Abdulah Gegić
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abdulah Gegić | ||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1924 | ||
| Place of birth | Novi Pazar, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | ||
| Date of death | 4 June 2008 (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Novi Sad, Serbia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1947 | Metalac Beograd | 1 | (0) |
| Mačva Šabac | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1961–1963 | Bor | ||
| 1963–1964 | Radnički Niš | ||
| 1964–1965 | Sarajevo | ||
| 1965 | Yugoslavia | ||
| 1965–1966 | Partizan | ||
| 1966–1967 | Fenerbahçe | ||
| 1967–1971 | Eskişehirspor | ||
| 1969 | Turkey | ||
| 1971–1972 | Sarajevo | ||
| 1972–1973 | Beşiktaş | ||
| 1973–1974 | Adana Demirspor | ||
| 1974–1975 | Bursaspor | ||
| 1975–1976 | Fenerbahçe | ||
| 1976 | Adanaspor | ||
| 1977–1978 | Eskişehirspor | ||
| 1978–1979 | Samsunspor | ||
| 1979 | Diyarbakırspor | ||
| 1983 | Eskişehirspor | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Abdulah Gegić (Serbian Cyrillic: Абдулах Гегић, Turkish: Abdullah Gegiç; 19 March 1924 – 21 June 2008) was a Yugoslav and Serbian football manager of Bosniak ethnicity, who also held Turkish citizenship.
Biography
As a player, he played with Metalac Beograd[1] and with Mačva Šabac[2] in the Yugoslav First League.
Gegić began his coaching career as coach of Serbian clubs FK Bor and FK Radnički Niš,[3] and later of the Yugoslav u-21 team, and also the Yugoslavia national football team. He coached Partizan where he reached the Final of the European Champion Clubs' Cup (today known as the UEFA Champions League) in 1966 where he saw a 2–1 defeat against Real Madrid. He was named the second best coach of Europe by France Football magazine. If Gegić had won the final, he would have been named the new coach of Real Madrid.
Gegić then went to Turkey to coach Eskişehirspor, where he became very successful and led the club to many victories. He also coached Beşiktaş (1972–1973), Fenerbahçe (1975–1976) and the Turkish national football team.[4]
Gegić is nicknamed Futbol Profesörü (Football Professor) by the Turkish press. In 1979, he took Turkish nationality and became a citizen of Turkey. He is still an important figure in Turkish football having mentored most of the top Turkish coaches of today such as Fatih Terim, Mustafa Denizli, and Şenol Güneş.
On 4 June 2008, in Novi Sad, the 84-year-old Gegić had a stroke and died 17 days later.[citation needed]
Honours
Managerial
Partizan
- European Cup: Runner-up: 1965–66
Fenerbahçe
- Spor Toto Cup: 1967
Turkey
Eskişehirspor
- Turkish Cup: 1970–71
- Turkish Super Cup: 1971
Beşiktaş
- TSYD Cup: 1973
References
- ^ OFK Beograd all seasons squads and stats at ofkbeograd.net
- ^ Red Star Belgrade players at redstarbelgrade.info (see section of Milan Krstić)
- ^ [1] Archived 25 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Abdullah Gegic @". Mackolik.com. 1 January 1924. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
External links
- IN MEMORIAM: Abdulah Gegić, MTS Mondo, 21 June 2008
- In memoriam: Abdulah Gegić, B92, 22 June 2008
- 1924 births
- 2008 deaths
- Serbian footballers
- Yugoslav footballers
- Association football forwards
- FK Novi Pazar players
- OFK Beograd players
- FK Mačva Šabac players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Yugoslav football managers
- Yugoslav expatriate football managers
- Serbian football managers
- FK Radnički Niš managers
- FK Sarajevo managers
- FK Partizan managers
- Eskişehirspor managers
- Fenerbahçe football managers
- Beşiktaş J.K. managers
- Sportspeople from Novi Pazar
- Turkey national football team managers
- Bursaspor managers
- FK Bor managers
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate football managers in Turkey
- Adanaspor managers
- Diyarbakırspor managers
- Samsunspor managers
- Adana Demirspor managers
- Turkish people of Serbian descent
- Turkish people of Bosniak descent
- Serbian Muslims