Nedim Jusufbegović (born 30 September 1974) is a Bosnian professional

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and former

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club Velež Mostar.

Club career

Jusufbegović was born in

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, present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first club he played for was Igman Konjic before moving on to hometown club

, and later to Velež Mostar. From there, Jusufbegović would transfer to the

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in 2002 and play for Olimpija Ljubljana for several years, scoring a total of 17 goals and making 63 appearances before he returned for the last stages of his career to be spent in the Bosnian side Željezničar. His final season as a football player expired at Željezničar, and he retired from the game in the transfer season of 2005, during July.

International career

Jusufbegović's very first match for

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was against

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on 8 August 2001, when Bosnia and Herzegovina defeated their opponent by 4–2 in the LG Cup held in

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, Iran. The second and final match he played for the national team was two days subsequent to the victory against South Africa, in the same tournament, this time against the host nation

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where Bosnia lost 4–0.

Managerial career

Several years after retiring from football as a player, namely in 2011, Jusufbegović was employed as a

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by the newly revitalized

club Olimpik. Not until September 2012 did he leave Olimpik, after having been nominated for manager of the year the very same year, coming back for a third time in the same position in April 2013. In 2015, Jusufbegović left Velež Mostar after 2 years as the club's manager. After Velež, he managed Zvijezda Gradačac from 2015 to 2016, GOŠK Gabela in 2016, Čelik Zenica from 2016 to 2017 and Igman Konjic from 2018 to 2019. In August 2022, he became the new head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 national team. On 1 December 2022, Velež Mostar appointed Jusufbegović as manager for the second time. His first competitive game back in charge of Velež was a 2–0 home victory against

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in the

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on 18 February 2023.

Honours

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Sarajevo *

First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina The First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, Prva liga Bosne i Hercegovine / Прва лига Босне и Херцеговине) operated by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina (abbreviation: ''N/FSBiH'') was the top tier ...

: 1998–99 Olimpija Ljubljana *

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: 2002–03

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