Mirsad Fazlagić (born 4 April 1943) is a Bosnian retired professional

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and

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. He played as a full-back.

Club career

Fazlagić started his football career in the youth setup of his local hometown team

Čapljina Čapljina ( cyrl, Чапљина, ) is a city located in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located on the border with Croatia a mere from the Adriatic Sea. The rive ...

in 1957. As a talented seventeen year old, he was acquired by

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) ...

side FK Željezničar, where he also made his debut in the top tier of Yugoslav football. After one season with the blues he made a switch to bitter city rivals

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 ...

in the summer of 1960. The team led by prolific scorer Asim Ferhatović finished fourth in the league during the 1963–64 season, with Fazlagić establishing himself as the team's starting right-back. Two years later the maroon-whites finished runners-up behind

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and eventually went on to win the league during the 1966–67 season, with him captaining the outfit. FK Sarajevo was narrowly beaten by

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in the

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second round, despite hosting a goalless draw in the first leg. The second leg played at

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ended in controversy after the ball went out of bounds prior to the hosts scoring the winning goal. After signing a pre-contract with

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in the fall of 1971, which would have made him the most expensive defender in history until that point, he suffered a horrendous knee injury and the transfer fell through. After recovering for nearly a year, he was again fielded by then-FK Sarajevo manager Srboljub Markušević. He retired prematurely in 1975 having played 404 matches for FK Sarajevo while finding the back of the net 10 times. His farewell match for the club was against

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at the Stadium Koševo, a 2–2 draw.

International career

Jugoslovanska nogometna reprezentanca 1968

On the international stage, Fazlagić made 19 appearances for

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, earning his first cap in a European Championship qualification match on 31 March 1963 against

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(1–0). He is especially known internationally for being the captain of

during the

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, where the side took silver after a tight loss to the home team

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after a two-legged final at the

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in Rome. He was named part of the tournament's All-star team. He also took part in the

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. His final international was that June 1968 final loss against Italy.

Managerial career

In 1974, Fazlagić was named player-manager of

, which he led for one season, eventually being transferred to the club's youth department in order to gain more coaching experience. After eight years of managing the youth teams, he was named assistant manager to former club and international teammate Boško Antić. The pair led a talented team of youngsters, including the likes of

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, Husref Musemić, Slaviša Vukičević,

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and Zijad Švrakić, to the Yugoslav First League title in

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, thus becoming champions both as players and as managers. In 1986, he was named assistant to Mirko Jozić in the Yugoslavia under-20 team, taking the side to the

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. The team, fielding many future European stars including

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and

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, lifted the trophy. In 1988, he had a brief stint in Melbourne, Australia with Footscray JUST in the National Soccer League. From 1989 to 1990, he also managed

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in the

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. With the start of the

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and the

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in 1992, Fazlagić rejoined FK Sarajevo and took part in the club's famous 1993–94 World tour, with the goal of garnering support and international aid for the newly independent state. After the end of the war he worked as a manager in

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Personal life

His son-in-law, Mirza Varešanović is a former

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international player and current manager. His grandsons Mak and Dal Varešanović are professional footballers.

Honours

Player

Sarajevo *

: 1966–67 Yugoslavia *

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runner-up:

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Individual * UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament:

*''FUWO European Team of the Season'': 1968

As assistant manager

Sarajevo *

: 1984–85 Yugoslavia Youth *

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1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fazlagic, Mustafa 1943 births Living people Footballers from Čapljina Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina Men's association football fullbacks Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics UEFA Euro 1968 players HNK Čapljina players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players FK Sarajevo players Yugoslav Second League players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav football managers Yugoslav First League managers FK Sarajevo managers Anorthosis Famagusta FC managers Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers Al-Tadamon SC (Kuwait) managers Yugoslav expatriate football managers Expatriate soccer managers in Australia Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Australia Expatriate football managers in Cyprus Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Kuwait Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Kuwait Premier League managers