Fuad Muzurović (born 3 November 1945) is a Bosnian retired professional

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Playing career

Although he did not have an international playing career, Muzurović is still remembered as a quality full-back playing for his hometown club

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and

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, where he won the

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in the 1966–67 season.

Managerial career

Muzurović's managerial skills led him to various countries with good success, although he did not manage to win many trophies. He managed

in three periods, with the first one from 1977 to 1981 in

, achieving a runner-up place in 1980. After that Muzurović was the manager of

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from 1983 to 1984, managing to drive the small newcomer side to the best position in their history when they finished 8th in the Yugoslav First League in the 1983–84 season. He was once again Prishtina's manager from 1985 to 1986. The next appointment was at Turkish club

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in 1987, staying there for one year. His second appointment as Sarajevo manager came in the 1990–91 season. After the

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, Muzurović was the first head coach of the newly founded Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, managing to clinch a historical victory against

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in a 3–0 thriller in

. Failing to qualify for the

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, he was replaced with

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in 1998. Muzurović then had a two-month spell as

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manager in the 1998–99 season, from where he went to Qatar's Al Arabi in 1999. The third and final appointment as Sarajevo's manager came in the 2001–02 season, managing to win his first and only managerial career, the

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. Muzurović was then manager of

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club Al Masry in July 2002, leaving the club shortly after in December of that year. On 1 February 2004, the Japanese

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club

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board appointed him as their manager, but was sacked after leading the club in only two games, the second fastest sacking of a manager in J1 League history. On 21 December 2006, Muzurović became the new head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team for a second time in his career, nearly three years after getting sacked at Cerezo Osaka. One of the most memorable wins of Bosnia and Herzegovina came during Muzurović's coaching, particularly a 3–2 home win against

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in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers on 2 June 2007, a game which also saw the international debut of

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. He stayed as head coach until 17 December 2007.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Sarajevo *

: 1966–67

Manager

Sarajevo *

: 2001–02

References

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