Vahidin Musemić (29 October 1946 – 30 June 2023) was a Bosnian professional footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Born in the town of

Janja Janja is a town in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is known as a place where the confluence of the rivers Janja river, Janja and Drina is situated. It is the only Bosniaks, Bosniak community in the municipality and consists of many displac ...

, near

Bijeljina Bijeljina ( sr-cyrl, Бијељина) is a city and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the provincial center of Semberija, a geographic region in the country's northeast. As of 2013, it has a population of 107,715 ...

, Musemić started his career at

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, becoming one of the club's highest ever goalscorers during the nine years he spent there. He was part of the Sarajevo team which managed to win the 1966–67 Yugoslav First League title. He earned the nickname ''Orao'' (the Eagle) because of his soaring headers. Musemić finished his career at French side

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in an April 1968 European Championship qualification match away against

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and earned a total of 17 caps, scoring 9 goals. His final international was an October 1970

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against the

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Personal life and death

Musemić's younger brother Husref is also a former professional footballer and

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. He played for and later managed

. Musemić died in

on 30 June 2023, at the age of 76.

Honours

Sarajevo * Yugoslav First League: 1966–67 Yugoslavia *

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runner-up: 1968

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