Fikret Mujkić

Fikret "Pike" Mujkić (born 13 May 1949) is a Yugoslav and Bosnian former footballer who played as a winger.

Remembered as an able striker with excellent technique, Mujkić, widely known by his nickname Pike, was one of the more promising young players of his generation. At the time when he was coming up (the late 1960s and early 1970s), his skill caught the attention of many observers who predicted great things for him in the future. However, he never actually managed to reach the predicted level due to a variety of reasons mostly having to do with his inability to fully focus on football and develop his game.

Club career

Born in Sarajevo, Mujkić's career began in FK Željezničar's youth team. As one of the most talented players of his generation, he was soon included in the first team. He was on FK Željezničar's roster for the first part of the 1971–72 season at the end of which the club won its only league title. Mujkić left the club after 140 league matches and during the course of the season, signing a contract with Dinamo Zagreb, which meant that he did not get to lift the trophy.

He played for Dinamo until 1974 appearing in 73 matches (42 goals).

After that, he played for NAC Breda and Panathinaikos. He joined NAC in January 1975 and scored on his league debut against ADO Den Haag. He scored another six goals in the final seven league matches of the season to save NAC from relegation, playing alongside his compatriot Nikola Budišić.

He returned to FK Željezničar during the 1976–77 season's winter break. His second stint, however, lasted only half a season. Željezničar got relegated at the end of that season and Mujkić retired from football. During his two stints with Željezničar he played 140 league games (43 goals) for the club.

International career

Mujkić is a record holder for the number of appearances for Yugoslav under-21 team as he played 45 times. He played 23 games for the Olympic team as well.

He made his senior debut for Yugoslavia in a December 1968 friendly match away against Brazil and has earned a total of five caps, scoring one goal. His final international was an April 1970 friendly against Hungary.

Post-playing

Hospitality entrepreneurship

After retiring from playing football in 1977, Mujkić began running a kafana at Sarajevo's Baščaršija with his brother Midhat "Medo" Mujkić, also a former footballer. Located across the alley from the famous Željo ''ćevabdžinica'' (ćevapi parlour), the watering hole named MP immediately became known colloquially as Kod Piketa (Pike's), garnering considerable popularity in the city during the 1980s as the favourite hangout for population of surrounding mahalas.

The kafana was also frequented by professional footballers, including FK Sarajevo star Safet "Pape" Sušić who reportedly readily utilized it for meetings with representatives of clubs chasing his signature. During spring 1982, ahead of the upcoming World Cup in Spain where he had been poised for a starring role with Yugoslavia, twenty-seven-year-old Sušić—being pursued by Serie A clubs Inter Milan and A.C. Torino—reportedly signed a pre-contract with the '' nerazzurri'' at Pike's. Due to the sought-after player later also committing to Torino, the transfer became subject of a legal dispute between the two Italian clubs and Sušić ended up in Paris Saint-Germain.

The Mujkić brothers later reportedly had a falling out for unspecified reasons. Following the Bosnian War, Medo began working as a taxi driver, a job he did in Sarajevo until his death in December 2020.

Administrative work

Mujkić is currently a member of Bosnian-Herzegovinian Football Association's executive board where he represents Tuzla Canton

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