Esad Dugalić

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Esad Dugalić
Personal information
Date of birth (1947-10-01)1 October 1947
Place of birth Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death 27 May 2011(2011-05-27) (aged 63)
Place of death Blagaj, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1966 Velež Mostar 6 (0)
1966 First Vienna 7 (0)
1968–1970 Sloboda Užice 44 (0)
1970–1971 Sarajevo 10 (0)
1971–1973 Osijek 44 (0)
1973–1974 Igman Konjic 27 (0)
1974–1979 Saint-Étienne 1 (0)
1976–1978Saint-Étienne B 29 (0)
National team
Yugoslavia Olympic 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Esad Dugalić (1 October 1947 – 27 May 2011) was a Bosnian football goalkeeper.[1]

Playing career[]

Club[]

Born in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, back then still part of Yugoslavia, he started playing in FK Velež Mostar in the Yugoslav First League, however he spent most of the tim as a substitute goalkeeper, first because of Ivan Ćurković and then because of Enver Marić. That is why he left Velež in and has played in a number of other Yugoslav clubs, namely FK Sloboda Užice, FK Sarajevo, NK Osijek and FK Igman Konjic. In 1974, his former teammate Ćurković arranged him a move to France to play with AS Saint-Étienne.[2] He debuted in the French League 1 in the season, however he spent most of the time playing in the B team. Earlier he had a spell in Austria with First Vienna FC in the 1966–67 season.[3]

International[]

He played 3 matches for the Yugoslav Olympic team.[2]

Managerial career[]

In 1992, he moved to Qatar where he became a coach. He was also the assistant of Džemal Hadžiabdić at Al-Ittihad. He had just had signed a two-year contract to be assistant of Mehmed Baždarević when, unexpectedly, he died on the night of 26–27 May 2011 in his summer house in Blagaj while on a visit.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Esad Dugalic at FootballDatabase.eu
  2. ^ a b Book: "Rođeni - Prvoligaške generacije 1952 - 1991" by Zoran Mrđenović, pag. 29 (in Serbian)
  3. ^ Esad Dugalic at playerhistory.com
  4. ^ Umro Esad Eso Dugalić at FK Velež Mostar official website, 27-5-2011, retrieved 24-9-2014


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