Amir Alagić (born 5 March 1960) is a Bosnian-Australian professional

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. He is most recently the manager and the head coach of the Sri Lanka national team.

Managerial career

Alagić started his coaching career in 1996 and managed clubs in Europe and Asia. He also managed Bosnia and Herzegovina U19. In 2004, he was appointed head coach of

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an club

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and won the domestic double there, instigating a stint with the country's national football team a year later. In 2020, he was appointed as the manager of Sri Lanka national team. He resigned as coach of Sri Lanka after the

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, as Sri Lanka, rated as the weakest team in the group, were eliminated without scoring a goal or a point.

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