Almir Turković

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Almir Turković
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-11-03) 3 November 1970 (age 51)
Place of birth Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1988–1994 Sarajevo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994 Sarajevo 7 (4)
1995 Vorwärts Steyr 8 (1)
1996 Tigres UANL
1996–1997 Sarajevo 20 (3)
1997–1999 Zadar 54 (16)
1999–2000 Osijek 19 (7)
2000 Sarajevo 12 (2)
2000–2001 Osijek 34 (10)
2002 Cerezo Osaka 38 (11)
2003–2005 Hajduk Split 49 (16)
2005–2006 Osijek 27 (3)
2006–2008 Sarajevo 48 (8)
Total 316 (81)
National team
1993 Bosnia and Herzegovina XI 1 (0)
1995–2003 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11 (0)
Teams managed
2008–2010 Sarajevo (assistant)
2010 Sarajevo (caretaker)
2010 Sarajevo (assistant)
2019– Sarajevo U17
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Almir Turković (born 3 November 1970) is a Bosnian retired professional football forward and coach who is currently in charge of the FK Sarajevo U17 team.

Turković played for FK Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina and clubs in the Croatian Prva HNL and Japanese J2 League.

Club career[]

Turković played for NK Zadar, NK Osijek and Hajduk Split in the Croatian Prva HNL[1] and later played for FK Sarajevo in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2] He also played in Austria, Mexico[3] and Japan.

He won the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bosnian Cup with Sarajevo, while with Hajduk he won the 1. HNL, the Croatian Cup and the Croatian Super Cup.

He made over 100 appearances for Sarajevo in all competitions.

Turković was also named the Bosnian Premier League player of the season in 2006–07.

He retired at the age of 38 while playing for Sarajevo after the end of the 2007–08 season.

International career[]

Turković made his senior debut in Bosnia and Herzegovina's first ever official international game, a November 1995 friendly match away against Albania,[4] and has earned a total of 11 caps, scoring no goals.[5] His final international was a March 2003 European Championship qualification match against Luxembourg.[6][7]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

Club performance League Cup Supercup International Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bosnia and Herzegovina League Cup Supercup Europe Total
1994 FK Sarajevo Prva liga BiH 7 4 4 0 – – 11 4
Austria League Cup Supercup Europe Total
1995–96 SK Vorwärts Steyr Bundesliga 8 1 2 1 – – 10 2
Bosnia and Herzegovina League Cup Supercup Europe Total
1996–97 FK Sarajevo Prva liga BiH 20 3 5 5 – – 25 8
Croatia League Cup Supercup Europe Total
1997–98 Zadarkomerc 1. HNL 27 7 2 0 - - 29 7
1998–99 27 9 2 1 - - 29 10
1999–00 NK Osijek 19 7 4 2 - 2 0 25 9
Bosnia and Herzegovina League Cup Supercup Europe Total
1999-00 FK Sarajevo Premijer liga BiH 12 2 0 0 – – 12 2
Croatia League Cup Supercup Europe Total
2000–01 NK Osijek 1. HNL 21 8 3 1 - 4 2 28 11
2001–02 13 2 1 2 - 6 1 20 5
Japan League Emperor's Cup Supercup Asia Total
2002 Cerezo Osaka J2 League 38 11 3 3 - - 41 14
Croatia League Cup Supercup Europe Total
2002–03 Hajduk Split 1. HNL 12 7 3 1 - - 15 8
2003–04 16 5 0 0 1 0 - 17 5
2004–05 21 4 7 2 1 0 1 0 30 6
2005–06 NK Osijek 27 3 4 1 - - 31 4
Bosnia and Herzegovina League Cup Supercup Europe Total
2006–07 FK Sarajevo Premijer liga BiH 21 5 7 0 – – 28 5
2007–08 27 3 4 3 – 5 1 36 7
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina 87 17 20 8 0 0 5 1 112 26
Austria 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 10 2
Croatia 183 52 26 10 2 0 13 3 224 65
Japan 38 11 3 3 0 0 0 0 41 14
Total 316 81 51 22 2 0 18 4 387 107

International[]

National team Year Apps Goals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1995 1 0
1996 1 0
1997 4 0
1998 1 0
1999 3 0
2000 0 0
2001 0 0
2002 0 0
2003 1 0
Total 11 0

Coaching career[]

Tenure in Sarajevo[]

Assistant coach[]

In January 2009, after Mehmed Janjoš was named the new manager of FK Sarajevo, he named Turković his assistant.

In June 2009, Turković got suspended after claiming that Sarajevo became a not serious club and that the club officials at the time didn't get the wanted players the coaching staff wanted.[8] On 1 July 2009, the suspension was lifted and Turković came back to the coaching staff.[9]

Caretaker manager[]

On 29 March 2010, after Janjoš resigned from the head coach position the day before, Turković was named caretaker manager of Sarajevo.[10] In his only game as head coach, on 3 April 2010, Sarajevo lost to FK Laktaši.

Back to being assistant and leaving the club[]

In April 2010, after Mirza Varešanović became the new manager, Turković wasn't anymore the caretaker manager and came back to the position of an assistant.[11] In July 2010, after Varešanović decided that Turković will not be his assistant anymore, Turković decided to leave the club.[12]

Return to Sarajevo (academy)[]

In January 2019, Turković was named the new head coach of the FK Sarajevo U17 team. While being the head coach of the youth team, on 13 March 2019, Turković suffered a heart attack and was needed to immediately be operated.[13] Luckily, the operation went good and Turković has been in a stable condition ever since.[14]

Honours[]

Player[]

Club[]

Sarajevo

Hajduk Split

Individual[]

Awards

References[]

  1. ^ "Statistika – Almir Turković". 1HNL.net. Archived from the original on 2011-09-02. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
  2. ^ "Turković Almir". HNL Statistika. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
  3. ^ Top 5: Los fichajes más extraños (de nombre) en Tigres. - Pamboleros (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Prva zvanična utakmica reprezentacije BiH - Historija (in Bosnian)
  5. ^ Mamrud, Roberto (16 July 2009). "Bosnia and Herzegovina – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  7. ^ "Reprezentacija BiH – Igraci Statistika, Napad". BIHsoccer. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
  8. ^ Edin Isanović (15 June 2009). "Zašto je suspendovan Almir Turković?" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Ukinuta suspenzija Turkoviću" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. 1 July 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  10. ^ A. Jahić (29 March 2010). "FOTO / Almir Turković privremeno vodi ekipu FK Sarajevo" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Mirza Varešanović novi trener bordo kluba" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 7 April 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  12. ^ E. Škorić (12 July 2010). "Turković: Za ovo sam znao i ranije" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  13. ^ E.B. (13 March 2019). "Almir Turković doživio infarkt, hitno operisan u Sarajevu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  14. ^ K.H. (14 March 2019). "Almir Turković u stabilnom stanju nakon infarkta, pozitivne prognoze ljekara" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

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