Suad Beširević (4 March 1963 – 28 September 2019) was a Slovene

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and a professional

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Playing career

Club

He was regarded as one of the best players of FK Borac Banja Luka, where he spent most of his career and where he won the 1987–88 Yugoslav Cup. He also won the 1990–91 Cypriot First Division and the 1991–92 Cypriot Cup with

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. He was the joint top goalscorer of the 1990–91 Cypriot First Division season alongside Panikos Xiourouppas, with 19 scored goals in 25 played games.

Managerial career

As a manager Beširević won the

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in the 2002–03 season with

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, whose manager he was from January 2003 to the summer of 2004. He also won the

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(West Group) with

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in the 2008–09 season.

Personal life

On 27 September 2019, Beširević died at the age of 56 after a long illness in his hometown of

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Honours

Player

Club

Borac Banja Luka *

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, ...

: 1987–88 Apollon Limassol *

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: 1990–91 *

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: 1991–92

Individual

Performance *

Top Goalscorer: 1990–91 (19 goals)

Manager

Olimpija Ljubljana *

: 2002–03 Šenčur * Slovenian Third League - West: 2008–09

References

External links

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