Goran Barjaktarević (born 25 May 1969) is a Bosnian

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manager and former player.

Playing career

Barjaktarević was born in

Zenica Zenica ( ; ) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and an administrative and economic center of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Zenica-Doboj Canton. It is located in the Bosna (river), Bosna river valley, about north of Sarajevo. The ...

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and played youth football at

NK Čelik Zenica Nogometni klub Čelik Zenica () is a professional football club based in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name ''Čelik'' means ''Steel'' in Bosnian, and it symbolizes the strength and power of the club in an industrial city well known for s ...

. He went on to play for

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and

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-based clubs

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and

FK Obilić Fudbalski klub Obilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Обилић) is a Serbian football club based in Vračar, a neighbourhood of Belgrade. It was named after medieval Serbs, Serbian hero Miloš Obilić, a legendary 14th-century ...

. With Yugoslavia in civil war, he moved to Icelandic second tier side ÍF Leiftur. He played for Moroccan side

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during the 1992–93 season.

Managerial career

Barjaktarević was appointed manager of Goslarer SC 08 in 2007. He helped the club to two successive promotions, from the

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to the

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. He was dismissed in January 2010 with the club placed last. From 2011 to 2013, he coached the U19 team of

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. They compete in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier o ...

. On 5 January 2018, he left German amateur club I.G. Bönen to become manager of

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side

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. Barjaktarević was appointed manager of Ghanaian side

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in December 2019, ahead of the 2019–20 Ghana Premier League. His stint with the club, renamed to ''Legon Cities'', ended in November with 2020 just two matches of the 2020–21 season played.

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German career stats
- FuPa * 1969 births Living people Footballers from Zenica Men's association football midfielders Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers FC Koper players Red Star Belgrade footballers Goran Barjaktarević Fath Union Sport players FK Obilić players SV Wilhelmshaven players Atlas Delmenhorst players Second League of Serbia and Montenegro players 2. deild karla players Regionalliga players Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers Goran Barjaktarevic Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate football managers in Germany Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Expatriate football managers in Thailand Expatriate football managers in Ghana Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Ghana Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate football managers {{BosniaHerzegovina-footy-midfielder-stub