Fahrudin Jusufi ( sr-Cyrl, Фахрудин Јусуфи, ; 8 December 1939 – 9 August 2019) was a Yugoslav footballer who most notably played for Partizan,

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and the Yugoslavia national team.

Playing career

Club career

Jusufi was born into an ethnic Gorani family in the village of Zli Potok near Dragash ( Vardar Banovina,

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, present-day

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). During his career, he played for

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

, Germania Wiesbaden and FC Dornbirn, retiring in 1972. He was part of the Partizan squad when they became vice-champions of Europe after losing the 1966 European Cup Final against

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International career

On the national level, Jusufi played for

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(55 matches), and was a participant at the 1962 FIFA World Cup and at the

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, where his team won the gold medal.

Coaching career

After retiring, Jusufi went into coaching, mainly in

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with

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in the second division, but also in 1987–88 at the helm of Partizan. He also coached Schalke 04, 1860 Munich and lastly Čelik Zenica.

Personal life and death

In a 1991 interview for Serbian bi-weekly ''

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'', Jusufi was asked if he is "experiencing any problems in regards to the current political situation" and "due to his ethnicity." Jusufi replied, "Why would I be experiencing any problems? I'm a Gorani, if that even interests anyone." His son Sascha was also a professional footballer. Jusufi died on 9 August 2019 at the age of 79 in

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Honours

Player

Partizan * Yugoslav First League: 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65 Eintracht Frankfurt *

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: 1966–67 Yugoslavia * 1960 European Nations' Cup: Runner-up *

: Gold medal

Individual

Awards * World Soccer World XI: 1962, 1963, 1968 *'' kicker''

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Team of the Season: 1967–1968

References

External links

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Fahrudin Jusufi
at Eintracht Frankfurt archives * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jusufi, Fahrudin 1939 births 2019 deaths People from Dragaš Footballers from the District of Prizren Gorani people Yugoslav men's footballers Men's association football defenders Yugoslav First League players FK Partizan players Bundesliga players Eintracht Frankfurt players Yugoslavia men's international footballers 1962 FIFA World Cup players 1960 European Nations' Cup players Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany Expatriate football managers in West Germany Yugoslav football managers Yugoslav expatriate football managers FC Schalke 04 managers TSV 1860 Munich managers FC Dornbirn 1913 managers FK Partizan managers NK Čelik Zenica managers Olympic medalists in football Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria