Abdulah Ibraković

Abdulah Ibraković
Personal information
Date of birth	22 July 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth	Doboj, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Kapfenberg (manager)
Youth career
	Sloga Doboj
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Sloga Doboj
	VfB Friedrichshafen
	FC Rätia Bludenz
	Radnički Lukavac
	Gradina
	Osijek
Managerial career
2000–2002	Radnički Lukavac
2002–2003	Sloboda Tuzla
2003–2004	Bratstvo Gračanica
2004–2005	Radnički Lukavac
2006–2007	TOŠK Tešanj
2008–2011	Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 (assistant)
2008–2010	Velež Mostar
2010–2011	Čelik Zenica
2012	Sloboda Tuzla
2013–2015	Sarajevo (Sporting director)
2016–2017	Kapfenberg
2019–2020	Hetten
2020–2021	Kapfenberg
2021–2022	Prishtina
2022–	Kapfenberg
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abdulah Ibraković (born 22 July 1970) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player.

Club career

Born in the town of Doboj, SR Bosnia-Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, Ibraković began his career playing in the local club Sloga Doboj, competing back then in the Yugoslav Second League.

In his career as a player, a part from Bosnia, he also played in Germany, Austria and Croatia.^[1]

International career

Ibraković was a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team from 1996 to 1999.

Managerial career

After retiring from playing, Ibraković began his managerial career. Initially, he managed Radnički Lukavac at the beginning of 2000, afterwards he worked at many clubs.

His biggest achievements so far are participating in the UEFA Intertoto Cup with Sloboda Tuzla, the Bosnian Cup final with Čelik Zenica in the 2010–11 season.

In the season 2013–14 he was named sporting director of Sarajevo.^[2] In his nearly 3 years of work at the club, Sarajevo won the cup title in the 2013–14 season, the Bosnian Premier League in the 2014–15 season and were also in the play-offs of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League season.

After leaving Sarajevo, Ibraković managed Austrian club Kapfenberger SV from 2016 to 2017.^[3]^[4]

When it comes to international level, from 2002 to 2006, he was the coach of the Amateur Team of Bosnia and Herzegovina, then from 2006 to 2008, the head scout of the "A" national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and from 2008 to 2011, U21 national team assistant coach.

At his scholarship he had internships with Klaus Toppmöller, Ivan Ristić, Georg Zellhofer, Christoph Daum and Roberto Mancini.

Since October 2019, he has been the manager of Saudi Arabian MS League club Hetten.

On 13 July 2020, he returned to Kapfenberg.^[5]

Managerial

As of match played 19 December 2022

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Sloboda Tuzla		1 September 2002	31 May 2003	34	15	5	14	48	32	+16	044.12
Velež Mostar		31 October 2008	5 May 2010	43	20	6	17	72	52	+20	046.51
Čelik Zenica		24 June 2010	15 June 2011	39	15	9	15	39	38	+1	038.46
Sloboda Tuzla		3 May 2012	18 September 2012	11	5	1	5	14	9	+5	045.45
Kapfenberg		13 June 2016	8 May 2017	37	14	8	15	58	56	+2	037.84
Hetten		4 October 2019	2 March 2020	20	5	4	11	18	35	−17	025.00
Kapfenberg		1 August 2020	13 November 2021	51	19	7	25	76	97	−21	037.25
Prishtina		14 November 2021	14 May 2022	24	11	4	9	36	26	+10	045.83
Kapfenberg		10 October 2022	Present	5	2	1	2	8	10	−2	040.00
Career total				264	106	45	113	369	355	+14	040.15

Honours

Manager

Čelik Zenica

Bosnian Cup runner-up: 2010–11

Individual

Bosnian Premier League Manager of the Year: 2009

Other honours

Best sport result of the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2009
Author of the Book - Modern attacking Football - 2011
He as a Master of science at the University of Sarajevo in sports management - 2013
UEFA Pro Licence: 2006

References

^ INTERVJUI ABDULAH IBRAKOVIĆ - FK Sarajevo (in Bosnian)
^ "Abdulah Ibraković: Borio sam se da dođem u FK Sarajevo" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
^ "Ibraković neuer Kapfenberg-Trainer" (in German). weltfussball.at/. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
^ "Abdulah Ibraković dobio otkaz u austrijskom drugoligašu" (in Bosnian). radiosarajevo.ba. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
^ "WELCOME BACK!!! ABDULAH IBRAKOVIC KEHRT IN DEN FALKENHORST ZURÜCK!" (in German). Kapfenberg. 13 July 2020.

External links

Abdulah Ibraković at Soccerway

[1] INTERVJUI ABDULAH IBRAKOVIĆ - FK Sarajevo (in Bosnian)

[ibrakovic1-2] "Abdulah Ibraković: Borio sam se da dođem u FK Sarajevo" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 2 October 2014.

[ibrakovic3-3] "Ibraković neuer Kapfenberg-Trainer" (in German). weltfussball.at/. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

[ibrakovic2-4] "Abdulah Ibraković dobio otkaz u austrijskom drugoligašu" (in Bosnian). radiosarajevo.ba. Retrieved 9 May 2017.

[5] "WELCOME BACK!!! ABDULAH IBRAKOVIC KEHRT IN DEN FALKENHORST ZURÜCK!" (in German). Kapfenberg. 13 July 2020.

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