Haris Alihodžić (born 12 April 1968) is a Bosnian

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and former

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Club career

For a big part of his career, Alihodžić played for hometown club Željezničar, with whom he won three Bosnian championship titles, three Bosnian Cups and three Bosnian Supercups. He also had brief spells with

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and

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in Austria,

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in the Turkish

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and Mura in Slovenia.

International career

Alihodžić made his senior debut for

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in an October 2002

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against

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and has earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a March 2003 European Championship qualification match against

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Managerial and administrative career

Željezničar

After

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was sacked as manager of Željezničar, Alihodžić, the club's sporting director at the time, took over as

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on 7 May 2016. He led the team in one game, a 1–1 draw against

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in the last round of the 2015–16 Bosnian Premier League season. On 12 July 2017, Alihodžić became the director of the youth school of Željezničar. He worked as director until July 2022, when he was replaced by

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. On 1 November 2023, Alihodžić was named as Željezničar's caretaker manager. He led the side to a league victory against Sloga Meridian on 4 November.

Bosnia and Herzegovina U21

On 6 March 2020, after

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became the new head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national team, it was announced that Alihodžić, alongside

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, had been named as the new assistant coaches of Starčević.

Honours

Player

Željezničar * Bosnian First League: 1997–98 *

Bosnian Premier League The Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (; ; sr-Cyrl, Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), officially known as the Wwin League of Bosnia and Herzegovina for sponsorship purposes, is the top tier football leagu ...

: 2000–01, 2001–02 *

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: 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03 * Bosnian Supercup: 1998, 2000, 2001

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