Kenan Hasagić (; born 1 February 1980) is a Bosnian former professional

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and current goalkeeping coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Club career

Hasagić's football career began in his hometown with

Rudar Kakanj Fudbalski klub Rudar Kakanj is a professional association football club based in the city of Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Incorporated on 3 May 1920, the club is currently competing in the Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegov ...

. At the age of 16, he made his debut in a first division match. He conceded 5 goals. He was the most promising goalkeeper in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he played for youth selections and was later transferred to

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. After that, Hasagić was a member of

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but didn't see much first team football. He went back to Bosnia and played for Rudar Kakanj and Bosna Visoko. In 2003, he signed a contract with Željezničar. Here he found good form and even became first choice goalkeeper for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. During the 2004–05 season, he moved to Turkey once again where he signed for Turkish

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Gaziantepspor Gaziantepspor was a Turkish football club located in the city of Gaziantep. Formed in 1969 and dissolved in 2020, Gaziantepspor were nicknamed the ''Şahinler'' (The Falcons). The club colours were black and red, and they played their home matc ...

. In 2007, he moved over to another Turkish

side in

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. In 2012, Hasagić retired from football early after injuries shattered his career.

International career

Hasagić made his debut for

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in a September 2002 European Championship qualification match against

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and has earned a total of 44 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an October 2011 European Championship qualification match against

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Coaching career

In August 2017, Hasagić became the new goalkeeping coach of

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club Mladost Doboj Kakanj. Two years later, on 2 November 2019, he announced that he left Mladost and that he will only be focusing on the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. On 4 January 2018, after

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was named the new head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, it was announced that Hasagić became the new goalkeeping coach of the national team. Hasagić left the national team in November 2019 with the sacking of Prosinečki. It was announced on 7 January 2020 that Hasagić took over the position of goalkeeping coach of another Bosnian Premier League club,

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, working alongside former national team teammate and godfather

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, the club manager at the time. He decided to leave the club in June 2021. On 9 July 2021, Hasagić became the new goalkeeping coach of his former club Željezničar. He left the club by mutual consent in April 2024. In May 2024, Hasagić returned to the Bosnian national team to work as a goalkeeping coach within the staff of newly appointed head coach

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Personal life

In 1998, Hasagić met his future wife, Dijana, in Jablanica. They were married in 2000. They have three daughters together: Ilda, Iman and Inam. On 27 December 2009, Hasagić confirmed he divorced his wife Dijana after 9 years of marriage. After his divorce, he has been in a long-term relationship with a model, Aminka Sivac. He is 15 years older than her. On 8 July 2019, Hasagić married Sivac. Former

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was the best man at his wedding.

Career statistics

Honours

Player

Željezničar *

Bosnian Cup The Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kup Bosne i Hercegovine, Куп Босне и Херцеговине) is a knock-out football competition contested annually by clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The winner ...

: 2002–03

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