Nenad "Ćeća" Bijedić (
Turkish
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: ''Nejat Biyediç'' or ''Nejat Vardar''; 24 September 1959 – 15 August 2011) was a Bosnian and naturalized Turkish
football
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manager and player. He began playing football in
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Playing career
Club
Bijedić arrived at Bursaspor at the age of 27. He scored 17 goals in
1987–88 season, resulting in him being nicknamed İmparator ("Emperor") by the fans and making him the most prolific striker in the team's history, scoring the most goals in a season until then.
Managerial career
He worked for
Bursaspor
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,
Karşıyaka S.K.
Karşıyaka Spor Kulübü (English: Karşıyaka Sports Club) also known as Karşıyaka is a Turkish sports club located in Karşıyaka, Izmir. Founded in 1912, they are Izmir's oldest club. Like all others in Turkey; the "SK" suffix refers to ''s ...
,
Adanaspor,
Konyaspor,
Karabükspor,
Diyarbakırspor
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Diyarba ...
,
Sakaryaspor,
Eskişehirspor
Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in Eskişehir. Eskisehirspor has a total of six trophies, making them the sixth most trophies holders in Turkey. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division ...
as a coach.
Personal life
Bijedić was born in
Mostar
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, the second of three children. He studied
economics
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.
Death
On 15 August 2011, Biyediç died of
leukemia
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in Mostar, his hometown, just 10 days after he arrived from Turkey following a long-term treatment.
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1959 births
2011 deaths
Sportspeople from Mostar
Association football midfielders
Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers
Yugoslav footballers
FK Velež Mostar players
Bursaspor footballers
Yugoslav First League players
Süper Lig players
Yugoslav expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers
Bursaspor managers
Karşıyaka S.K. managers
Kardemir Karabükspor managers
Adanaspor managers
Konyaspor managers
Diyarbakırspor managers
Sakaryaspor managers
Eskişehirspor managers
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Turkey
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Deaths from leukemia
Deaths from cancer in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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