Fahrudin Jusufi ( sr-Cyrl, Фахрудин Јусуфи, ; 8 December 1939 – 9 August 2019) was a Yugoslav

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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

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near

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(

Vardar Banovina The Vardar Banovina, or Vardar Banate ( mk, Вардарска бановина, Vardarska banovina; sr, Вардарска бановина, translit=Vardarska Banovina; al, Banovina e Vardarit, italics=no), was a province (banate) of the King ...

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 1918 ...

, present-day Serbia). During his career, he played for

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...

, Eintracht Frankfurt,

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and 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 The 1966 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Heysel Stadium, Brussels, on 11 May 1966 that saw Real Madrid of Spain defeat FK Partizan of Yugoslavia 2–1 to win the 1965–66 European Cup title. Route to the final Match Summa ...

against Real Madrid.

International career

On the national level, Jusufi played for Yugoslavia (55 matches), and was a participant at the

1962 FIFA World Cup The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the seventh edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place ...

and at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

, where his team won the gold medal.

Coaching career

After retiring, Jusufi went into coaching, mainly in West Germany with

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in the

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, but also in 1987–88 at the helm of Partizan. He also coached

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhin ...

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and lastly Čelik Zenica.

Personal life and death

In a 1991 interview for Serbian bi-weekly '' 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, if that even interests anyone." His son 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, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65 Eintracht Frankfurt * UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1966–67 Yugoslavia *

1960 European Nations' Cup The 1960 European Nations' Cup was the first edition of the UEFA European Championship, held every four years and organised by UEFA. The first tournament was held in France. It was won by the Soviet Union, who beat Yugoslavia 2–1 in Paris afte ...

: Runner-up *

: Gold medal

Individual

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

References

External links

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