Ibrahim Sirćo (30 November 1940 – 27 September 2020) was a

Yugoslav Yugoslav or Yugoslavian may refer to: * Yugoslavia, or any of the three historic states carrying that name: ** Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a European monarchy which existed 1918–1945 (officially called "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes" 1918–1 ...

and Bosnian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a

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. He spent the majority of his career with

FK Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Sarajevo (; English language, English: Sarajevo Football Club) is a professional Association football, football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is one of the most successful clubs in the count ...

Club career

Born in the town of

Visoko Visoko ( sr-cyrl, Високо, ) is a city located in the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the municipality had a population of 39,938 inhabitants with 11,205 livi ...

, Sirćo was a product of the Bosna Visoko youth system. After three seasons with the first team, he transferred to Rudar Kakanj where he spent one season, after which he moved to

in 1963, quickly establishing himself as the club's reserve goalkeeper. Through time, he fought with

Refik Muftić Refik is a masculine given name of Arabic origin meaning friend, associate, husband, companion or fellow. It may refer to: *Refik Durbaş (1944–2018), Turkish poet, writer *Ahmet Refik Altınay (1881–1937), Ottoman historian, writer and poet *Re ...

for the position of first goalkeeper, and when Muftić left for his mandatory military service in the fall of 1966, he inherited the number one jersey. By the end of the 1966-67 season, he became irreplaceable in goal, thus leaving his mark in winning the club's first championship title. He made 118 official appearances for the first team of Sarajevo. In 1970 he moved to city rivals Željezničar, before having a short stint with Jedinstvo Bihać.

Post-playing career

From 1971 to 2005, he was a physical education teacher at the Visoko gymnasium, and then at the Mixed School.

Personal life

His older brother Rešad was also a professional footballer. His younger brothers Nevzet and Mirsad were professional handball players.

Death

Sirćo passed away in Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 27 September 2020.

Honours

Sarajevo *

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, ...

: 1966–67

References

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