Suad Beširević (4 March 1963 – 28 September 2019) was a Slovene

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and a professional

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Playing career

Club

He was regarded as one of the best players of

FK Borac Banja Luka Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бopaц Бања Лука, ) is a Bosnian Serb professional association football, football club, based in the city of Banja Luka, Republika ...

, where he spent most of his career and where he won the 1987–88 Yugoslav Cup. He also won the 1990–91 Cypriot First Division and the 1991–92 Cypriot Cup with

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. 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 Nogometni klub Olimpija Ljubljana (; ), commonly referred to as Olimpija Ljubljana or simply Olimpija, is a Slovenian professional football club based in Ljubljana that competes in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the top division of the Slovenian foot ...

, whose manager he was from January 2003 to the summer of 2004. He also won the

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(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

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Honours

Player

Club

Borac Banja Luka *

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup (; ; , ), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup (; , and between 1947 and 1991 as the Marshal Tito Cup (; ; ; ), was one of two major association football, football competitions in Socialist Federal Re ...

: 1987–88 Apollon Limassol *

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

: 1990–91 *

Cypriot Cup The Cypriot Cup, formally known as the Cypriot Coca-Cola Cup of First and Second Division () for sponsorship purposes, is a Cypriot knockout football club competition, hosted annually by the Cyprus Football Association. First held in 1934, it i ...

: 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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