Senad Brkić

Senad Brkić (born 3 September 1969) is a Bosnian former professional footballer and current football manager who is in charge of the Čelika Zenica under-19 team.

Senad Brkić

Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-09-03) 3 September 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth	Busovača, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Čelik Zenica U19 (manager)
Youth career
	Busovača
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1994	Čelik Zenica
1994–1998	Rijeka	85	(31)
1998–2000	Altay	17	(4)
2000–2006	Čelik Zenica	66	(30)
Total		168	(65)
International career
1996–2002	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	(1)
Managerial career
2014–2016	Čelik Zenica (youth coach)
2016	Čelik Zenica (assistant)
2017	Čelik Zenica (assistant)
2017–2018	Čelik Zenica U17
2019–	Čelik Zenica U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

In his career Brkić played for Bosnian club Čelik Zenica on two occasions (1988–1994 ; 2000–2006), Croatian club Rijeka (1994–1998) and Turkish club Altay (1998–2000). He left the biggest mark at Rijeka and Čelik, scoring 33 goals for each club in 90 and 69 matches for both of them respectevly. At Čelik, Brkić is considered as a club legend and is one of the top scorers in its history.

International career

Brkić earned seven caps for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team between 1996 and 2002.^[1] His first match for the national team was on 6 November 1996 against Italy in a 2–1 win, while his last match for the national team was on 7 September 2002 against Romania in a European Championship qualification 3–0 loss.^[2]

Managerial career

Brkić started his managerial career in 2014 as a youth coach at Čelik. He stayed on that position until 2016, after which he got appointed as an assistant manager to Elvedin Beganović in the first team of the club. In March 2017, he again became an assistant manager in the first team, this time to Boris Pavić.

From July 2017 to 31 December 2018, Brkić was the manager of the under-17 team of Čelik Zenica. On 29 June 2019, he became the new manager of the under-19 team of the club.^[3]

Career statistics

Club

Source: ^[4]

Club	Season	League	League		Cup		Continental		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1988–89	Čelik Zenica	Yugoslav First League	–		–		–		–
1989–90		Yugoslav Second League	–		–		–		–
1990–91		Yugoslav Third League	–		–		–		–
Total			–		–		–		–
1994–95	Rijeka	Prva HNL	11	1	1	0	–		12	1
1995–96			31	15	3	2	–		35	16
1996–97			17	9	0	0	–		17	9
1997–98			26	6	1	0	–		27	6
Total			85	31	5	2	–		90	33
1998–99	Altay	Süper Lig	13	3	0	0	4	2	17	5
1999–00			4	1	0	0	–		4	1
Total			17	4	0	0	4	2	21	6
2000–01	Čelik Zenica	Bosnian Premier League	0	0	–		–		0	0
2001–02			16	1	–		3	3	19	4
2002–03			26	20	–		–		26	20
2003–04			8	2	–		–		8	2
2004–05			14	7	–		–		14	7
2005–06			2	0	–		–		2	0
Total			66	30	–		3	3	69	33
Career total			168	65	5	2	7	5	180	72

International

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
	1996	1	0
	1997	1	0
	1998	1	0
	2002	1	0
Total		4	0

(Bosnia and Herzegovina score listed first, score column indicates score after each Brkić goal)

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	3 June 1998	Skopje, North Macedonia	North Macedonia	1–1	1–1	Friendly

References

1. Mamrud, Roberto (16 July 2009). "Bosnia and Herzegovina – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
2. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
3. D. Kurbegović (29 June 2019). "Brkić preuzeo juniore, Skočibušić kadete, Bujak pionire, Hukić i Hrustanović pretpionire i pjetliće" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
4. "Senad Brkić statistics". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 3 November 2018.

External links

• Senad Brkić at National-Football-Teams.com