Enver Hadžiabdić (born 6 November 1945) is a Bosnian retired professional football manager and former player. He is so far the only person in Željezničar history to have won league titles both as a player and as a manager. As a player he won the Yugoslav First League with Željezničar in 1972 and the

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in 1998.

Club career

Hadžiabdić started playing

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in the youth teams of Iskra Bugojno and Bratstvo Travnik, before signing his first professional contract with Željezničar in 1965. During the next nine years at Željezničar, he played more than 450 games for the club. He also won the Yugoslav First League in the 1971–72 season with Željezničar. In 1974, Hadžiabdić signed with Belgian side

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where he stayed for three seasons. After Charleroi he went back to Bosnia and Herzegovina and joined Velež Mostar. After 2 years at Velež, Hadžiabdić went to Greece and signed a contract with AEL where he stayed 1 year and afterwards retired from professional football in 1980 at the age of 35.

International career

Hadžiabdić was one of the best European defenders in the early 1970s and he made his debut for Yugoslavia in an April 1970 friendly match against Austria and has earned a total of 11 caps, scoring no goals. He was also a member of the team that participated in the

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. His final international was a July 1974 World Cup match against

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Managerial career

After retirement, Hadžiabdić returned to Sarajevo where he graduated from the University of Sarajevo Faculty of Physical Education.

Managing in Iran and Qatar

In 1994, Hadžiabdić became a manager of the Iran Olympic team, and two years later in 1995, manager of the Al-Rayyan youth team. He was the manager of the youth team until 1997.

Željezničar

In January 1998, Hadžiabdić took over the place of manager in his favourite Željezničar. He managed to lead the club to the Bosnian championship title in his first season. In the winter of 1999, Hadžiabdić stepped down because of disappointing league results, despite winning the

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in 1998 against the club's biggest rivals - Sarajevo. Nevertheless, he was back again next season in 1999 in which he guided the club to its first Bosnian Cup title in 2000. He again left the club shortly after winning the cup.

Tirana

In 2002, Hadžiabdić became the new manager of

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club Tirana. In his only season with the club, he won the Albanian Supercup on 14 September 2002 after beating

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6–0 in that year's

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. He was sacked by the club management on 21 February 2003 after a series of poor results.

Return to Željezničar

After several years working as a stadium director, Hadžiabdić yet again became manager of Željezničar on 10 January 2007, working as manager until January 2008.

Honours

Player

Željezničar * Yugoslav First League: 1971–72

Manager

Željezničar *

: 1997–98 * Bosnian Cup: 1999–2000 *

: 1998 Tirana * Albanian Supercup:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hadziabdic, Enver 1945 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade Bosniaks of Serbia Association football defenders Yugoslav footballers Yugoslavia international footballers 1974 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1976 players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players R. Charleroi S.C. players FK Velež Mostar players Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Yugoslav First League players Belgian Pro League players Yugoslav expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Greece Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Greece Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers FK Željezničar Sarajevo managers KF Tirana managers Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina managers Kategoria Superiore managers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Iran Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Iran Expatriate football managers in Qatar Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Expatriate football managers in Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Albania