Mehmed Baždarević
Baždarević with Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2015
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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 | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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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) | |||||||||||||
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| 1983–1992 | Yugoslavia | 54 | (4) | ||||||||||||
| 1996 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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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.
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, 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. He retired as a player in 1998 and moved into management.
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.
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