Dženan Uščuplić (born 18 August 1975) is a Bosnian professional

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and former

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Playing career

As a player of

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on three occasions, Uščuplić won 3

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titles and one supercup with the club. He also played for Olimpik. He retired in the summer of 2002 at the age of 27 because of a chronic knee injury sustained in April 1998.

Managerial career

After being forced to retire from football, Uščuplić spent 9 years in the Sarajevo youth academy and as an assistant to former first team manager

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, before being named manager in 2014. In his debut season he led the club to a

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triumph, ending a seven-season silverware drought. On 26 September 2014, Uščuplić was relieved of his duties as Sarajevo manager after a string of disappointing results, and returned to the club's youth academy where he completed the

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program. On 21 April 2015, he was again named manager of Sarajevo after the club management sacked

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. This time Uščuplić led Sarajevo to a

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triumph shortly after being named the new manager. On 11 September 2015, Uščuplić and his whole staff were sacked after a series of poor results that culminated with yet another loss, this time against

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. Six years later, on 13 May 2021, he was yet again named as Sarajevo's caretaker manager until the end of the

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season, after the club agreed to terminate

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's contract by mutual agreement due to poor results in the last few games of the season. In Uščuplić's first game as manager, Sarajevo drew against Mladost Doboj Kakanj in a league game on 16 May 2021. He oversaw his first win as manager against Radnik Bijeljina on 23 May 2021. Three days later, on 26 May, Uščuplić led Sarajevo to yet another Bosnian cup triumph, this time beating

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in the

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. On 12 May 2022, for a second time in a year, he became Sarajevo's caretaker manager until the end of the 2021–22 season, following Aleksandar Vasoski's resignation. Sarajevo ended the season in 4th place and lost to Velež Mostar in the 2021–22 Bosnian Cup

, failing to qualify to a European competition for a second time in six years.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Sarajevo *

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 ...

: 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02 *

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: 1997

Manager

Sarajevo *

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: 2014–15 *

: 2013–14,

References

External links

Dženan Uščuplić
at football database {{DEFAULTSORT:Uscuplic, Dzenan 1975 births Living people Footballers from Sarajevo Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina under-21 international footballers Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players FK Sarajevo players FK Olimpik players Association football midfielders Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina managers FK Sarajevo managers