Srboljub Markušević (, (5 May 1936 – 18 November 2019) was a Yugoslav and later Serbian professional

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and

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Playing career

Markušević spent his whole playing career at Bosnian club

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, making 148 league appearances for the club and scoring 22 goals. Along with 132 friendly games he played for Sarajevo, Markušević played 280 games for the team in total

Managerial career

After ending his career, Markušević became a

, starting out as a coach in the youth team of

in 1966. He then became a manager and led the first team of Sarajevo on four separate occasions (1969–1971, 1972–1973, 1981–1983 and 1990). His biggest managerial achievement with Sarajevo and in his whole career was leading the team to the

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in the

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season. Markušević also led Sarajevo to being

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

runners-up in the 1982–83 season. In between his third and fourth appointment at Sarajevo, He managed Budućnost Podgorica from 1985 to 1986.

Death

Markušević died on 19 November 2019 in

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at the age of 83.

Honours

Player

Sarajevo *

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: 1957–58 (zone II A) *

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, ...

runner up: 1964–65

Manager

Sarajevo *

runner up: 1982–83

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Markusevic, Srboljub 1936 births 2019 deaths People from Prizren Association football wingers Yugoslav footballers Serbian footballers Yugoslav First League players FK Sarajevo players Yugoslav football managers Serbian football managers Yugoslav First League managers FK Sarajevo managers FK Budućnost Podgorica managers FK Sutjeska Nikšić managers