Fahrudin Jusufi ( sr-Cyrl, Фахрудин Јусуфи, ; 8 December 1939 – 9 August 2019) was a Yugoslav footballer who most notably played for Partizan, Eintracht Frankfurt and the Yugoslav national team.

Playing career

Club career

Jusufi was born into an ethnic Gorani family in the village of Zli Potok near Dragaš (Vardar Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, present-day Serbia). During his career, he played for FK Partizan, Eintracht Frankfurt, SG Germania Wiesbaden, Germania Wiesbaden and FC Dornbirn 1913, FC Dornbirn, retiring in 1972. He was part of the Partizan squad when they became vice-champions of Europe after losing the 1966 European Cup Final against Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid.

International career

On the national level, Jusufi played for Yugoslavia national football team, Yugoslavia (55 matches), and was a participant at the 1962 FIFA World Cup and at the Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1960 Summer Olympics, where his team won the gold medal.

Coaching career

After retiring, Jusufi went into coaching, mainly in West Germany with SG Wattenscheid 09 in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, second division, but also in 1987–88 Yugoslav First League, 1987–88 at the helm of Partizan. He also coached FC Schalke 04, Schalke 04, TSV 1860 München, 1860 Munich and lastly NK Čelik Zenica, Čelik Zenica.

Personal life and death

In a 1991 interview for Serbian bi-weekly ''Tempo (Serbian magazine), Tempo'', Jusufi was asked if he is "experiencing any problems in regards to the current political situation" and "due to his ethnicity." Jusufi replied, "Why would I be experiencing any problems? I'm a Gorani people, Gorani, if that even interests anyone." His son Sascha Jusufi, Sascha was also a professional footballer. Jusufi died on 9 August 2019 at the age of 79 in Hamburg, Germany.

Honours

Player

Partizan *Yugoslav First League: 1960–61 Yugoslav First League, 1960–61, 1961–62 Yugoslav First League, 1961–62, 1962–63 Yugoslav First League, 1962–63, 1964–65 Yugoslav First League, 1964–65 Eintracht Frankfurt *UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1966–67 Intertoto Cup, 1966–67 Yugoslavia *1960 European Nations' Cup: Runner-up *Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1960 Summer Olympics: Gold medal

Individual

Awards *World Soccer (magazine), World Soccer World XI: 1962, 1963, 1968"ERIC BATTY’S WORLD XI – THE SIXTIES"
Retrieved 17 June 2016

References

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