- Safet Sušić
Infobox Football biography
playername = Safet Sušić
fullname = Safet Sušić
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1955|4|13
cityofbirth =Zavidovići
countryofbirth = flag|Yugoslavia
(now flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina)
height = 1.74 m
position =midfielder ,striker
currentclub =
youthyears = 1971
1972-1973
youthclubs = FK KrivajaFK Sarajevo
years = 1973-1982
1983-1991
1991-1992
clubs =FK Sarajevo Paris Saint-Germain Red Star Saint-Ouen
caps(goals) = 221 (85)
287 (72)
17 (3)
nationalyears = 1977-1990
nationalteam = fb|Yugoslavia
nationalcaps(goals) = 54 (21)
manageryears =
managerclubs =Safet "Pape" Sušić (born
April 13 ,1955 inZavidovići ) is a football coach and former player fromBosnia and Herzegovina .Football career
Sušić began his career in with the Krivaja club in Zavidovići. He was born in Rujnica, began his first soccer steps in Hajderovici. As a young man he was transferred to
FK Sarajevo where he played 600 games and scored 400 goals. During the 1979/80 season he led the Yugoslavian league with 21 goals. In 1979 he was honoured as the best football player in Yugoslavia and as the best athlete of Bosnia and Herzegovina.In
1982 he was transferred toParis Saint-Germain where he became a star on theEurope an stage. Sušić was capped 54 times, scoring 21 goals for the Yugoslav national team, between1977 and1990 . He transferred toRed Star Saint-Ouen that is a French club in 1991 and he retired after 1991-92 season.He also played for Yugoslavia at the España 82, Euro 84 and Italia 90 tournaments.
In 2004, to celebrate
UEFA 's Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player of Bosnia and Herzegovina by theFootball Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years. [http://www.uefa.com/uefa/news/Kind=256/newsId=130150.html] "If you were to rank Safet Susic with the all time greats you would have to put him in at least the top 40," Gerd Muller (probably the greatest goal scorer in the history of soccer) said."It's well known how much I valued and still do value Safet Sušić. For me he's unsurpassable, the best Yugoslavia had. Probably one of the best in the world. I was often known to say that us other players should have to pay to play in the same team as Pape. At least I always talked and thought like that. Pape was a treasure for every forward. His crosses were unbelievable. Sometimes his ball would hit me without me even being aware of it. A wonderful player." -
Darko Pančev [http://sportin.ba/tekst.aspx?id=9825]Coaching career
Sušić coached
AS Cannes briefly in 1994-5. He coachedİstanbulspor between 1997-1999 and laterKonyaspor during the 2003-4 season. He also coachedÇaykur Rizespor for 12 matches in the first half of 2000-7. After he was sacked byRizespor in February 2008, [cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=652184.html|title=Sušić pays for Rizespor slump|date=2008-02-01|accessdate=2008-03-03|publisher=UEFA.com] he was hired as coach forAnkaraspor in March. [cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=666621.html|title=Ankaraspor turn to Sušić|date=2008-03-03|accessdate=2008-03-03|publisher=UEFA.com]References
External links
* [http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/associationweeks/association=60094/newsId=141549.html UEFA.com - Golden Player of Bosnia and Herzegovina]
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