Sead Sušić (born 3 January 1953) is a Bosnian former
football
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player who played for
Red Star Belgrade, among other teams. He also earned one
cap for
Yugoslavia against Spain's national team, in 1978.
Club career
Sušić arrived to Red Star Belgrade in 1971 as a talented 18-year-old where he played under head coach
Miljan Miljanić
Miljan Miljanić ( sr-Cyrl, Миљан Миљанић; 4 May 1930 – 13 January 2012) was a Yugoslav and Serbian football player, coach and administrator, who played as a defender.
Born in Bitola, Vardar Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, to a ...
.
International career
He made one appearance for
Yugoslavia, in a November 1977
World Cup qualification
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Qualifying tournaments are hel ...
match against
Spain.
Post-playing
After retiring from playing, Sušić began living in Sarajevo. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, he ran a restaurant named Stari krovovi in the
Sarajevo neighbourhood of Kovačići.
In the 1990s, Sušić made
Liège
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The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...
his primary residence where he has been working as a
FIFA
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-licensed players' agent.
Personal life
Sušić's son is
Tino-Sven Sušić
Tino-Sven Sušić (; born 13 February 1992) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
Sušić started his professional career at Hajduk Split, before joining Genk in 2016. In 2017–18, he had a loan spell with ...
.
Safet Sušić
Safet "Pape" Sušić (; born 13 April 1955) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of TFF First League club Akhisarspor. He was a gifted midfielder known for his dribbling skills and techn ...
is his younger brother. Sušić's mother Paša died at age 96 in April 2018.
References
External links
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Profile at Serbian federation
1953 births
Living people
People from Zavidovići
Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Association football forwards
Yugoslav footballers
Yugoslavia international footballers
Red Star Belgrade footballers
Colorado Caribous players
Toronto Blizzard (1971–1984) players
RFC Liège players
R.W.D. Molenbeek players
Yugoslav First League players
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
Belgian Pro League players
Yugoslav expatriate footballers
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate soccer players in Canada
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Canada
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Association football agents
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