bosnia ever. His professional playing career started in Željezničar Sarajevo in 1979. He played more than 300 games for the club. He was part of a team that managed to reach the UEFA Cup semifinals in 1985. under the guidance of Ivica Osim. In 1987, he moved to French side Sochaux-Montbéliard. He stayed at the club until 1996. He collected more than 350 appearances for FC Sochaux in various competitions.

After that, he played for Nîmes Olympique (1996–97 season) and Swiss side Étoile Carouge (1997–98 season) before he announced his retirement in summer of 1998.

[edit] International career

He also played for the national teams of two countries. He played for Yugoslavia junior, Olympic and U-21 team. He was the captain of U21 national team that won inaugural European Under-21 football championship in 1978. His debut for Yugoslav national team came in 1983. He collected 54 caps and scored 4 goals for the national team.

Baždarević began to play for the Bosnian national team in 1992 after Bosnia-Herzegovina gained independence. However, the team was not recognised by FIFA until 1995 in part due to the Yugoslav wars.

Baždarević international career is remembered for his spitting on the Turkish referee Yusuf Namoğlu during a qualifying match for the 1990 World Cup, against Norway played in Sarajevo. Baždarević was banned from the 1990 World Cup for the incident.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Managing career

His coaching career started in Sochaux-Montbéliard where was an assistant and also a coach of the reserve squad. His first job as a head coach was at the Istres. He guided the club to its biggest success - entering the French Ligue 1 in 2004, which secured him a best Ligue 2 manager of the year award. On 16 July 2005, Baždarević took over Tunisian side Étoile Sportive du Sahel.^[3] He reached the 2005 African Champions League final with the club. Baždarević was fired by Etoile on 12 April 2006, after a 1–0 home defeat to USM Monastir in their final league cost them the Tunisian League.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Baždarević was employed as a head coach of Qatari Al-Wakra in 2006. In December 2006, he was a short list candidate for the Bosnia-Herzegovina national team coaching spot, but the job went to Fuad Muzurović instead.

Since December 2007, he has been managing French side Grenoble Foot 38 where he arrived on recommendation of his mentor Ivica Osim who knew Grenoble's Japanese owners from working with them in J-League with JEF United. At the end of 2007–08, led by Bazdarevic, Grenoble gained promotion to the French top league.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Manager

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Istres		2003	2005	62	21	19	22	33.87
Étoile Sportive du Sahel		16 July 2005	12 April 2006
Al-Wakra		2006	2007
Grenoble Foot 38		2007	Present	67	25	22	20	37.31

As of 10 February 2009.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b National Football Teams Player Profile - Mehmed Baždarević at www.national-football-teams.com
^ Mamrud, Roberto (29 January 2009). "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/double-caps.html. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
^ "Etoile Sahel get Bosnian coach". BBC Sport. 16 July 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/4689139.stm. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
^ "Etoile du Sahel sack their coach". BBC Sport. 12 April 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/4903022.stm. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
^ "Etoile name new coach". BBC Sport. 14 April 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/4910224.stm. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
^ "Scoreline". The Telegraph. 15 April 2006. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060415/asp/sports/story_6102230.asp. Retrieved 10 February 2009.

[edit] External links

(French) Official Website
Mehmed Baždarević French league stats at lfp.fr (French)
National Football Teams Player Profile - Mehmed Baždarević at www.national-football-teams.com
Mehmed Baždarević - Footballdatabase.eu

[nftstat-0] National Football Teams Player Profile - Mehmed Baždarević at www.national-football-teams.com

[1] Mamrud, Roberto (29 January 2009). "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/double-caps.html. Retrieved 10 February 2009.

[2] "Etoile Sahel get Bosnian coach". BBC Sport. 16 July 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/4689139.stm. Retrieved 10 February 2009.

[3] "Etoile du Sahel sack their coach". BBC Sport. 12 April 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/4903022.stm. Retrieved 10 February 2009.

[4] "Etoile name new coach". BBC Sport. 14 April 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/4910224.stm. Retrieved 10 February 2009.

[5] "Scoreline". The Telegraph. 15 April 2006. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060415/asp/sports/story_6102230.asp. Retrieved 10 February 2009.

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