Mehmed Baždarević
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Mehmed Baždarević | ||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 28 September 1960 | ||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Višegrad, FPR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||
Current team | Bosnia and Herzegovina (manager) | ||||||||||||||
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) | |||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||
1983–1992 | Yugoslavia[1] | 54 | (4) | ||||||||||||
1996 | Bosnia and Herzegovina[2][3] | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||||
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– | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Mehmed Baždarević (Bosnian pronunciation: [ˈmechmed ˈbaʒdarevich]; born 28 September 1960) is a Bosnian football manager and former player. Baždarević is the current manager of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team.[4]
Baždarević played for Bosnian side Željezničar Sarajevo and French outfit Sochaux-Montbéliard, among others. Known as Meša in the former Yugoslavia and colloquially known as Mécha in France,[2] he is considered to be one of the best football players from Bosnia and Herzegovina ever.
Internationally he earned caps with Yugoslavia and took part 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 Bosnian national side.[5] He retired as a player in 1998 and moved into management.
Club career
Željezničar Sarajevo
Born in Višegrad, SFR Yugoslavia his professional playing career started in Željezničar Sarajevo in 1979. He was part of a team that managed to reach the UEFA Cup semifinals in 1985 under the guidance of Ivica Osim.
In 1980/1981 season, Željezničar reached Yugoslav cup final (Marshal Tito Cup final), with 20-year-old Mehmed Baždarević scoring two goals in a 2–3 loss to another Bosnian side Velež Mostar. The venue of the final was Stadion Crvene Zvezde in Belgrade played in front of 40,000 football fans.
He played more than 300 games for the club.
Sochaux
In 1987, he moved to French side Sochaux-Montbéliard. He stayed at the club until 1996. He collected more than 350 appearances for FC Sochaux in various competitions.
After that, he played for Nîmes Olympique (1996–97 season) and Swiss side Étoile Carouge (1997–98 season) before he announced his retirement in summer of 1998.
As player, Baždarević was targeted by many clubs including Barcelona, Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund. [6]
International career
He also played for the national teams of two countries. He played for the Yugoslavia junior, Olympic and U-21 teams. He captained the U-20 national team that took part in the FIFA World Youth Championship in 1979. His debut for Yugoslav national team came in 1983. He collected 54 caps and scored 4 goals for the national team. He represented Yugoslavia national team at UEFA Euro 1984 playing in all the teams games at the tournament.
Baždarević began to play for the Bosnian national team in 1992 after Bosnia-Herzegovina gained independence. However, the team was not recognised by FIFA until 1995 in part due to the Yugoslav wars.
Managerial career
From July 1, 1998 to June 30, 2003 Baždarević worked as Sochaux assistant coach to Jean Fernandez and Guy Lacombe before taking over as manager of reserve sides at the club.
Istres
His first job as a head coach was at Istres. He guided the club to its biggest success - entering the French Ligue 1 in 2004, which secured him a best Ligue 2 manager of the year award.
Étoile
On 16 July 2005, Baždarević took over Tunisian side Étoile Sportive du Sahel.[7] He reached the 2005 African Champions League final with the club. Baždarević was fired by Etoile on 12 April 2006, after a 1–0 home defeat to USM Monastir in their final league cost them the Tunisian League.[8][9][10]
Baždarević was also employed as a head coach of Qatari Al-Wakra in 2006.
Grenoble
Since December 2007, he has been managing French side Grenoble Foot 38 where he arrived on recommendation of his mentor Ivica Osim who knew Grenoble's Japanese owners from working with them in J-League with JEF United. He rejected offers from top league clubs Le Mans and Nice to take over Grenoble. At the end of 2007–08, led by Bazdarevic, Grenoble gained promotion to the French top league, for the first time in their history.[11] Under Baždarević, Grenoble reached French Cup semi-finals during 2008–09 season.
In September 2010, he left Grenoble due to financial reasons.[12][13]
Sochaux
On 10 June 2011, Baždarević was named as manager of the Sochaux for which he played professional football.[14] He was sacked on 6 March 2012, due to poor results (after 8 months in charge).[15]
Since then he has had interest to manage clubs from Serbia and Belgium.[16]
Bosnia and Herzegovina
On 13 December 2014, Baždarević was named coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team beating Milovan Rajevac for the position.[17][18] Among other candidates were Vahid Halilhodžić,[19][20][21] Igor Štimac,[22] and Felix Magath.[23] He replaced Safet Sušić, who was sacked by N/FSBiH due to a run of poor results in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying having only taken 2 points in four matches.[24] Bosnia and Herzegovina improved considerably under Bazdarevic and reached the playoffs stage for Euro 2016 where they were unfortunately eliminated by Republic of Ireland with a 3-1 aggregate score. In the aftermath, Miroslav Blažević blamed Mehmed Baždarević for Bosnia's elimination against Ireland.[25]
On 9 November 2015, Bosnian FA extended the contract with Baždarević till after 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier campaign.[26]
Career statistics
International goals
- Scores and results table. Yugoslavia's goal tally first:
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 14/12/1983 | Cardif, Wales | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying |
2 | 20/10/1984 | Leipzig, Germany | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–3 | 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3 | 14/09/1988 | Oviedo, Spain | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly |
4 | 14/11/1990 | Kopenhagen, Denmark | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–2 | UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying |
Manager
- As of match played 13 November 2016. Some club statistics accurate as at 18 April 2013.
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Sochaux (assistant) | ![]() |
Jul 1, 1998 | Jun 30, 2003 | - | - | - | - | |
Istres | ![]() |
Jul 1, 2003 | Jan 9, 2005 | 62 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 33.87 |
Étoile du Sahel | ![]() |
Jul 16, 2005 | Apr 12, 2006 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 60 |
Al-Wakrah | ![]() |
Jul 1, 2006 | Jun 30, 2007 | 27 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 25.93 |
Grenoble | ![]() |
Jul 1, 2007 | Sep 5, 2010 | 67 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 37.31 |
Sochaux | ![]() |
Jun 10, 2011 | Mar 6, 2012 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 15.38 |
Al-Wakrah | ![]() |
May 23, 2012 | Jun 3, 2013 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 31.82 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | ![]() |
Dec 13, 2014 | Present | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 55.56 |
Honours
International
- Yugoslavia
- 1984 Summer Olympics Bronze Medal
Individual
- Ligue 2 Manager of the year: 2004
- Bosnian Manager of the year: 2008
Mehmed Baždarević in popular culture
- Baždarević international career is remembered for his spitting on the Turkish referee Yusuf Namoğlu during a qualifying match for the 1990 World Cup, against Norway played in Sarajevo. Baždarević was banned from the 1990 World Cup for the incident. Yugoslavia reached the Quarter-finals at the tournament.
- Baždarević again missed a major tournament, this time the entire team was excluded from taking part in Euro 1992, having already qualified, because of UN sanctions due to Yugoslav wars.[27] Denmark instead took their place and won the 1992 championship. On 14 November 1990, Baždarević scored a goal against the Danes in Copenhagen during the qualifications for the tournament.[28]
- During 1990's a Yugoslav sketch comedy TV show, Top lista nadrealista, made Baždarević a popular figure, due to the spitting incident on the Turkish referee.[29]
Personal life
His wife Marina Baždarević was born in Belgrade, Serbia.[16] He met his wife in 1979 on an airplane from Japan going back to Belgrade. Nine months later, they met again on another flight from Tunisia to Belgrade and after the second meeting they started dating[30] His daughter, Téa Baždarević, is a journalist in France.[31][32]
References
- ↑ Mehmed Baždarević at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1 2 http://www.bazdarevic.net/Mecha_Joueur.php
- ↑ Mamrud, Roberto (29 January 2009). "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ↑ "Baždarević takes Bosnia and Herzegovina helm". uefa.com. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ↑ Fuad Krvavac (12 October 2012). "Prije 16 godina BiH je igrala sa Grčkom u Kalamati". klix.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ↑ sportsport.ba (13 April 2009). "Cijenim Ćiru, ali nije za reprezentaciju". sportsport.ba. Sarajevo. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
- ↑ "Etoile Sahel get Bosnian coach". BBC Sport. 16 July 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ↑ "Etoile du Sahel sack their coach". BBC Sport. 12 April 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ↑ "Etoile name new coach". BBC Sport. 14 April 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ↑ "Scoreline". The Telegraph. 15 April 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ↑ http://www.jutarnji.hr/ekskluzivno-za-jl-novi-izbornik-bih-bazdarevic---krecem-u-lov-na-15-bodova-osvojiti-cemo-3--mjesto-/1259022/
- ↑ "Otići ću ako mi pukne film". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 1 October 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
- ↑ http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football/grenoble-pouliquen-remplace-bazdarevic-au-poste-d-entraineur-06-09-2010-1057397.php
- ↑ "Communiqué Officiel". FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (in French). 10 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ↑ "Communiqué Officiel". FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (in French). 6 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- 1 2 "Baždarević priznao da su ga zvali iz Crvene zvezde". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 4 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ↑ "Mehmed Baždarević je novi selektor reprezentacije BiH!". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ↑ "Mehmed Bazdarevic Named Bosnia-Herzegovina's New Manager". bhdragons.com. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ↑ Reprezentacija.ba (19 November 2014). "Čelnici F/NSBIH uskoro na sastanku sa Vahidom Halilhodžićem". Reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ↑ Radiosarajevo.ba (19 November 2014). "Vahid Halilhodžić za Radiosarajevo.ba: Nažalost, politika vlada u BiH, bilo bi teško raditi". Radiosarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ↑ Eren Sarigul (19 November 2014). "Vahid Halilhodzic rejects Bosnia job". Turkish-Football.com. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ↑ Jasmin Ligata (25 November 2014). "Ekskluzivno: Štimac kandidat za izbornika BiH". goal.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ Nick Ames (5 December 2014). "Felix Magath to hold talks over Bosnia managerial position". theguardian.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ↑ Fuad Krvavac (17 November 2014). "Sušić tenure ends with Bosnia and Herzegovina". uefa.com. Sarajevo. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ↑ sport.ba (18 November 2015). "Ćiro nakon poraza od Irske pronašao krivca". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ↑ http://www.oslobodjenje.ba/sport/nogomet/izvrsni-odbor-nfsbih-jednoglasan-bazdarevic-selektor-i-u-kvalifikacijama-za-sp-u-rusiji
- ↑ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
- ↑ "Denmark 0 - 2 Yugoslavia". uefa.com. uefa.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 14 November 1990. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "Šta Nadrealisti kažu o izboru Mehmeda Baždarevića za selektora BiH". radiosarajevo.ba. radiosarajevo.ba. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ↑ http://reprezentacija.ba/18300-mehmed-bazdarevic-otvoreno-o-svemu-moj-otac-je-zakljucavao-kucu-u-23-sata-kasnije-nisam-mogao-uci
- ↑ "VIDEO \\ Mehmed Baždarević u "AS Ekskluzivu" sa Muhamedom Bikićem". reprezentacija.ba. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ↑ "Le maire de Sigolsheim s'est marié". franceinter.fr. franceinter.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
External links
- (French) Official Website
- Mehmed Baždarević – French League Stats at LFP.fr (French)
- Mehmed Baždarević at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mehmed Baždarević - Footballdatabase.eu