Ahmet Glavović

Ahmet Glavović
Ahmet Glavović's autograph from the 1977/78 season
Personnel
birthday	July 13, 1948
place of birth	Yugoslavia
position	Defense
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1965-1976	FK Velež Mostar
1976-1979	TSV 1860 Munich	84 0(0)
1979-1980	FK Velež Mostar
1 Only league games are given.

Ahmet Glavović (born July 13, 1948 ) is a former Bosnian - Yugoslav soccer player , who was also known by the nicknames Glavo and Brazzo . With the exception of a three-year break between 1976 and 1979, during which he worked for TSV 1860 Munich and thus also became known in Germany , he was exclusively under contract with his home club FK Velež Mostar .

Career

Ahmet Glavović was part of the professional team of FK Velež Mostar from 1965 . With Mostar he also played a total of five UEFA Cup games , for the first time in the 1973/74 season .

At TSV 1860 Munich

Before the start of the 1976/77 season, TSV 1860 Munich signed the 1.87 meter tall defender , who was mostly used as a libero . After a few initial difficulties, which made some responsible persons in the club almost fear a wrong purchase, Brazzo developed into an important regular player who gave the defense security and stability. As much as his teammates and his own fans valued and loved him, the opposing strikers didn't like him. "Glavo" was seen as a tough defender who was not easy to get past and who, if necessary, resorted to unsportsmanlike means to prevent the opponent from scoring a chance. In his first season in 1860, he received a record 17 yellow cards. At this point in time, there were no bans in German professional football due to a certain number of warnings, so Glavović was actually used in all 38 point games of the 1976/77 season and played a significant role in the Bundesliga ascent of the Munich Lions.

Although Glavović only completed three seasons in Munich and then returned to his long-standing club, he experienced all the ups and downs in Germany. After the ascent of 1977, the descent followed in 1978 and this in turn was followed by the immediate resurgence in 1979.

Private life

In 1979, Ahmet Glavović left Munich and returned to Mostar . There he completed a season with his old club Velež Mostar before ending his active career. He worked as a trainer, married, became a father and later ran a café in Mostar. However, in the early 1990s, the Bosnian War also reached the city of Mostar and changed its life dramatically. Glavović lost all of his property, his restaurant was destroyed, his father shot and his wife succumbed to cancer. During this fateful time, the Muslim returned with his son to Munich, where he had once celebrated great success and was loved by fans.

Anecdotes

• Glavović, who in his first season in 1860 received a total of 17 "yellow boxes", as he called it, had little knowledge of German and therefore the referee instructions for the warnings had to remain incomprehensible to him, which he simply called "I riddle" commented.
• His inadequate knowledge of German also gave him an unpleasant experience with Munich's municipal utilities. Because he hadn't paid the electricity bill and carelessly threw away a warning, the electricity was even temporarily turned off once.
• Sometimes the humorous Glavo made a joke and kissed the bald head of the smaller Munich kit manager Baltasar Bauer. What his teammates found funny could not please the kit manager at all.
• In his farewell game for 1860 - the last game in the 1978/79 season, which ended with a 3-1 home win against 1. FC Saarbrücken and the associated resurgence of the Lions - Brazzo let his joy go immediately after the final whistle Run. He approached the little referee of the game from behind, hugged him and tried to pick him up. Only the physical resistance of the man, who for easily understandable reasons did not want to lose the ground under his feet, obviously prevented Glavo from putting his plan into action.

Bibliography

• The Lions - 1860 Munich (Dasbach Verlag, Taunusstein 1977), p. 49
• TSV Munich from 1860 e. V. (Ed.): Football history of a traditional club (Gotteswinter Verlag, Munich 1997), p. 185 / ISBN 3-00-002204-X

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.tsv-1860-der-libero-waehlen-sie-die-besten-loewen-aller-zeiten.f20a2979-bb0a-4d20-b077-393f684c24b1.html