Safet Sušić Sports manager

Safet Sušić (born 13 April 1955) is a Bosnian football manager and former player. Sušić was a gifted midfielder with excellent technical ability, passing, and superb dribbling skills. He is strongly reputed to have been one of the finest European players of his generation. Sušić played in two World Cups, 1982 and 1990, and at Euro 1984. As manager he took Bosnia to 2014 World Cup.Sušić played as an attacking midfielder or second striker for FK Sarajevo, Paris Saint-Germain and Red Star Saint-Ouen and internationally for Yugoslavia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was voted Paris Saint-Germain's best player of all time and the best foreign player of Ligue 1 of all time by France Football. He scored three international hat-tricks for Yugoslavia, in victories against Romania, Italy, and Argentina in the late 1970s, and was voted, as part of the UEFA Jubilee Awards, the greatest ever player from Bosnia.Following his retirement from playing, Sušić started working as a manager. Before his recent position as manager of Bosnia and Herzegovina he worked for a number of club sides: Cannes, İstanbulspor, Al-Hilal, Konyaspor, Ankaragücü, Çaykur Rizespor, and Ankaraspor.

Personal facts

Safet Sušić
Birth dateApril 13, 1955
Birth place
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , Zavidovići
Height (meters)1.74

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Football manager

club
Çaykur Rizespor
Ankaraspor A.Ş.
MKE Ankaragücü
Torku Konyaspor
İstanbulspor A.Ş.
AS Cannes
Al-Hilal FC
Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team
position
Forward (association football)
Midfielder
teams
FK Sarajevo
Yugoslavia national football team
Paris Saint-Germain F.C.
Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team
Red Star F.C.

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