Zijad Arslanagić
Zijad Arslanagić (April 18, 1936 – January 7, 2020)[1] was a Bosnian football player. He had one cap for the Yugoslav national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zijad Arslanagić | ||
| Date of birth | April 18, 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Trebinje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | January 7, 2020 (aged 83) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Gimnazijalac Trebinje | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1953–1956 | Leotar Trebinje | ||
| FK Rakovica | |||
| 1958–1964 | FK Sarajevo | 113 | (40) |
| 1964–1967 | Olimpija Ljubljana | ? | (29) |
| 1967–1968 | Beringen | 22 | (8) |
| 1968–1969 | Tasmania Berlin | 25 | (11) |
| National team | |||
| 1965 | Yugoslavia | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
After beginning to play in a minor local club in his home town, FK Gimnazijalac, he signed with the city's most prominent club FK Leotar where he played between 1953 and 1956. In 1956 he moved because of the military service to Zemun, and afterwards, for a short while, he played with local club FK IM Rakovica. In 1958 he began playing for FK Sarajevo and played with them in the Yugoslav First League until 1964 when he moved to NK Olimpija Ljubljana. In 1967, he moved abroad and played one season with Belgian First Division club K. Beringen F.C. and in the next year he moved to Germany and played with Tasmania 1900 Berlin before retiring.
He played one match for the Yugoslav national team in the 1966 FIFA World Cup qualifications on November 7, 1965 in Belgrade against Norway, a 1-1 draw.
External sources
- Career story at Reprezentacija.rs.