Abdulah Gegić

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.

Abdulah Gegić
Personal information
Full name Abdulah Gegić
Date of birth (1924-03-19)19 March 1924
Place of birth Novi Pazar, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Date of death 21 June 2008(2008-06-21) (aged 84)
Place of death Novi Sad, Serbia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1947 Metalac Beograd 1 (0)
1948–1952 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

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 Turkey national 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.

Honours

Manager

Partizan

Fenerbahçe

Turkey

Eskişehirspor

Beşiktaş

References
  1. OFK Beograd all seasons squads and stats at ofkbeograd.net
  2. Red Star Belgrade players at redstarbelgrade.info (see section of Milan Krstić)
  3. Archived 25 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Abdullah Gegic @". Mackolik.com. 1 January 1924. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
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