Vahidin Musemić
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 29 October 1946 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Janja, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 30 June 2023 (aged 76) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1965 | Sarajevo | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1965–1974 | Sarajevo | 163 | (73) | ||||||||||||||
| 1974–1976 | Nice | 42 | (19) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 205 | (92) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1970 | Yugoslavia | 17 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Vahidin Musemić (29 October 1946 – 30 June 2023) was a Bosnian professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
[edit]Born in the town of Janja, near Bijeljina, Musemić started his career at Sarajevo, becoming one of the club's highest ever goalscorers during the nine years he spent there. He was part of the Sarajevo team which managed to win the 1966–67 Yugoslav First League title. He earned the nickname Orao (the Eagle) because of his soaring headers. Musemić finished his career at French side Nice in 1976.
International career
[edit]Musemić made his debut for Yugoslavia in an April 1968 European Championship qualification match away against France and earned a total of 17 caps, scoring 9 goals. His final international was an October 1970 friendly game against the Soviet Union.[1]
Personal life and death
[edit]Musemić's younger brother Husref is also a former professional footballer and football manager. He played for and later managed Sarajevo.
Musemić died in Sarajevo on 30 June 2023, at the age of 76.[2]
Honours
[edit]Sarajevo
Yugoslavia
- UEFA European Championship runner-up: 1968
References
[edit]- ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ "One of the greatest Legends of FC Sarajevo Vahidin Musemic passed away". Sarajevo Times. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "FK Sarajevo (1966/67) | National Football Teams".
External links
[edit]- Vahidin Musemić at National-Football-Teams.com
- Vahidin Musemić at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
- 1946 births
- 2023 deaths
- People from Janja
- Men's association football forwards
- Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers
- Yugoslav men's footballers
- Yugoslavia men's international footballers
- UEFA Euro 1968 players
- FK Sarajevo players
- OGC Nice players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Ligue 1 players
- Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in France
- Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina