Armin Smajić (born 15 October 1999) is a

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manager and former player.

Playing career

Club

Born in

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, back then within Yugoslavia, he played with

FK Željezničar Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Željezničar Sarajevo ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Жељезничap Сарајево; English language, English: Football Club Željezničar Sarajevo), commonly referred to as Željo, is a professional Association fo ...

in the

1985–86 Yugoslav First League The 1985–86 Yugoslav First League season was marked by scandal and controversy due to allegedly wide match-fixing during the last week of fixtures. Summary After the last week was played, FK Partizan was crowned champion due to better goal dif ...

. Then he played with

OFK Kikinda OFK Kikinda () is a football club based in Kikinda, Vojvodina, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League Vojvodina, the third tier of the national league system. History The first club in the town was founded in August 1909 as ''Nagykikindai Atl ...

in the

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...

.Stats from Yugoslav First and Second League
at

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Between 1989 and 1992 he played in France with

Clermont Foot Clermont Foot 63 (Occitan: ''Clarmont d'Auvèrnhe''; commonly referred to as Clermont Foot) is a French professional football club based in Clermont-Ferrand, France. It competes in Ligue 2. The first incarnation of the club was formed in 1911 and ...

. Then he returned to Serbian side

and played with them in the

1992–93 First League of FR Yugoslavia The 1992–93 First League of FR Yugoslavia was the first football season in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which was composed of the republics of Serbia and Montenegro, following the breakup of the SFR Yugoslavia. FK Partizan were the champi ...

. Then in 1993 he moved with Germany where he will play the rest of his career, chronologically, VfR Bürstadt,

SG 01 Hoechst The SG 01 Hoechst is a Football in Germany, German Association football, association football club from the Höchst (Frankfurt am Main), Höchst district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse. The club's greatest success has been to qualify for the German ...

Wormatia Worms VfR Wormatia 08 Worms is a German association football club that plays in Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club and its historical predecessors were regular participants in regional first-division football competition until the formation of the ...

Eintracht Bad Kreuznach Eintracht Bad Kreuznach is a German association football club from city of Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate. They are among the most successful amateur football teams in southwestern Germany but, after a couple of consecutive relegations, no ...

SV Südwest Ludwigshafen SV Südwest Ludwigshafen is a German association football club from the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club was formed on 29 May 1964 out of the merger of the traditional sides Sportverein 03 Ludwigshafen and Phoenix T ...

and FC Schönmattenwag.Armin Smajić
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official website, retrieved 13-5-2016

Managerial career

In 2006, he became player-manager of FC Schönmattenwag, and afterwards he dedicated himself exclusively to coaching, having managed a number of German clubs since then, namely, SG Bobenheim-Roxheim, Eintracht Lambsheim, ATSV Wattenheim, 1.FC Niedernhausen, TBVfL Neustadt-Wildenheid and FSG Bensheim.

References

1964 births Living people Footballers from Sarajevo Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers 21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen FK Željezničar Sarajevo players OFK Kikinda players Clermont Foot players VfR Bürstadt players SG 01 Hoechst players Wormatia Worms players Eintracht Bad Kreuznach players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav Second League players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in France Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia and Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Serbia and Montenegro Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Germany Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Germany {{BosniaHerzegovina-footy-midfielder-stub