Nermin Bašić (born 24 November 1983) is a Bosnian professional

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. He is the youngest ever manager that has managed in the

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, and is the youngest Bosnian manager to obtain a

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. During his career, Bašić has managed Bosnian clubs

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, Metalleghe-BSI,

Tuzla City Fudbalski klub Tuzla City (), formerly known as Fudbalski klub Sloga Simin Han, is a professional football club based in Simin Han, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club competes in the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...

and Željezničar, and Slovenian clubs

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and Gorica.

Career

Travnik

Bašić started his managerial career very early as a 27 year old. Back then he was

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. He was then named assistant manager of Travnik after Haris Jaganjac was named manager. After Jaganjac got sacked, Bašić stayed as the assistant manager, this time to

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. After Arapović left the club, on 28 June 2012, Bašić was named the new manager of Travnik. In January 2013 he left Travnik, but only three months later, on 22 April 2013, Bašić was once again named Travnik season. In June 2013, Bašić again left Travnik after, this time, a successful season.

Metalleghe-BSI

On 29 November 2013, Bašić became the new manager of Metalleghe-BSI. In late May 2014, Bašić won the Second League of FBiH with Metalleghe and got them promoted to the 2014–15 First League of FBiH season. In May 2016, Bašić with Metalleghe made history, winning the 2015–16 season of the First League of FBiH and getting promotion to the 2016–17 Bosnian Premier League season. On 8 November 2016, he left Metalleghe after a poor start to the season.

Sloga Simin Han

On 8 January 2017, Bašić became the new manager of Sloga Simin Han. When he was appointed manager, Sloga was fighting to avoid relegation, whilst by the end of the season, they fought for the title and to get promoted to the Premier League. He left the club in June 2017.

Radomlje

On 16 June 2017, Bašić was named as the new manager of

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club

. With Radomlje he made a fantastic result in November 2018, as the club finished in 1st place after the autumn part of the

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season. On 4 January 2019, during the winter break of the season, Bašić left Radomlje so that he could become the new manager of

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club Gorica.

Gorica

On 5 January 2019, Bašić was named as the new manager of Slovenian PrvaLiga club Gorica. He made his debut for Gorica as the club's manager in a 4–3 loss against

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on 23 February 2019. His first win as Gorica's manager came on 17 March 2019, in a 2–1 home win against

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. After a string of poor results, which culminated on 11 April 2019 with a 3–1 away loss against

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, Bašić was sacked.

Return to Tuzla City

On 19 October 2020, Bašić returned to Tuzla City (previously known as Sloga Simin Han), signing a contract with the club until December 2020 with an option to extend it. In his first game since his return to the club as a manager, he led his team to a 2020–21 Bosnian Cup second round win against Radnik Bijeljina. Bašić suffered his first loss as Tuzla City manager on 28 November 2020, in a league match against

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. He left the club in December 2020 after his contract expired.

Return to Radomlje

In June 2021, Bašić returned to Radomlje in the role of team manager. On 29 December 2021, he was named as Radomlje's head coach, replacing

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. Despite a positive start to the

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season, Bašić's side started to struggle and suffered a 7–0 defeat away to

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on 6 December 2022. On 9 December, Radomlje and Bašić parted ways, mutually terminanting his contract.

Željezničar

On 12 April 2023, Bašić was appointed manager of Željezničar, replacing

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. Two days later, he managed his first Željezničar match against

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, losing 2–0 away from home. On 22 April, he secured his first win as Željezničar manager against

Široki Brijeg Široki Brijeg () is a city and the regional capital of West Herzegovina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. the town itself had a population of 6,149 and the municipality of 28,929. Name ...

. In Bašić's first

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scored the equaliser in the sixth minute of

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against rivals

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, helping his team to narrowly avoid defeat in a 2–2 draw on 12 May 2023. Željezničar finished the

season in third place, securing a place in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round. On 12 June 2023, Bašić signed a new two-year contract, with an option to stay at the club until at least 2026. Željezničar eliminated Belarusian side Dinamo Minsk in the Europa Conference League first qualifying round, before getting eliminated by Azerbaijani club Neftçi in the

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. Early on in the 2023–24 season, Željezničar suffered five defeats in a row, including an early exit from the

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. On 2 October 2023, after a home win over Široki Brijeg, Bašić surprisingly offered his resignation as manager, citing "poor results prior to this game", but this was hastily rejected by the club's board. On 1 November 2023, following an away loss against Igman Konjic, which was the club's seventh defeat in nine league games, Bašić left Željezničar by mutual consent.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Metalleghe-BSI * First League of FBiH: 2015–16 * Second League of FBiH: 2013–14 (West)

References

External links

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