Safet "Pape" Sušić (; born 13 April 1955) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of

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club Akhisarspor. He was a gifted

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known for his dribbling skills and technical ability, and is strongly reputed to have been one of the finest European players of his generation. Sušić played for

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in two

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s, 1982 and

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, and at

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. As a manager, he qualified the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He played as an

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, often in a role of ''trequartista'' or ''fantasista'' (i.e. a creative playmaker) and rarely as a

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for

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and Red Star, and internationally for Yugoslavia. Even more later during his career, Sušić was utilized more in a role of a

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, both for club and national team. In 2010, ''

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'' voted him as Paris Saint-Germain's best player of all time and the best foreign player of Ligue 1 of all time, with his compatriot and friend who also had a spell with PSG,

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, being voted seventh. As part of the

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in 2004, the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina chose Sušić as the nation's greatest ever player. Following his retirement from playing, he started working as a manager. He worked for a number of club sides:

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, Al Hilal,

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, Ankaragücü,

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, Akhisarspor and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Club career

Early career

Born in

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, present-day

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, Sušić started playing football in the youth team of his hometown club Krivaja. In 1972, he joined the youth team of

Sarajevo

Sušić made his senior debut for Sarajevo in 1973, one year after joining the youth team. During the 1979–80 season, he was the top scorer in the

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with 17 goals. In 1979, he was honoured as the

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, also being selected as the best athlete hailing from

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. In 1981, Sušić was awarded the

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Paris Saint-Germain

In 1982, Sušić signed with

, where he became a star on the European stage. During his first season with the club, Sušić helped PSG to win the

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, scoring three goals over two legs in the semi-final against

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, and once in 3–2 victory over Nantes in the

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. During the 1985–86 season, Sušić scored ten goals as the Parisiens won their first ever national league title. Overall, Sušić scored 85 goals and made a record 95 assists for PSG between 1982 and 1991. He is third in the club's all-time appearance list with 344 appearances, tied with

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, meaning he is the highest placed non-Frenchman on the list. On 22 September 1984, in a 7–1 home drubbing of

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, he assisted on five of the side's goals. At 36, Sušić went to the second

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-based club for a final year with Red Star. On 5 February 2010, ''

''chose Sušić as the best player in the history of

, ahead of players such as

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and

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Red Star

In his only season with Red Star, he played in Ligue 2, the second division of French Football. He played in 17 league games for the club in that season campaign, scoring 3 goals in the process. Shortly after leaving Red Star, Sušić announced his retirement from football in 1992.

International career

During Sušić's playing career, Bosnia and Herzegovina was part of SFR Yugoslavia and thus he represented the Yugoslavia national team at international level. Between 1977 and 1990, Sušić appeared 54 times for Yugoslavia, scoring 21 times. He debuted for his country in 1977 and scored his first goals for the team against

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in October of that year. A month later, he scored a hat-trick in a 6–4 victory against

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during the

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. However, this was Yugoslavia's only victory of their group and they failed to qualify for the tournament finals. In June 1979, Sušić scored his second international hat-trick as Yugoslavia beat

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4–1 in a friendly match held in

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. In September, he again scored three times in a 4–2 win over world champions

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. Sušić was a member of the Yugoslav team that qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, scoring once in a 5–0 win against

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. Sušić was top scorer of Yugoslavia in

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for

. His two goals in a 3–2 win over

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in the final qualification fixture helped Yugoslavia to finish three points ahead of the Bulgarians and one point ahead of

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and advance to the tournament finals. Yugoslavia ultimately finished bottom of their group in France, losing all three matches. At the age of 35, Sušić made his second appearance at a World Cup finals as a member of Yugoslavia's squad for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. He scored his only World Cup goal in the team's 4–1 win against the

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during the group stage. He played 61 minutes before being substituted for

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in the penalty shootout loss to eventual runners-up Argentina at the quarter-final stage. His final international was a November 1990 European Championship qualification match away against

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. In 2004, to celebrate

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's Jubilee, Sušić was selected as the Golden Player of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years.Golden players take center stage
UEFA.com, 29 November 2003 His former international teammate,

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declared:

Managerial career

Early career

Sušić first managed French club

during the 1994–95 season and the beginning of the 1995–96. From 1996 until 1999, he managed

, then Al Hilal in 2001,

from 2004 to 2005, Ankaragücü from 2005 until 2006,

on two occasions, first in 2006 and the second time from 2007 to 2008. Sušić was then hired by

in March 2008. He left Ankaraspor in June 2008.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

On 28 December 2009, Sušić was named head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. His debut was a friendly match against

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. Bosnia and Herzegovina won the game 2–1 after goals from

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and

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. After only 2 wins in Sušić's 6 first matches in charge of the national team, including an important 2–0 loss against

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in the

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, Sušić came under a lot of criticism from several journalists and columnists who called for his head. Sušić recorded a 1–1 draw against France during a second game in

and ensured Bosnia and Herzegovina qualified for their second consecutive qualification play-off berth for UEFA Euro 2012 which was played against

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in November of that year.

2014 FIFA World Cup

From August 2012 to August 2013, Sušić's Bosnia and Herzegovina side was on a nine-game unbeaten streak run. On 8 August 2013, the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team achieved their highest ever

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, 13th place. On 15 October 2013, the country qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, their first major tournament in the country's history as an independent nation. Sušić's side fared well in their first World Cup match against

despite losing 2–1. An unlucky own goal and some brilliance from football legend

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saw them to a defeat. However, highs taken from the match were the good play the team demonstrated and the materialisation of their first World Cup goal scored by

. The team however controversially exited the competition at the group stage of the tournament after their second game against

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having an equaliser scored by

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wrongly disallowed for offside. This revitalised the calls for reformation of the FIFA governing body and the replacement of linesmen with technology so as to remove human error from lines decisions. Bosnia and Herzegovina won their last game in the competition against

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with a healthy 3–1 victory which would've seen them through instead of Nigeria, who incidentally failed to defeat Iran, to a round of 16 match with France.

Contract extension and sacking

In July 2014, Sušić signed a two-year contract to continue as head coach, after he withdrew his resignation. On 17 November 2014, the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sušić parted ways after poor showing of the national team in the first four games of the

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Évian

On 13 July 2015, Sušić was named manager of French Ligue 2 club

. On his debut he registered a draw. After the first four rounds, his new side registered four drawn games. On 11 January 2016, Sušić was sacked by Évian due to a run of poor results at the club. After 20 rounds, the club was placed 13th on the table and were eliminated from the Coupe de la Ligue at the

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. He was replaced by Romain Revelli.

Alanyaspor

On 27 January 2017, Sušić signed a contract with

until June 2018. He was sacked on 25 December 2017 because of a string of poor results.

Akhisarspor

On 30 June 2018, Sušić was named new manager of

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winner Akhisarspor. After about a month and a half, Akhisarspor as cup winners, participated in the

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match against league champions

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. The result after full-time was 1–1, but Akhisar won 5–4 on penalties. That was Akhisar's second mayor trophy in the club's history and the first in Sušić's managing career. On 17 September 2018, after only collecting two points in five games in the league, Sušić was sacked.

Legacy

'' Safet Sušić Pape'' is a bestseller novel written by Bosnian novelist

Zlatko Topčić Zlatko Topčić (born 30 April 1955) is a Bosnian screenwriter, playwright and novelist. He has written a number of films, including: ''Remake'', '' The Abandoned'', ''Miracle in Bosnia''; theater plays: ''Time Out'', '' I Don't Like Mondays'', ' ...

, and published in 2007. Popular Sarejevo sketch comedy and variety TV series,

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, also on occasion treated a subject of football and popular sportsmen-women in their program, with songs dedicated to Sušić and

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under management of another Sarajevan, Ivica Osim, being prominent feature of couple episodes.

Personal life

Sušić comes from a sporting family.

Sead Sušić Sead Sušić (born 3 January 1953) is a Bosnian former football (soccer), football player who played for Red Star Belgrade, among other teams. He also earned one Cap (sport), cap for Yugoslavia national football team, Yugoslavia against Spain's na ...

, a former footballer, is Safet's older brother. Safet's nephew, Tino-Sven Sušić, is also a footballer, formerly even a player of

who also alongside Safet appeared at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Safet's mother Paša died on 28 April 2018 at the age of 96.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Yugoslavia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sušić goal''.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Paris Saint-Germain *

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: 1985–86 *

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: 1982–83

Individual

Awards * Ligue 1 Foreign Player of the Year: 1982–83 *

: 1979 *

– Greatest Bosnian Footballer of the last 50 Years: 2003 Performance *

Top Goalscorer: 1979–80 (17 goals)

Manager

Akhisarspor *

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Individual

* Bosnia and Herzegovina Manager of the Year:

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Awards

: 1981

References

External links

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