Almir Gredić (born 27 April 1976) is a Bosnian retired professional

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who played as an

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. From 27 December 2012 until 27 September 2015, he held the role of president of

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club Željezničar, replacing Sabahudin Žujo, becoming the youngest ever Željezničar president in history at the age of 36.

International career

Gredić made his debut for

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in a March 2000

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away against

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and has earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an August 2005 friendly against

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Personal life

Gredić has been married to Aida Murtezić since 2010 and together have two children.

Honours

Player

Željezničar *

: 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02 *

Bosnian Cup The Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kup Bosne i Hercegovine, Куп Босне и Херцеговине) is a knock-out football competition contested annually by clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The winner ...

: 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03 *

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gredic, Almir 1976 births Living people People from Prijepolje Bosniaks of Serbia Men's association football midfielders Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's under-21 international footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's international footballers FK Mogren players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players Montenegrin First League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina chairpersons of corporations FK Željezničar Sarajevo presidents