Suad Kalesić (born 1954) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian retired

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defender who played in several clubs in Yugoslav First and Second League.

Playing career

Club

Born in

Tuzla Tuzla (, ) is the third-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 110,979 inhabitants. Tuzla is the economic, cultural, ed ...

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back then within Yugoslavia, he started playing in local side

FK Sloboda Tuzla Fudbalski klub Sloboda Tuzla ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Слободa Tyзла; English: Football Club Sloboda Tuzla) is a Bosnian professional football club based in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The English translation of the tea ...

playing in 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, ...

between 1972 and 1976. In summer 1976 he moved to

NK Osijek Nogometni klub Osijek ( en, Osijek Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Osijek or simply Osijek (), is a Croatian professional football club from Osijek. Founded in 1947, it was the club from Slavonia with the most seasons in the Yugoslav F ...

which were playing in the

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but were aspiring promotion, which they archived at the end of the season. Kalesić then played the first half of the

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with Osijek, but at the winter break another top-league side brought him to their team,

FK Radnički Niš Fudbalski klub Radnički (), commonly known as Radnički Niš ( sr-cyr, Раднички Ниш), is a professional football club based in ok Niš, Serbia. Its name means ''Labourers'' in Serbian and stems from the relationship with the Labour ...

. He played in Niš until summer 1979 when he moved to

FK Budućnost Banovići Fudbalski klub Budućnost Banovići is a professional football club from the town of Banovići that is situated in the eastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In Bosnian ''Budućnost'' means "Future", which symbolizes the hope people had for t ...

playing with them until 1988 in third level.

Managerial career

He was replaced by Mirza Hadzić as manager of Sloboda Tuzla in March 2002.Hadzic takes over at Tuzla
- UEFA

References

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* 1954 births Living people Sportspeople from Tuzla Association football defenders Yugoslav footballers FK Sloboda Tuzla players NK Osijek players FK Radnički Niš players FK Budućnost Banovići players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav Second League players Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers FK Sloboda Tuzla managers Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina managers {{BosniaHerzegovina-footy-bio-stub