Esad Sejdic Explained

Esad Sejdic
Birth Place:Yugoslavia
Position:Striker
Clubs1:FK Novi Pazar
Years2:1992–199?
Clubs2:Perak FA
Years3:199?–1994
Clubs3:Negeri Sembilan FA
Years4:1994–1995
Clubs4:Hong Kong Rangers FC
Years5:1996
Clubs5:Balestier Central
Years6:1997
Clubs6:Woodlands Wellington FC
Years7:2000
Clubs7:Tampines Rovers FC
Goals7:5[1]
Years8:2001
Clubs8:Woodlands Wellington FC
Manageryears1:2014
Managerclubs1:Admiralty FC[2]

Esad Sejdic is a Yugoslavian former footballer who played as a forward.

Football career

Back in 1996, Singaporean club Balestier Central got the attackers' services where he scored the first-ever S.League goal, netting it in a match confronting Police FC.[3] One week later, he made the S.League's first hat-trick in a 4–1 win, with his club coming third by the end of the season.[3] Signing for Woodlands Wellington in 1997 with Croatian Sandro Radun, their applications were rejected by the Singapore Football Association; in response, they asked FIFA to allow their documents, who in turn forced the Association to repay the player, with Sejdic's extra money amounting to 40700 Singaporean dollars.[4] The S.League supporters also wrote splenetic responses to the newspaper, saying that Sejdic should play.[5]

Violating Muslim ordinance by being in the same house with an Islamic woman without being a Muslim himself, the Yugoslavian was released by Negeri Sembilan in 2004.[6]

Other

Owning three to four restaurants in Singapore, two went bankrupt in 2015 and he had to reduce one restaurants staff to four full-timers in 2016 following the hookah ban.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Singapore S-League 2000 (Soccerbot). www.Soccerbot.com. 15 October 2017. 8 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100408195642/http://www.soccerbot.com/singapore/clubs/sing2000.htm. dead.
  2. Web site: fas.org.sg . 2017-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171009092322/http://www.fas.org.sg/sites/default/files/NFL%202014%20Division%201%20Stage%203.pdf . 2017-10-09 . dead .
  3. Web site: Esad Sejdic, Telling It Like It Is: From glorious goals to embarrassing crowds. 20 June 2017. FourFourTwo.com. 15 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171008231316/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/esad-sejdic-telling-it-it-glorious-goals-embarrassing-crowds. 8 October 2017. dead.
  4. Web site: Google Groups. groups.Google.com. 15 October 2017.
  5. Web site: The New Paper, 20 January 1999, Page 36. nlb.gov.sg. 15 October 2017.
  6. Web site: nlb.v.sg. v.sg. 15 October 2017.
  7. Web site: Businesses preparing for worst following end of shisha sales. 29 July 2016. TNP.sg. 15 October 2017.