Sead Sušić (born 3 January 1953) is a Bosnian former
football
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player who played for
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 ...
, among other teams. He also earned one
cap for
Yugoslavia
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, life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation
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against Spain's national team, in 1978.
Club career
Sušić arrived to Red Star Belgrade in 1971 as a talented 18-year-old where he played under head coach
Miljan Miljanić.
International career
He made one appearance for
Yugoslavia
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, p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia
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, in a November 1977
World Cup qualification match against
Spain
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.
Post-playing
After retiring from playing, Sušić began living in Sarajevo. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, he ran a restaurant named Stari krovovi in the
Sarajevo
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neighbourhood of Kovačići.
In the 1990s, Sušić made
Liège
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his primary residence where he has been working as a
FIFA
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-licensed players' agent.
Personal life
Sušić's son is
Tino-Sven Sušić.
Safet Sušić is his younger brother. Sušić's mother Paša died at age 96 in April 2018.
References
External links
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NASL stats
1953 births
Living people
People from Zavidovići
Footballers from Zenica-Doboj Canton
Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Men's association football forwards
Yugoslav men's footballers
Yugoslavia men's international footballers
Red Star Belgrade footballers
Caribous of Colorado players
Toronto Blizzard (1971–1984) players
RFC Liège players
R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909) players
Yugoslav First League players
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
Belgian Pro League players
Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Canada
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Association football agents
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