Sead Jesenković Explained

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.

Playing career

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

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

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

Honours

Player

Sarajevo

1966–67

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sead Jesenković. bordovremeplov.ba.
  2. Web site: SYugoslavia - List of Final Tables. rsssf.org.
  3. Web site: SLegende FK Sarajevo dirnute ponovnim okupljanjem i atmosferom zajedništva. bhrt.ba.
  4. Web site: Preminuo legendarni Sead Jesenković, član prve šampionske generacije FK Sarajevo. 22 November 2023. 22 November 2023. bs. H.H.. Klix.ba.