Mirsad Fazlagić
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| Full name | Mirsad Fazlagić | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | April 4, 1943 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Čapljina, FPR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1958–1960 | Borac Čapljina | 33 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 1960–1961 | Željezničar Sarajevo | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1961–1972 | FK Sarajevo | 215 | (4) | ||||||||||||
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| 1963–1970 | Yugoslavia | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||
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| 1974–1975 | FK Sarajevo | ||||||||||||||
| 1975–1983 | FK Sarajevo (youth team) | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1986 | FK Sarajevo (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1988 | Yugoslavia U-20 (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Anorthosis Famagusta | ||||||||||||||
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Mirsad Fazlagić (born 4 April 1943 in Čapljina) is a retired Bosnian professional footballer and manager, considered one of the best full-backs of his generation.
He started his football career in the youth setup of his local hometown team Borac Čapljina in 1957. As a talented seventeen year old he was acquired by Yugoslav First League side FK Željezničar, where he also made his debut in the top tier of Yugoslav football. After one season with the blues he made a switch to bitter city rivals FK Sarajevo in the summer of 1960. The team led by prolific scorer Asim Ferhatović finished fourth in the league during the 1963-1964 season, with Fazlagić establishing himself as the team's starting right-back. Two years later the maroon-whites finished runners-up behind FK Partizan and eventually went on to win the league during the 1966-1967 season, with him captaining the outfit. FK Sarajevo was narrowly beaten by Manchester United in the 1967–68 European Cup second round, despite hosting a goalless draw in the first leg. The second leg played at Old Trafford ended in controversy after the ball went out of bounds prior to the hosts scoring the winning goal. After signing a pre-contract with Juventus in the fall of 1971, which would have made him the most expensive defender in history until that point, he suffered a horrendous knee injury and the transfer fell through. After recovering for nearly a year, he was again fielded by then-FK Sarajevo manager Srboljub Markušević. He retired prematurely in 1975 having played 404 matches for FK Sarajevo while finding the back of the net 10 times. His farewell match for the club was against Sporting CP at the Stadium Koševo, a 2–2 draw.
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