Sead Jesenković (17 February 1943 – 22 November 2023) was a Bosnian professional football player and manager.

Sead Jesenković
Personal information
Date of birth (1943-02-17)17 February 1943
Place of birth Rogatica, Independent State of Croatia
(modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Date of death 22 November 2023(2023-11-22) (aged 80)
Place of death Vogošća, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1952–1961 Sarajevo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1964 Famos Hrasnica 33 (1)
1964–1971 Sarajevo 161 (1)
1971–1973 Jedinstvo Brčko 22 (0)
Total 216 (2)
Managerial career
1977–1986 Sarajevo (youth)
1988–1992 Sarajevo (youth)
1999 Sarajevo
1999 Bosnia and Herzegovina (assistant)
2000–2007 Sarajevo (youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Jesenković spent most of his playing career at Bosnian club Sarajevo, making 161 official appearances for the club.[1] He was a member of the 1966–67 Yugoslav First League title winning squad.[2]

Managerial career

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After ending his playing career, Jesenković became a football manager, starting out as a coach in the youth team of Sarajevo in 1977; a role he kept for a majority of his coaching career. Along with being a youth coach, Jesenković had short stints as an assistant coach to senior team managers in 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2001, respectively, as well as briefly managing the senior side himself in 1999.[3]

Death

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On 22 November 2023, Jesenković died in Vogošća, Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the age of 80.[4]

Honours

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Player

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Sarajevo

References

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  1. ^ "Sead Jesenković". bordovremeplov.ba.
  2. ^ "SYugoslavia - List of Final Tables". rsssf.org.
  3. ^ "SLegende FK Sarajevo dirnute ponovnim okupljanjem i atmosferom zajedništva". bhrt.ba.
  4. ^ H.H. (22 November 2023). "Preminuo legendarni Sead Jesenković, član prve šampionske generacije FK Sarajevo" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 22 November 2023.