Slaven Musa (born 21 June 1971) is a Bosnian professional

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and former

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. He is mostly known for playing for

Zrinjski Mostar Zrinjski Mostar is a sports association from the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was formed in 1905. Member clubs *Football: **HŠK Zrinjski Mostar *Basketball: **HKK Zrinjski Mostar (men's) **ŽKK Zrinjski Mostar (women's) *Han ...

, spending 6 years in total at the club, from 1992 to 1993 and from 1997 to 2002.

Playing career

Born in

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, Musa started his career at hometown club Velež in 1989. His next club was Velež's fierce city rivals

, where he was the first captain of the club after its refurbishment in 1992. Musla also played for

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and

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. In 1997, he returned to Zrinjski, where he played the last 5 years of his career. He was one of the club's best players at the time. In 2001, Musa received the trophy "Filip Šunjić - Pipa" as best player of the club on field and outside of it for the 2000–01 season. In the media he was often emphasizing his love for the club and its supporters. In 2002, Musa finished his playing career at the age of only 31.

Managerial career

After finishing his playing career, Musa was an assistant coach at

in the seasons 2002–03 and 2003–04. He led the first team in one match. After Zrinjski, he went to Branitelj and stayed the club manager for 4 years. In the meantime, Musa earned an

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. His ambition was to be the manager of bigger clubs in the country, like

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or Zrinjski one day. In 2010, Musa and his team Branitelj made a sensation, by eliminating

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club Leotar from the

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. In November 2010, he was appointed as Zrinjski manager, and his longtime wish finally came true. He stayed as manager of Zrinjski for about two years, before resigning after not as good results as he hoped six rounds before the end of the 2011–12 league season. At the beginning of the 2012–13 season, Musa became new manager of GOŠK Gabela. He left the club after a series of bad results. The same year Musa became the new manager of Široki Brijeg. In his first season with the club he won the

beating Željezničar on penalties. After 3 years of managing Široki Brijeg, in April 2015, Musa was sacked. Though, after only 5 months after his firing, he was once again named manager of Široki. On his own behalf, he left the club in July 2016. Musa then was the manager of

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from 2016 to 2017, GOŠK Gabela in 2017 and Čelik Zenica in 2018. In June 2018, Musa became the new head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U-19 national team. On 25 January 2020, he was named as an assistant of Bosnia and Herzegovina national team head coach

Dušan Bajević Dušan "Duško" Bajević ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Бајевић, ; gr, Ντούσαν Μπάγεβιτς, ''Doúsan Báyevits''; born 10 December 1948) is a Bosnian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former player. H ...

Honours

Player

Široki Brijeg *

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: 1995–96, 1996–97

Manager

Široki Brijeg *

: 2012–13

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Musa, Slaven 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Mostar Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina Association football midfielders Yugoslav footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers FK Velež Mostar players HŠK Zrinjski Mostar players HNK Šibenik players NK Imotski players NK Široki Brijeg players Yugoslav First League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Croatian Football League players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers HŠK Zrinjski managers NK GOŠK Gabela managers NK Široki Brijeg managers NK Vitez managers NK Čelik Zenica managers Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina managers