Sead Halilagić (; born 4 February 1972) is a Serbian-Turkish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

of Bosniak descent, who played for several clubs in

FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yug ...

and Turkey. In his late playing career, he was naturalized as a Turkish citizen under the name Sead Dost.

Playing career

Club

Born in

Novi Pazar Novi Pazar ( sr-cyr, Нови Пазар, lit. "New Bazaar"; ) is a city located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia. As of the 2011 census, the urban area has 66,527 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 100,410 inhabit ...

SR Serbia , life_span = 1944–1992 , status = Constituent state of Yugoslavia , p1 = Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia , flag_p1 = Flag of German Reich (1935–1945).svg , p2 ...

, Halilagić joined local club

FK Novi Pazar Fudbalski klub Novi Pazar () is a professional football club from Novi Pazar, Serbia. The club was formed in 1928 as FK Deževa. FK Novi Pazar compete in the Serbian SuperLiga and play their home games at the 12,000 capacity Novi Pazar City Stad ...

in 1983, and debuted for the first team in the 1988–09 season.Sead Halilagić interview
at fkvojvodina.com, 3-4-2011 He later played with FK Željezničar Sarajevo and

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, the second l ...

in the

First League of FR Yugoslavia The First League of Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Прва савезна лига / Prva savezna liga) was the top football league of Serbia and Montenegro, before the country's dissolution in 2006. The league was formed following the breakup of Yu ...

. for Istanbulspor, Beşiktaş J.K. and

Adanaspor Adanaspor is a Turkish professional football club based in Adana, currently performing at the TFF First League. The club is founded in 1954 by the middle-class merchants and artisans in response to the alienation within city's then most popular c ...

in the Turkish Super Lig and for

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home groun ...

in the Bulgarian A PFG. His former coaches are Jonuz Džanković and Ferid Ganić.

Managerial career

After retiring he has received the UEFA Coaching A licence and coached hometown club FK Novi Pazar for a period during the 2006–07 season.

Personal life

Besides being a footballer, Halilagić is also known for being a writer and a poet, with three published books, a short stories compilation ''Sa obala Tune'', and two poetry books, ''Sazrevanje'' and ''Ples''. He has also engaged himself in cinema, by directing a movie called ''Odbrojavanje'' in 2002 and his passion is also photography.

References

External links

Personal site

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Halilagic, Sead 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Novi Pazar Bosniaks of Serbia Turkish people of Bosniak descent Serbian emigrants to Turkey Turkish people of Serbian descent Naturalized citizens of Turkey Association football defenders Yugoslav footballers Serbia and Montenegro footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers FK Novi Pazar players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players FK Vojvodina players İstanbulspor footballers Beşiktaş J.K. footballers PFC Slavia Sofia players Adanaspor footballers First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Süper Lig players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Turkey Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers FK Novi Pazar managers