Suad Kalesić (born 1954) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian retired

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defender who played in several clubs in Yugoslav First and Second League.

Playing career

Club

Born in

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back then within Yugoslavia, he started playing in local side

FK Sloboda Tuzla Fudbalski klub Sloboda Tuzla English: Football Club Sloboda Tuzla) is a Bosnian professional football club based in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The English translation of the team's name is ''Football Club Freedom Tuzla''. The club is a mem ...

playing in the

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) ...

between 1972 and 1976. In summer 1976 he moved to

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which were playing in the

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 ...

but were aspiring promotion, which they archived at the end of the season. Kalesić then played the first half of the

1977–78 Yugoslav First League Teams A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1976–77 season and two sides promoted from the 1976–77 Yugoslav Second League (YSL) as winners of the two second level divisions East and West. The league ...

with Osijek, but at the winter break another top-league side brought him to their team,

FK Radnički Niš FK Radnički Niš () is a professional football club based in Niš, Serbia. The club competes in the Serbian SuperLiga, the top tier of Serbian football. One of the most successful clubs in the former Yugoslavia, the club spent a total of 29 ...

. He played in Niš until summer 1979 when he moved to

FK Budućnost Banovići Fudbalski klub Budućnost Banovići is a professional football club from the town of Banovići that is situated in the eastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In Bosnian ''Budućnost'' means "Future", which symbolizes the hope people had for the ...

playing with them until 1988 in third level.

Managerial career

He was replaced by Mirza Hadzić as manager of Sloboda Tuzla in March 2002.Hadzic takes over at Tuzla
- UEFA

References

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* 1954 births Living people Footballers from Tuzla Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers FK Sloboda Tuzla players NK Osijek players FK Radnički Niš players FK Budućnost Banovići players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav Second League players Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers FK Sloboda Tuzla managers Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina managers {{BosniaHerzegovina-footy-defender-stub