Davor Jozić (born 22 September 1960) is a Bosnian retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

Club career

Jozić started playing at a local club

FK Igman Konjic Fudbalski klub Igman Konjic ( en, Football Club Igman Konjic), commonly referred to as FK Igman Konjic or simply Igman Konjic, is a professional association football club from the town of Konjic that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Igman ...

and then he moved to

FK Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Sarajevo (; English: Sarajevo Football Club) is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is one of the most successful clubs in the country. Founded on 24 October 1946, FK Sara ...

where he played in 450 games. He was a member of the memorable Sarajevo squad that won the 1984–85 Yugoslav First League. After that, he played for such clubs as

Cesena Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and ''comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137. History Cesena was o ...

Club América Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América or simply América, is a professional football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football ...

, and

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. He earned 27 caps and scored 2 goals for the

Yugoslavia national football team The Yugoslavia national football team; hr, Jugoslavenska nogometna reprezentacija; sl, Jugoslovanska nogometna reprezentanca; mk, Фудбалска репрезентација на Југославија, Fudbalska reprezentacija na Jugosl ...

from 1984 to 1991, and played in the

1990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being Me ...

. He scored two goals in world cup 1990 group stages: one a headed goal against eventual tournament winners West Germany in a 4–1 defeat and the winner against Colombia in a 1-0 yugoslav win

International career

He made his debut for

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

in a September 1984

friendly match An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or ...

away against

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and has earned a total of 27 caps, scoring 2 goals. He played in 5 matches at the

in Italy. His final international was a May 1991 European Championship qualification match against

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Later years

He was

Fabrizio Castori Fabrizio Castori (born 11 July 1954) is an Italian football coach. He is currently in charge of club Perugia. Career Castori was born in San Severino Marche, but grew up in Tolentino. He started his coaching career in 1980 at the age of 26 ...

's assistant coach at Cesena.

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at reprezentacija.rs {{DEFAULTSORT:Jozic, Davor 1960 births Living people People from Konjic Association football defenders Yugoslav footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate footballers Yugoslavia international footballers Olympic footballers of Yugoslavia Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics 1990 FIFA World Cup players FK Sarajevo players A.C. Cesena players Club América footballers Spezia Calcio players Yugoslav First League players Serie A players Serie B players Liga MX players Serie C players Yugoslav expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Italy Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Mexico Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Mexico