Nermin Šabić (born 21 December 1973) is a Bosnian professional

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and former

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Club career

Born in

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, back then part of

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, Šabić started playing with hometown club Čelik Zenica having played with them in the 1990–91 Yugoslav First League season. Afterwards, he moved to

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

but with the start of the

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he left the club along with

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and Robert Prosinečki. Šabić then moved to

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where he played for almost a decade in the Croatian First League, first with Dubrava,

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, Inter Zaprešić,

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and

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, and then with

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, know back then as ''Croatia Zagreb'', between 1997 and 2001, winning with them 3 championships (the last 3 of the 5 in-a-row Zagreb won) and two cups. He spent the second half of the 2000–01 season in Bosnia playing with Željezničar and had also won the double with them. Šabić then returned to Croatia and was part of the championship winning squad of Zagreb in the season 2001–02. Afterwards, he played 3 seasons in

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with Changchun Yatai, before returning to Bosnia to his former club Čelik where he finished his career in 2010.

International career

From 1994 to 1995, Šabić represented the Croatia national U21 team, making 6 appearances. He then made his senior debut for

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in an April 1996

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against

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and has earned a total of 38 caps (2 unofficial), scoring 1 goal. His final international was an August 2008

against

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Managerial career

After retiring, Šabić held the position of

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of Čelik Zenica in 2011, and in June 2015 he became assistant manager of Ibrahim Rahimić, at Bosnian Premier League newly promoted side Mladost Doboj Kakanj, where he also accumulated the function of main coordinator of the youth teams in the club. On 13 June 2017, Šabić became the new manager of First League of FBiH club Zvijezda Gradačac. On 10 April 2018, he left Zvijezda to become the manager of Mladost Doboj Kakanj. He officially took over the club the next day on 11 April. After a terrible start to the league which culminated even more with a 93rd minute 0–1 home league loss against

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on 15 August 2018, he left the club the next day. For a short period from January to February 2019, Šabić was in charge of

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club Shanxi Metropolis. On 8 September 2019, he became the new manager of First League of FBiH club TOŠK Tešanj. In his first game as TOŠK manager, his team beat Metalleghe-BSI 2–1 at home in a league match. Šabić left TOŠK on 23 December 2019, taking over the position of head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 national team two days earlier, on 21 December. He officially took over the position four days later, on 27 December, signing a contract with the Bosnian FA. On 16 January 2024, Šabić was appointed assistant manager of Željezničar, with newly appointed Bruno Akrapović as manager. He left the club following Akrapović's departure in April 2024.

Career statistics

International goals

''Scores and results table. Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first:

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Dinamo Zagreb * Croatian First League: 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00 * Croatian Cup: 1997–98, 2000–01 Željezničar * Bosnian Premier League: 2000–01 * Bosnian Cup: 2000–01 Zagreb * Croatian First League: 2001–02

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