Faruk Hadžibegić

Faruk Hadžibegić (pronounced [fǎ:ruk xadʒiběːgitɕ]; born 7 October 1957) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player.

Faruk Hadžibegić

Hadžibegić as manager of Valenciennes in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	(1957-10-07) 7 October 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth	Sarajevo, FPR Yugoslavia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Sweeper
Youth career
1966–1976	Sarajevo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1985	Sarajevo	241	(25)
1985–1987	Real Betis	75	(8)
1987–1994	Sochaux	242	(16)
1994–1995	Toulouse	8	(0)
Total		566	(49)
International career
1982–1992	Yugoslavia	61	(6)
Managerial career
1995–1998	Sochaux
1999	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2000	Real Betis
2003–2004	Troyes
2005	Gaziantepspor
2006	Diyarbakırspor
2006	Denizlispor
2007	Chamois Niortais
2007–2009	Dijon
2009–2010	Bastia
2010–2011	Arles-Avignon
2016–2017	Valenciennes
2018–2019	Red Star
2019–2020	Montenegro
2022	MC Alger
2023	Bosnia and Herzegovina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

During his career, Hadžibegić played for hometown club Sarajevo, Real Betis, Sochaux and Toulouse. He was an important member of the memorable Sarajevo squad that won the 1984–85 Yugoslav First League. At Sochaux he played for years alongside compatriot Mehmed Baždarević.

International career

Hadžibegić is the second most-capped Bosnian player and fifth overall most-capped player for the Yugoslavia national team (61 caps) - first being Zlatko Vujović, who is second overall (70 caps).^[1] He made his debut for them in an October 1982 European Championship qualification match away against Norway.

Hadžibegić was a participant in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy for Yugoslavia, appearing in all five of his team's matches. Yugoslavia went on to face Argentina in the quarter-finals, where after a 0–0 draw in regulation and extra time, elimination was decided on a penalty shoot-out. Dragan Stojković, Dragoljub Brnović and Hadžibegić missed an opportunity to score from a penalty, as Stojković missed the first completely, while Sergio Goycochea stopped the fourth by Brnović and final attempt by Hadžibegić, thus sending the Yugoslav team home.^[2]

Hadžibegić featured regularly and played his last match for Yugoslavia in March 1992, a friendly game against the Netherlands.^[3]

Managerial career

Hadžibegić began his managerial career with his former club Sochaux with whom he gained promotion to Ligue 1 in 1997. He was then manager of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. In 2000, Hadžibegić took over Real Betis, with whom he gained promotion to La Liga in 2001. He came back to France with Troyes, before stints in Turkey with Gaziantepspor, Diyarbakırspor and Denizlispor.

Hadžibegić then joined Chamois Niortais. He was named manager of Dijon in December 2007, and was released in June 2009.^[4] On 9 December 2009, after sacking coach Philippe Anziani, Bastia named Hadžibegić as the club's new manager.^[5][6] He left the club in 2010. From 2010 to 2011, he managed Arles-Avignon and later Valenciennes, from 2016 until 2017.

In October 2018, Hadžibegić replaced Régis Brouard as Red Star manager in Ligue 2.^[7] On 25 March 2019, after a series of poor results, he left Red Star.^[8]

On 25 July 2019, it was announced that Hadžibegić became the new manager of the Montenegro national team.^[9] The next day, on 26 July, at a press conference, it was revealed that he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with the team, keeping him manager at least until the end of 2020.^[10] He was sacked by the Montenegrin FA on 28 December 2020.^[11] On 16 July 2022, Hadžibegić became the new manager of Algerian side MC Alger.^[12] On 10 September 2022, he left MC Alger after three games as manager.^[13]

In January 2023, Hadžibegić returned to managing the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, replacing the outgoing Ivaylo Petev.^[14] He was tasked with qualifying the team for UEFA Euro 2024.^[15][16] Hadžibegić was victorious in the team's opening qualifying match against Iceland on 23 March 2023.^[17] He suffered his first defeat since returning on 26 March, in the second qualifying game against Slovakia.^[18] After two more qualifying game defeats against Portugal and Luxembourg, he mutually terminated his contract with the Bosnian FA on 23 June 2023.^[19]

Administrative career

From 25 December 2002 until 18 February 2004, Hadžibegić held the role of the 29th President of the Assembly of FK Sarajevo.^[20]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Yugoslavia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hadžibegić goal.

List of international goals scored by Faruk Hadžibegić

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 January 1985	Maharaja's College Stadium, Kochi, India	Soviet Union	1–1	2–1	Friendly
2	4 April 1985	Maharaja's College Stadium, Kochi, India	Soviet Union	1–1	1–2	Friendly
3	14 October 1987	Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	Northern Ireland	3–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
4	16 December 1987	Alsancak Stadium, İzmir, Turkey	Turkey	3–0	3–2	UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
5	11 December 1988	Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Cyprus	3–0	4–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	11 October 1989	Koševo, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	Norway	1–0	1–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification

Managerial statistics

As of 20 June 2023^[21]

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Sochaux	1 July 1995	4 October 1998	87	31	22	34	035.63
Bosnia and Herzegovina	10 March 1999	9 October 1999	7	2	2	3	028.57
Real Betis	1 May 2000	30 June 2000	3	2	0	1	066.67
Troyes	3 January 2003	30 June 2004	61	19	16	26	031.15
Gaziantepspor	1 August 2005	15 December 2005	18	7	6	5	038.89
Diyarbakırspor	15 March 2006	15 May 2006	9	2	1	6	022.22
Denizlispor	7 June 2006	22 December 2006	16	3	6	7	018.75
Chamois Niortais	13 February 2007	30 May 2007	14	6	5	3	042.86
Dijon	23 December 2007	30 June 2009	65	24	17	24	036.92
Bastia	9 December 2009	30 June 2010	21	8	5	8	038.10
Arles-Avignon	1 October 2010	23 November 2011	47	6	15	26	012.77
Valenciennes	15 January 2016	25 September 2017	68	21	23	24	030.88
Red Star	29 October 2018	24 March 2019	20	5	5	10	025.00
Montenegro	1 September 2019	28 December 2020	14	6	4	4	042.86
MC Alger	16 July 2022	10 September 2022	3	0	2	1	000.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4 January 2023	23 June 2023	4	1	0	3	025.00
Total			457	143	129	185	031.29

Honours

Player

Sarajevo

• Yugoslav First League: 1984–85

Sochaux

• French Division 2: 1987–88 (Group A)

Bibliography

• Gigi Riva (2016). L'ultimo rigore di Faruk. Una storia di calcio e di guerra [Faruk's Last Penalty. A story about football and war] (in Italian). Palermo: Sellerio. ISBN 978-8838935640.

References

1. Yugoslavia national football team#Most capped players
2. Wilson, Jonathan (1 July 2010). "Osim recalls what might have been for a brilliant Yugoslavia in 1990". SI.com. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
3. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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7. Rédaction. "Red Star : Faruk Hadzibegic remplace Régis Brouard". L'ÉQUIPE (in French). Retrieved 29 November 2018.
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9. S.H. (25 July 2019). "Faruk Hadžibegić je novi selektor Crne Gore" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
10. N.K. (26 July 2019). "Hadžibegić predstavljen kao selektor Crne Gore: Nisam došao praviti revoluciju" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
11. "Miodrag Radulović je novi selektor Crne Gore". Sportklub (in Serbian). 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
12. "MC Alger : Faruk Hadžibegić nouvel entraîneur". mediafootdz.dz. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
13. "MCA : C'est terminé entre Faruk Hadžibegić et le club". dzfoot.com. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
14. N.K. (4 January 2023). "Faruk Hadžibegić je novi selektor reprezentacije Bosne i Hercegovine" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
15. M. Šljivak (4 January 2023). "Faruk Hadžibegić i NSBiH imaju jasan dogovor" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
16. "Faruk Hadzibegic returns as Bosnia coach". AP News. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
17. K.K. (23 March 2023). "Faruk Hadžibegić razjasnio dileme oko Džeke, Stevanovića, Huseinbašića..." (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
18. H.H. (26 March 2023). "Zmajevi razočarali u Slovačkoj i doživjeli bolno prizemljenje" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
19. "BiH nema izbornika. Smijenila legendu zbog debakla u kvalifikacijama za Euro". Index.hr (in Croatian). 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
20. "FK Sarajevo: Faruk Hadžibegić predsjednik, Đine u Skupštini" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 25 December 2002. Retrieved 25 December 2002.
21. "Faruk Hadžibegić". Sofascore (in Croatian). Retrieved 20 June 2023.

External links

• Faruk Hadžibegić – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Faruk Hadžibegić at National-Football-Teams.com