Srboljub Markušević (; 5 May 1936 – 18 November 2019) was a Yugoslav and later Serbian professional

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and

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Playing career

Markušević spent his entire playing career at Bosnian club

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ...

, making 148 league appearances for the club and scoring 22 goals. Along with 132 friendly games he played for Sarajevo, Markušević played 280 games for the team in total

Managerial career

After ending his career, Markušević became a

, starting out as a coach in the youth team of

in 1966. He then became a manager and led the first team of Sarajevo on four separate occasions (1969–1971, 1972–1973, 1981–1983 and 1990). His biggest managerial achievement with Sarajevo and in his whole career was leading the team to the

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in the

1982–83 UEFA Cup The 1982–83 UEFA Cup was the 12th edition of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at the Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium, and at the Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal, ...

season. Markušević also led Sarajevo to being

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup (; ; , ), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup (; , and between 1947 and 1991 as the Marshal Tito Cup (; ; ; ), was one of two major association football, football competitions in Socialist Federal Re ...

runners-up in the 1982–83 season. In between his third and fourth appointment at Sarajevo, He managed

Budućnost Podgorica Budućnost means "the future" in many Slavic languages, and it may also refer to: * SD Budućnost Podgorica, a sports society from Podgorica, Montenegro ** KK Budućnost Podgorica, a professional basketball club FK Budućnost may refer to: * FK B ...

in the second part of the 1985–86 season.

Death

Markušević died on 19 November 2019 in

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at the age of 83.

Honours

Player

Sarajevo *

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...

: 1957–58 (zone II A) *

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) ...

runner up: 1964–65

Manager

Sarajevo *

runner up: 1982–83

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Markusevic, Srboljub 1936 births 2019 deaths People from Prizren Men's association football wingers Yugoslav men's footballers FK Sarajevo players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav football managers FK Sarajevo managers FK Budućnost Podgorica managers FK Sutjeska Nikšić managers Yugoslav First League managers