Fahrudin Zejnilović (17 January 1955 – 22 March 2014) was a Bosnian professional football

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and former player.

Playing career

Zejnilović played with

Borac Banja Luka Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бopaц Бања Лука, ) is a Bosnian professional association football club, based in the city of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is the major part of th ...

in the

1977–78 Yugoslav First League Teams A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1976–77 season and two sides promoted from the 1976–77 Yugoslav Second League (YSL) as winners of the two second level divisions East and West. The league ...

before moving to Slovenia and playing with Maribor and Svoboda Ljubljana (known as Merkator back then) in the

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in the seasons 1979–80 and 1980–81.Stats from Yugoslav First and Second Leagues
at zerodic.com He played again in the Second League in the 1984–85 season with the Yugoslav club Trepča. In between Zejnilović played abroad, first at Turkey giant Fenerbahçe in the first half of the 1981–82 season, and in Austria, with Galus Wolfsberg, in the second half of that same season.

Managerial career

Zejnilović started his managerial career still back in the mid to late 1980s when he managed Istra and Famos Hrasnica. Later, after the

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, he took charge of TOŠK Tešanj which he promoted to the

First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina The First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, Prva liga Bosne i Hercegovine / Прва лига Босне и Херцеговине) operated by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina (abbreviation: ''N/FSBiH'') was the top tier ...

in 1999. After TOŠK, Zejnilović managed Đerzelez from 2000 until 2001 and later Igman Konjic.5. kolo Gradina - Omladinac
at apachi.ba, 10 September 2010, Retrieved 12 March 2017 He was then named by the Bosnia and Herzegovina FA to be head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U18 national team at the 2005 Mediterranean Games. Abroad, Zejnović managed

Ethiopian Premier League The Ethiopian Premier League (Amharic:የኢትዮጵያ ፕሪምየር ሊግ), known as the BetKing Ethiopian Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the top tier association football league of Ethiopia run by the Ethiopian Premier League ...

club

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in 2007. In November 2012, he was the caretaker manager of

Bosnian Premier League The m:tel Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, m:tel Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine / м:тел Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), also known as Liga 12, is the top tier football league in Bosnia and He ...

club Olimpik for one match.

Later life

In December 2013, an unknown person throw from a car a bomb which detonated in front of Zejnilović's house in

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with no consequences besides material damage.BOMBA BAČENA IZ VOZILA U POKRETU?
at infobiro.ba, 5 December 2013, Retrieved 12 March 2017 Zejnilović died just four months later on 22 March 2014 in Sarajevo.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zejnilovic, Fahrudin 1955 births 2014 deaths Footballers from Sarajevo Men's association football players not categorized by position Yugoslav men's footballers FK Borac Banja Luka players NK Maribor players NK Svoboda Ljubljana players Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers KF Trepça players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav Second League players Süper Lig players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Austria Yugoslav football managers Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers FK Famos Hrasnica managers NK TOŠK Tešanj managers FK Igman Konjic managers Saint George S.C. managers FK Olimpik managers Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina managers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Ethiopia