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Bosnian footballer (born 1961)

Fahrudin Omerović
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-08-26) 26 August 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth Doboj, PR Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1984 Sloboda Tuzla 94 (0)
1984–1992 Partizan 238 (0)
1992–1995 Kocaelispor 93 (0)
1996–1998 İstanbulspor 35 (0)
Total 460 (0)
International career
1989–1992 Yugoslavia 8 (0)
1996 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 (0)
Managerial career
2005 İstanbulspor
2007–2008 Malatyaspor
2009–2010 İstanbulspor
2024 Konyaspor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fahrudin Omerović (born 26 August 1961) is a Bosnian football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He most recently coached Süper Lig club Konyaspor.

In Turkey, Omerović became known as Fahrettin Ömerli while playing there; he took up Turkish citizenship as a naturalized citizen.

Club career

Born in Doboj, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Omerović begin his career in FK Sloboda Tuzla, making his debut in the Yugoslav First League in the 1980–81 season. He spent four seasons playing in Tuzla, when in summer 1984 he was transferred to FK Partizan where he will become the main goalkeeper for the following eight seasons. With Partizan he won two Yugoslav championships, two Yugoslav Cups, and one Supercup.

After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia, he made a transfer to Kocaelispor in 1992. He played Kocaelispor for four years. After he moved to İstanbulspor and played there for 2 years. Finally he retired in 1998-99 season.

International career

Omerović was capped eight times for Yugoslavia between 1989 and 1992, including a spot in Yugoslavia's 1990 World Cup roster where he spent the tournament as an unused backup to Tomislav Ivković. Even after the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Omerović was included in the Yugoslav squad for Euro 1992, but the nation would be suspended due to the Yugoslav Wars.

In 1996, he played three matches for the newly established Bosnian national team. His final international was an October 1996 World Cup qualification match against Croatia.

Coaching career

After retiring, he stayed in Turkey where he has undertaken a coaching career. Initially he worked as assistant of Safet Sušić and Aykut Kocaman, before beginning his career as a main coach working in clubs such as İstanbulspor, Malatyaspor and Ankaraspor.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 6 May 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
İstanbulspor Turkey 20 April 2005 30 June 2005 6 1 2 3 9 15 −6 016.67
Malatyaspor Turkey 23 November 2007 30 June 2008 24 8 6 10 29 32 −3 033.33
Konyaspor Turkey 15 January 2024 Present 18 6 6 6 18 19 −1 033.33
Total 48 15 14 19 56 66 −10 031.25

Honours

References

  1. "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  2. Naturalized Turks #26
  3. ^ Fahrudin Omerović at Reprezentacija.rs
  4. "Pancev también renuncia a la Eurocopa". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 25 May 1992. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  5. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

External links

Yugoslavia squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Konyaspor – managers
(i) = interim manager
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