Fahrudin Omerović
Fahrudin Omerović (born 26 August 1961) is a Bosnian football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He most recently coached Süper Lig club Konyaspor.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 August 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Doboj, PR Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1984 | Sloboda Tuzla | 94 | (0) |
| 1984–1992 | Partizan | 238 | (0) |
| 1992–1995 | Kocaelispor | 93 | (0) |
| 1996–1998 | İstanbulspor | 35 | (0) |
| Total | 460 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1989–1992 | Yugoslavia | 8 | (0) |
| 1996 | Bosnia and Herzegovina[1] | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005 | İstanbulspor | ||
| 2007–2008 | Malatyaspor | ||
| 2009–2010 | İstanbulspor | ||
| 2024 | Konyaspor | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
In Turkey, Omerović became known as Fahrettin Ömerli while playing there; he took up Turkish citizenship as a naturalized citizen.[2]
Club career edit
Born in Doboj, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Omerović begin his career in FK Sloboda Tuzla, making his debut in the Yugoslav First League in the 1980–81 season. He spent four seasons playing in Tuzla, when in summer 1984 he was transferred to FK Partizan where he will become the main goalkeeper for the following eight seasons.[3] With Partizan he won two Yugoslav championships, two Yugoslav Cups, and one Supercup.
After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia, he made a transfer to Kocaelispor in 1992. He played Kocaelispor for four years. After he moved to İstanbulspor and played there for 2 years. Finally he retired in 1998-99 season.
International career edit
Omerović was capped eight times for Yugoslavia between 1989 and 1992, including a spot in Yugoslavia's 1990 World Cup roster where he spent the tournament as an unused backup to Tomislav Ivković. Even after the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Omerović was included in the Yugoslav squad for Euro 1992,[4] but the nation would be suspended due to the Yugoslav Wars.
In 1996, he played three matches for the newly established Bosnian national team.[3] His final international was an October 1996 World Cup qualification match against Croatia.[5]
Coaching career edit
After retiring, he stayed in Turkey where he has undertaken a coaching career. Initially he worked as assistant of Safet Sušić and Aykut Kocaman, before beginning his career as a main coach working in clubs such as İstanbulspor, Malatyaspor and Ankaraspor.[3]
Managerial statistics edit
- As of match played 6 May 2024
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| İstanbulspor | 20 April 2005 | 30 June 2005 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 16.67 | |
| Malatyaspor | 23 November 2007 | 30 June 2008 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 33.33 | |
| Konyaspor | 15 January 2024 | Present | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 33.33 | |
| Total | 48 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 56 | 66 | −10 | 31.25 | |||
Honours edit
- Yugoslav First League: 1985–86, 1986–87
- Yugoslav Cup: 1989, 1992
- Yugoslav Supercup: 1989
References edit
- ^ "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ Naturalized Turks #26
- ^ a b c Fahrudin Omerović at Reprezentacija.rs
- ^ "Pancev también renuncia a la Eurocopa". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 25 May 1992. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
External links edit
- – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Fahrudin Omerović at National-Football-Teams.com
- Fahrudin Omerović at TFF.org