Mehmed Baždarević
Bosnian football player and manager (born 1960) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mehmed Baždarević (born 28 September 1960) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Ligue 2 club Guingamp.
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Date of birth | (1960-09-28) 28 September 1960 (age 63) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Višegrad, FPR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1978–1987 | Željezničar | 229 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
1987–1996 | Sochaux | 308 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Nîmes | 32 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1998 | Étoile Carouge | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 575 | (42) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1983–1992 | Yugoslavia[1] | 54 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
1996 | Bosnia and Herzegovina[2][3] | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
1998–2003 | Sochaux (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Istres | ||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Étoile du Sahel | ||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Al-Wakrah | ||||||||||||||||
2007–2010 | Grenoble | ||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Sochaux | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Al-Wakrah | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Paris FC | ||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Guingamp | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Baždarević played for Bosnian side Željezničar and French outfit Sochaux, among others. Nicknamed Meša in the former Yugoslavia and Mécha in France,[2] he is considered to be one of the best football players to come from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Internationally, Baždarević earned caps with Yugoslavia and took part in playing at UEFA Euro 1984. He also played for Bosnia and Herzegovina after the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992. He was the first captain of the Bosnia national team.[4] He retired as a player in 1998 and moved into management.