Sead Jesenković | |
Birth Date: | 17 February 1943 |
Birth Place: | Rogatica, Independent State of Croatia (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
Death Place: | Vogošća, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Position: | Defender |
Youthyears1: | 1952–1961 |
Youthclubs1: | Sarajevo |
Years1: | 1961–1964 |
Clubs1: | Famos Hrasnica |
Caps1: | 33 |
Goals1: | 1 |
Years2: | 1964–1971 |
Clubs2: | Sarajevo |
Caps2: | 161 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 1971–1973 |
Clubs3: | Jedinstvo Brčko |
Caps3: | 22 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 216 |
Totalgoals: | 2 |
Manageryears1: | 1977–1986 |
Managerclubs1: | Sarajevo (youth) |
Manageryears2: | 1988–1992 |
Managerclubs2: | Sarajevo (youth) |
Manageryears3: | 1999 |
Managerclubs3: | Sarajevo |
Manageryears4: | 1999 |
Managerclubs4: | Bosnia and Herzegovina (assistant) |
Manageryears5: | 2000–2007 |
Managerclubs5: | Sarajevo (youth) |
Sead Jesenković (17 February 1943 – 22 November 2023) was a Bosnian professional football player and manager.
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]
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]
On 22 November 2023, Jesenković died in Vogošća, Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the age of 80.[4]
Sarajevo