Faruk Hadžibegić (; born 7 October 1957) is a Bosnian professional

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and former

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Club career

During his career, Hadžibegić played for hometown club

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and

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. He was an important member of the memorable Sarajevo squad that won the 1984–85 Yugoslav First League. At Sochaux he played for years alongside compatriot

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International career

Hadžibegić is the second most-capped Bosnian player and fifth overall most-capped player for the Yugoslavia national team (61 caps) - first being

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, who is second overall (70 caps). He made his debut for them in an October 1982 European Championship qualification match away against

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. Hadžibegić was a participant in the

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in Italy for Yugoslavia, appearing in all five of his team's matches. Yugoslavia went on to face

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in the quarter-finals, where after a 0–0 draw in regulation and extra time, elimination was decided on a

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. Dragan Stojković, Dragoljub Brnović and Hadžibegić missed an opportunity to score from a penalty, as Stojković missed the first completely, while Sergio Goycochea stopped the fourth by Brnović and final attempt by Hadžibegić, thus sending the Yugoslav team home. Hadžibegić featured regularly and played his last match for Yugoslavia in March 1992, a

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against the

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Managerial career

Hadžibegić began his managerial career with his former club

with whom he gained promotion to

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in 1997. He was then manager of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. In 2000, Hadžibegić took over

, with whom he gained promotion to

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in 2001. He came back to France with

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, before stints in Turkey with

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, Diyarbakırspor and Denizlispor. Hadžibegić then joined

Chamois Niortais Chamois Niortais Football Club (; often referred to as ''Les Chamois'', Chamois Niortais, or simply Niort) are a French association football club based in the commune of Niort, in the Deux-Sèvres department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwest ...

. He was named manager of

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in December 2007, and was released in June 2009. On 9 December 2009, after sacking coach Philippe Anziani,

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named Hadžibegić as the club's new manager. He left the club in 2010. From 2010 to 2011, he managed Arles-Avignon and later

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, from 2016 until 2017. In October 2018, Hadžibegić replaced Régis Brouard as

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manager in

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. On 25 March 2019, after a series of poor results, he left Red Star. On 25 July 2019, it was announced that Hadžibegić became the new manager of the Montenegro national team. The next day, on 26 July, at a press conference, it was revealed that he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with the team, keeping him manager at least until the end of 2020. He was sacked by the Montenegrin FA on 28 December 2020. On 16 July 2022, Hadžibegić became the new manager of Algerian side

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. On 10 September 2022, he left MC Alger after three games as manager. In January 2023, Hadžibegić returned to managing the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, replacing the outgoing Ivaylo Petev. He was tasked with qualifying the team for

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. Hadžibegić was victorious in the team's opening qualifying match against

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on 23 March 2023. He suffered his first defeat since returning on 26 March, in the second qualifying game against

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. After two more qualifying game defeats against

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and

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, he mutually terminated his contract with the Bosnian FA on 23 June 2023.

Administrative career

From 25 December 2002 until 18 February 2004, Hadžibegić held the role of the 29th President of the Assembly of

FK Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Sarajevo ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Сарајево; , English language, English: Sarajevo Football Club), is a professional Association football, football Sports club, club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosn ...

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Yugoslavia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hadžibegić goal.''

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Sarajevo *

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) ...

: 1984–85 Sochaux * French Division 2: 1987–88 (Group A)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hadzibegic, Faruk 1957 births Living people Footballers from Sarajevo People from Sarajevo Yugoslav men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers Men's association football defenders FK Sarajevo players Real Betis players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Toulouse FC players Yugoslav First League players La Liga players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Yugoslavia men's international footballers UEFA Euro 1984 players 1990 FIFA World Cup players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Spain Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in France Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers FC Sochaux-Montbéliard managers Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team managers Real Betis managers ES Troyes AC managers Gaziantepspor managers Diyarbakırspor managers Denizlispor managers Chamois Niortais FC managers Dijon FCO managers SC Bastia managers AC Arlésien managers Valenciennes FC managers Red Star FC managers Montenegro national football team managers MC Alger managers Ligue 2 managers La Liga managers Segunda División managers Ligue 1 managers Süper Lig managers Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 managers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate football managers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in France Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Spain Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Algeria Expatriate football managers in France Expatriate football managers in Spain Expatriate football managers in Turkey Expatriate football managers in Montenegro Expatriate football managers in Algeria FK Sarajevo presidents of the assembly 20th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen