Senad Merdanović (born 7 August 1961 in

Kakanj Kakanj ( sr-cyrl, Какањ) is a town and municipality located in Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the town has a population of 11,796 inhabitants, with 38,937 inh ...

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) is a retired Bosnian professional

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. He was a member of the

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 ...

squad that won the

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, ...

in 1985. In August 2006 he was named the Director of football of FK Sarajevo, a position he held until 2010.

Personal life

His brother

Nijaz Merdanović Nijaz Merdanović (born 15 January 1957) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer and current marketing director of the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Playing career At the time considered one of Yugoslavia's biggest footbal ...

was also a notable member of FK Sarajevo, and later club chairman.

References

1961 births Living people People from Kakanj Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav footballers FK Sarajevo players Kickers Offenbach players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{Yugoslavia-footy-bio-stub