Dušan Bajević
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 10 December 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Mostar, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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AEK Athens (Chief Director) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1977 | Velež Mostar | 277 | (144) |
| 1977–1981 | AEK Athens | 106 | (65) |
| 1981–1983 | Velež Mostar | 45 | (22) |
| Total | 478 | (292) | |
| National team | |||
| 1970–1977 | SFR Yugoslavia | 37 | (29) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1984–1988 | Velež Mostar | ||
| 1988–1996 | AEK Athens | ||
| 1996–1999 | Olympiacos | ||
| 2000–2002 | PAOK Thessaloniki | ||
| 2002–2004 | AEK Athens | ||
| 2004–2005 | Olympiacos | ||
| 2006–2007 | Red Star Belgrade | ||
| 2007–2008 | Aris Thessaloniki | ||
| 2008–2010 | AEK Athens | ||
| 2010–2012 | AC Omonia | ||
| 2012–2013 | Atromitos | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Dušan Bajević (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Бајевић; Greek: Ντούσαν Μπάγεβιτς, Doúsan Báyevits; born 10 December 1948) is a Bosnian Serb football manager and former player.
Dušan "Duško" Bajević was the total player. He played almost 400 games for Velež where he scored 170 goals. His coach was Sulejman Rebac. He stayed in Velež from 1966–1977 before going to AEK Athens, where he won the Greek championship twice. He is one of the most controversial figures in the history of the club. He was a successful player, loved by AEK's fans who gave him the nickname "Prince" (Πρίγκηπας). He joined the team in 1977 along with other great players of the era and won two championships and one cup title. His combination with Thomas Mavros was one of the best in Europe and one of the club's most beloved scoring duo. He was also the league's top scorer during the season 1979–1980.
He came back to Velež in 1981 and stayed to 1983 before retiring. During his career he was together with Slobodan Santrač the best goalscorer in the Yugoslav league season 1969/70 (20 goals). He also played for Yugoslavia in the 1974 FIFA World Cup where he scored three goals against Zaire. He scored 29 times in 37 games for Yugoslavia between 1970–1977.
After ending his football career in 1983 he took over as coach for Velež. He led the team to win the Kup Maršala Tita in 1986 by defeating Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 in the final. The next season Velež finished the league in second spot and Bajević went to Greece to coach AEK Athens. He is remembered as "The Prince of Neretva" and BMW (Bajević, Marić and Vladić). Bajević took the surname of his mother.
He took over AEK's head coaching position in 1988. During his first season in charge (1988–89), he managed to lead the team to an unexpected championship, delivering the league title to the club after a ten-year drought since he last won it as a player. He then went on to win three consecutive championships (1992, 1993, 1994), one Greek Super Cup (1989), one League Cup (1990), one Pre-Mediterranean Cup (1991) and one Greek Cup (1996).
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