Adis Obad Explained

Adis Obad
Birth Date:12 May 1971
Birth Place:Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia
Height:1.75 m
Position:Striker
Youthyears1:1988–1992
Youthclubs1:Lokomotiva Mostar
Years1:1994–1997
Clubs1:Velež Mostar
Caps1:56
Goals1:25
Years2:1997–1999
Clubs2:Blagaj
Years3:2000–2003
Clubs3:Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
Caps3:108
Goals3:23
Years4:2003
Clubs4:Željezničar
Caps4:12
Goals4:2
Years5:2004–2010
Clubs5:Velež Mostar
Caps5:79
Goals5:24
Totalcaps:255
Totalgoals:74
Nationalyears1:1997–1999
Nationalteam1:Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:2011–2012
Managerclubs1:Velež Mostar (assistant)
Manageryears2:2012–2013
Managerclubs2:Lokomotiva Mostar
Manageryears3:2013–2014
Managerclubs3:Igman Konjic
Manageryears4:2015
Managerclubs4:Blagaj
Manageryears5:2015
Managerclubs5:Velež Mostar (caretaker)
Manageryears6:2015–2017
Managerclubs6:Blagaj
Manageryears7:2017–2018
Managerclubs7:Igman Konjic
Manageryears8:2018
Managerclubs8:Iskra Bugojno

Adis Obad (born 12 May 1971) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player.

Club career

Obad was born in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia and began his football career with local side FK Velež Mostar.

He also played for FK Blagaj and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen in the German 2. Bundesliga, scoring 23 goals in 108 league matches. The club battled relegation in his final season and he moved back to Bosnia.[1] In 2003 after coming back from Germany, Obad played for FK Željezničar Sarajevo, before coming back to Velež in 2004.

He finished his career playing with Velež Mostar, retiring after sustaining a wrist injury at age of 39 in 2010.[2]

International career

Obad made two appearances for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, in friendly games against Tunisia on 5 November 1997[3] and against Liechtenstein on 18 August 1999.[4] [5]

Managerial career

Obad started off his managerial career in 2011, as an assistant to Mirza Varešanović at FK Velež Mostar. He left the club in April 2012 after Varešanović got sacked.

His first head coach managerial position was in 2012, when he became the new manager of the club he started playing football in, FK Lokomotiva Mostar.[6] In February 2013, Obad decided to leave Lokomotiva.[7]

In July 2013, he was appointed FK Igman Konjic manager.[8] He led the team for one and a half seasons in the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, before leaving the club due to poor results in September 2014.[9]

In the period between 2015 and 2017, Obad managed FK Blagaj from 2015 to 2017, but before that was caretaker manager of Velež after Dželaludin Muharemović was sacked.

In July 2017, he was once again appointed as the manager of Igman Konjic.[10] In April 2018, he got sacked after making bad results in the league.[11]

Most recently, from April to June 2018, Obad managed Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina - West club NK Iskra Bugojno.[12] On 30 June 2018, Obad left Iskra after failing to keep the club up in the First League of FBiH.

Managerial statistics

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FromToRecord
GWDLWin %
Velež Mostar (caretaker)August 2015September 2015
Igman KonjicJuly 2017April 2018
Iskra BugojnoApril 2018June 2018
Total

Honours

Player

Velež Mostar

2005–06

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Spiegel.de. 2. Fußball-Bundesliga: Scherz lässt Kölner Aufstiegsträume reifen. German. 15 April 2003 . 7 October 2012.
  2. Web site: Rođeni Mostar. Adis Obad, ...obilježio jedno razdoblje Veleža. https://web.archive.org/web/20120303170112/http://www.rodjeni-mostar.com/novo/vijesti.php?fn_mode=fullnews&fn_id=135. dead. 3 March 2012. Croatian. 12 October 2009.
  3. Web site: Morrison . Neil. International Matches 1997 – Intercontinental. 2 February 2005 . . 7 October 2012.
  4. Web site: Kutschera . Ambrosius . International Matches 1999 – Europe, January–September. 2 February 2005 . . 7 October 2012.
  5. Web site: Player Database. eu-football.info. 21 April 2021.
  6. Web site: Adis Obad novi trener mostarske Lokomotive. 22 February 2012. 22 February 2012. Bosnian. A. Beganović. sportsport.ba.
  7. Web site: Adis Obad napušta Lokomotivu. 7 February 2013. 7 February 2013. Bosnian. sportsport.ba.
  8. Web site: Adis Obad novi trener Igmana iz Konjica. 2 July 2013. 2 July 2013. Bosnian. sportsport.ba.
  9. Web site: Tufek umjesto Obada na klupi Igmana. 8 September 2014. 8 September 2014. Bosnian. A. Pašić. sportsport.ba.
  10. Web site: Adis Obad ponovo na klupi Igmana iz Konjica. 9 July 2017. 9 July 2017. Bosnian. S. Mlaćo. sportsport.ba.
  11. Web site: Adis Obad više nije trener Igmana iz Konjica. 5 April 2018. 5 April 2018. Bosnian. V. Vukmirović. sportsport.ba.
  12. Web site: Adis Obad novi trener Iskre. 9 April 2018. 9 April 2018. Bosnian. E. Škorić. sportsport.ba.