Esad Dugalić (10 January 1947 – 27 May 2011) was a Bosnian

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Playing career

Club

Born in

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, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, back then still part of Yugoslavia, he started playing in FK Velež Mostar in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

, however he spent most of the tim as a substitute goalkeeper, first because of Ivan Ćurković and then because of

Enver Marić Enver Marić (born 16 April 1948) is a Bosnian former professional football goalkeeper and retired football manager. Club career He started his career playing for FK Velež Mostar from 1967 to 1976, for who he played a record 600 games in his ni ...

. That is why he left Velež in and has played in a number of other Yugoslav clubs, namely FK Sloboda Užice,

FK Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Sarajevo (; English: Sarajevo Football Club) is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is one of the most successful clubs in the country. Founded on 24 October 1946, FK Sara ...

, NK Osijek and

FK Igman Konjic Fudbalski klub Igman Konjic ( en, Football Club Igman Konjic), commonly referred to as FK Igman Konjic or simply Igman Konjic, is a professional association football club from the town of Konjic that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Igman ...

. In 1974, his former teammate Ćurković arranged him a move to France to play with

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.Book: "Rođeni - Prvoligaške generacije 1952 - 1991"
by Zoran Mrđenović, pag. 29 He debuted in the French League 1 in the 1976–77 season, however he spent most of the time playing in the B team. Earlier he had a spell in Austria with

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in the 1966–67 season.

International

He played 3 matches for the Yugoslav Olympic team.

Managerial career

In 1992, he moved to Qatar where he became a coach. He was also the assistant of

Džemal Hadžiabdić Džemaludin "Džemal" Hadžiabdić, commonly known as Čorba or Jamal Haji (born 25 July 1953), is a Bosnian professional football manager and former professional footballer who played as a defender. Playing career International He made his debu ...

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. He had just had signed a two-year contract to be assistant of Mehmed Baždarević when, unexpectedly, he died on the night of 26–27 May 2011 in his summer house in

Blagaj, Mostar Blagaj is a village in the south-eastern region of the Mostar basin, in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It stands at the edge of Bišće plain and is one of the most valuable mixed urban and rural built environments in ...

while on a visit.Umro Esad Eso Dugalić
at FK Velež Mostar official website, 27-5-2011, retrieved 24-9-2014

References

1947 births 2011 deaths Footballers from Mostar Men's association football goalkeepers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers Yugoslav men's footballers FK Velež Mostar players First Vienna FC players FK Sloboda Užice players FK Sarajevo players NK Osijek players FK Igman Konjic players AS Saint-Étienne players Yugoslav First League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Ligue 1 players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in France Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in France Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Qatar {{BosniaHerzegovina-footy-bio-stub