Almir Memić (born 1 March 1962) is a Bosnian professional

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and former

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Playing career

Memić started playing football in Famos Hrasnica. After that, he played in various clubs from

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and other parts of

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; Čelik Zenica,

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, Mogren and Pazinka. Memić also played for

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in the Turkish

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before he returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1991. He played for Željezničar during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Memić had collected 27 league appearances and scored 8 goals in three years at Željezničar and in 1998 won both the Bosnian First League and the Bosnian Supercup. In 2000, he won the

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. Memić ended his career at Željezničar in 2000 at the age of 38.

Managerial career

After finishing his playing career, Memić started working as a

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in Željezničar. He was first an assistant manager, and then, in March 2006, he was promoted to the position of manager of Željezničar, after

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had resigned. As he was just a replacement, Memić led the team only until the end of the season. He came back to Željezničar in 2009, where he was an assistant of

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(2009–2013), Hajrudin "Dino" Đurbuzović (2013–2014) and

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(2014), before once again becoming the manager of Željezničar in December 2014 replacing Adžem. However, less than a month later, in January 2015, Memić was controversially sacked without a game as Željezničar's manager, and

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was named the new manager of the club. After Željezničar, Memić managed

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from 2015 until 2016. From August to November 2016, he was for a second time the assistant manager of Amar Osim, this time at

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club

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. Memić also managed

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in 2017 and once again Travnik in 2018. On 2 October 2018, he was named manager of First League FBiH club Metalleghe-BSI. He left Metalleghe on 31 December 2018. In January 2019, Memić was for a third time appointed as an assistant manager at Željezničar, again under the management of Osim. In June 2022, Velež Mostar appointed him as the club's new assistant manager, following Amar Osim becoming its manager. On 19 January 2024, Memić was appointed manager of Second League of FBiH club Famos Hrasnica.

Honours

Player

Čelik Zenica *

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...

: 1982–83, 1984–85 Željezničar * Bosnian First League: 1997–98 *

: 1999–2000 * Bosnian Supercup: 1998

Manager

Famos Hrasnica * Second League of FBiH: 2023–24 (Center)

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Memic, Almir 1962 births Living people Footballers from Sarajevo Men's association football forwards Yugoslav men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers FK Famos Hrasnica players NK Čelik Zenica players HNK Šibenik players FK Borac Banja Luka players Konyaspor footballers RFK Novi Sad 1921 players FK Mogren players NK Pazinka players NK Primorac 1929 players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players Yugoslav Second League players Yugoslav First League players Süper Lig players Croatian Football League players First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers FK Željezničar Sarajevo managers NK Travnik managers FK Goražde managers NK Metalleghe-BSI managers FK Famos Hrasnica managers Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina managers