Suad Beširević (4 March 1963 – 28 September 2019) was a Slovene football manager and a professional

football player 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 ...

Playing career

Club

He was regarded as one of the best players of

FK Borac Banja Luka Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бopaц Бања Лука, ) is a Bosnian professional association football club, based in the city of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is the major part of th ...

, where he spent most of his career and where he won the

1987–88 Yugoslav Cup The 1987–88 Yugoslav Cup was the 40th season of the top football knockout competition in SFR Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Cup ( sh, Kup Jugoslavije), also known as the "Marshal Tito Cup" (''Kup Maršala Tita''), since its establishment in 1946. FK B ...

. He also won the 1990–91 Cypriot First Division and the

1991–92 Cypriot Cup The 1991–92 Cypriot Cup was the 50th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 72 clubs entered the competition. It began on 9 November 1991 with the first preliminary round and concluded on 10 June 1992 with the final which was held at Tsirion Sta ...

with Apollon Limassol FC. He was the joint top goalscorer of the 1990–91 Cypriot First Division season alongside Panikos Xiourouppas, with 19 scored goals in 25 played games.

Managerial career

As a manager Beširević won the Slovenian Cup in the 2002–03 season with NK Olimpija Ljubljana, whose manager he was from January 2003 to the summer of 2004. He also won the

Slovenian Third League The Slovenian Third Football League ( sl, Tretja slovenska nogometna liga or commonly 3. SNL) is the third tier of the Slovenian football system. Since 2019 the league consists of two regional groups (East and West). They are operated by the Int ...

(West Group) with NK Šenčur in the 2008–09 season.

Personal life

On 27 September 2019, Beširević died at the age of 56 after a long illness in his hometown of

Ljubljana Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center. During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the a ...

Honours

Player

Club

Borac Banja Luka * Yugoslav Cup: 1987–88 Apollon Limassol *

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus official ...

: 1990–91 *

Cypriot Cup The Cypriot Cup () is the main cup competition in Cypriot football, run by the Cyprus Football Association (CFA). It began in 1934, the same season with the Cypriot Championship. It is the second most important competition for Cypriot club te ...

: 1991–92

Individual

Performance *

Top Goalscorer: 1990–91 (19 goals)

Manager

Olimpija Ljubljana * Slovenian Cup: 2002–03 Šenčur * Slovenian Third League - West: 2008–09

References

External links

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