Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nail Beširović | ||
Date of birth | (1967-07-22) 22 July 1967 (age 57) | ||
Place of birth | Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987–1991 | Sloboda Tuzla | 101 | (9) |
1992 | Estrela Amadora | 18 | (1) |
1992–1994 | Académico Viseu | 66 | (7) |
1994–1995 | Académica Coimbra | 27 | (2) |
1995–1997 | Espinho | 65 | (6) |
1997–2001 | Farense | 102 | (3) |
2001–2003 | Leixões | 55 | (4) |
2003–2004 | GD Beira-Mar | ||
Total | 434 | (32) | |
International career | |||
1998 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nail Beširović (born 22 July 1967) is a Bosnian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
He spent the better part of his 16-year professional career in Portugal, representing six clubs.
Club career
Born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Beširović began his career with FK Sloboda Tuzla. In January 1992 he moved to Portugal, where he remained until the end of his playing days twelve years later.
In that country Beširović represented S.C. Espinho and S.C. Farense in the Primeira Liga, and C.F. Estrela da Amadora, Académico de Viseu FC, Académica de Coimbra and Espinho in the second division, amassing totals in the former competition of 134 games and seven goals over the course of five seasons. He retired at the age of nearly 37 after a spell with amateurs Grupo Desportivo Beira-Mar, in Monte Gordo (Vila Real do Santo António).
International career
Beširović made one appearance for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, a June 1998 friendly match away against Macedonia in which he came on as a late substitute for Senad Repuh.
Personal life
Beširević's son Dino Beširević was born in Viseu, Portugal and is also a professional footballer.
References
- "Reprezentacija: Igraci Statistika: Odbrana" (in Bosnian). BiH Soccer. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
- "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- "Bósnio da Beira Alta honra clã Besirovic".
External links
- Nail Beširović at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Nail Beširović at WorldFootball.net
- Nail Beširović at National-Football-Teams.com
- Nail Beširović at FBref.com
- Nail Beširović at EU-Football.info
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Sarajevo
- Men's association football midfielders
- Yugoslav men's footballers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina men's international footballers
- FK Sloboda Tuzla players
- C.F. Estrela da Amadora players
- Académico de Viseu F.C. players
- Académica de Coimbra (football) players
- S.C. Espinho players
- S.C. Farense players
- Leixões S.C. players
- GD Beira-Mar players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Primeira Liga players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Segunda Divisão players
- Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Portugal