Abdulah Gegic

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Abdulah Gegić / Abdullah Gegiç (* 1924 in Novi Pazar , Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ; † June 21, 2008 in Novi Sad , Serbia ) was a Yugoslav football coach .

Career

Abdulah Gegić began his career as the coach of the Yugoslav U21 national team . Later he coached the Yugoslav national team himself. Together with assistant coach Virgil Popescu , Partizan Belgrade reached the final of the European Cup in 1966 . The team he coached failed just 2-1 at Real Madrid . He then moved to Turkey to train Eskişehirspor and in 1979 also took Turkish citizenship as Abdullah Gegiç. From 1972 to 1974 he worked for Beşiktaş Istanbul , then until 1976 for Fenerbahçe Istanbul . For a short time he also coached the Turkish national team . Gegić was also called Futbol Profesörü (football professor ) in the Turkish press . After his career he lived in the second largest Serbian city ​​of Novi Sad , where he also died in 2008.

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personal data
SURNAME Gegić, Abdulah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gegić, Abdullah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav-Turkish football coach
DATE OF BIRTH 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Novi Pazar , Serbia
DATE OF DEATH June 21, 2008
Place of death Novi Sad , Serbia