Ešref Jašarević (born 5 February 1951) 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 lea ...

Club career

Born in

Gradačac Gradačac () is a city located in the Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, roughly south of the Sava river. As of 2013, ...

, SR Bosnia-Herzegovina,

FPR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country ...

, he started playing with local side

NK Zvijezda Gradačac Nogometni klub Zvijezda Gradačac (English: Football Club Zvijezda Gradačac), or commonly referred to as just Zvijezda is a football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, based in the city of Gradačac. Zvijezda host their home matches at the Banja ...

, but he would become famous while playing in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

club

FK Sloboda Tuzla Fudbalski klub Sloboda Tuzla English: Football Club Sloboda Tuzla) is a Bosnian professional football club based in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The English translation of the team's name is ''Football Club Freedom Tuzla''. The club is a mem ...

where he played a total of 172 first league matches, and scored 13 goals. In 1979, he spent half a season in Turkey with

Galatasaray SK Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish people, Turkish sports club based on the Rumelia, European side of the city of Istanbul including ...

, before returning to Yugoslav First League, this time, to

FK Napredak Kruševac Fudbalski klub Napredak Kruševac (), commonly known as Napredak Kruševac, is a Serbian professional football club based in the city of Kruševac. The word ''Napredak'' means "progress" in Serbian. The club's nickname is the Čarapani which ...

where he played until 1982.

International career

In 1977, he played two matches for the

Yugoslavia national football team The Yugoslavia national football team; ; ; represented Yugoslavia in international association football. Although the team mainly represented the pre-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the post-war SFR Yugoslavia, various iterations of the state ...

. His debut was on 30 January, in Bogota, against Colombia (a 1–0 win), and the other match was played on 1 February, in León, against Mexico (a 5–1 win). After retiring, he became a sports director of

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* * 1951 births Living people People from Gradačac Footballers from Tuzla Canton Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers NK Zvijezda Gradačac players FK Sloboda Tuzla players Galatasaray S.K. footballers FK Napredak Kruševac players Yugoslav First League players Süper Lig players Yugoslav Second League players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Turkey {{Yugoslavia-footy-bio-stub