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Abdulah Gegić (Serbian Cyrillic: Абдулах Гегић, Turkish: Abdullah Gegiç; 19 March 1924 – 21 June 2008) was a Yugoslav and Serbian football manager of Bosniak ethnicity, who also held Turkish citizenship.

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Abdulah Gegić

Personal information
Full name	Abdulah Gegić
Date of birth	(1924-03-19)19 March 1924
Place of birth	Novi Pazar, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Date of death	21 June 2008(2008-06-21) (aged 84)
Place of death	Novi Sad, Serbia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1946–1947	Metalac Beograd	1	(0)
	Mačva Šabac
Teams managed
1961–1963	Bor
1963–1964	Radnički Niš
1964–1965	Sarajevo
1965	Yugoslavia
1965–1966	Partizan
1966–1967	Fenerbahçe
1967–1971	Eskişehirspor
1969	Turkey
1971–1972	Sarajevo
1972–1973	Beşiktaş
1973–1974	Adana Demirspor
1974–1975	Bursaspor
1975–1976	Fenerbahçe
1976	Adanaspor
1977–1978	Eskişehirspor
1978–1979	Samsunspor
1979	Diyarbakırspor
1983	Eskişehirspor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

As a player, he played with Metalac Beograd[1] and with Mačva Šabac[2] in the Yugoslav First League.

Gegić began his coaching career as coach of Serbian clubs FK Bor and FK Radnički Niš,[3] and later of the Yugoslav u-21 team, and also the Yugoslavia national football team. He coached Partizan where he reached the Final of the European Champion Clubs' Cup (today known as the UEFA Champions League) in 1966 where he saw a 2–1 defeat against Real Madrid. He was named the second best coach of Europe by France Football magazine. If Gegić had won the final, he would have been named the new coach of Real Madrid.

Gegić then went to Turkey to coach Eskişehirspor, where he became very successful and led the club to many victories. He also coached Beşiktaş (1972–1973), Fenerbahçe (1975–1976) and the Turkish national football team.[4]

Gegić is nicknamed Futbol Profesörü (Football Professor) by the Turkish press. In 1979, he took Turkish nationality and became a citizen of Turkey. He is still an important figure in Turkish football having mentored most of the top Turkish coaches of today such as Fatih Terim, Mustafa Denizli, and Şenol Güneş.

On 4 June 2008, in Novi Sad, the 84-year-old Gegić had a stroke and died 17 days later.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

Managerial

Partizan

• European Cup: Runner-up: 1965–66

Fenerbahçe

• Spor Toto Cup: 1967

Turkey

• RCD Cup: 1969

Eskişehirspor

• Turkish Cup: 1970–71
• Turkish Super Cup: 1971

Beşiktaş

• TSYD Cup: 1973

References

External links

• IN MEMORIAM: Abdulah Gegić, MTS Mondo, 21 June 2008
• In memoriam: Abdulah Gegić, B92, 22 June 2008

На других языках

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- [en] Abdulah Gegić

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[it] Abdulah Gegić

Abdulah Gegić (Novi Pazar, 19 marzo 1924 – Novi Sad, 21 giugno 2008) è stato un allenatore di calcio e calciatore jugoslavo.

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[ru] Гегич, Абдулах

Абдулах Гегич (сербохорв. Abdulah Gegić / Абдулах Гегић, тур. Abdullah Gegiç; 19 марта 1924[1], Нови-Пазар — 21 июня 2008, Нови-Сад) — югославский футболист и футбольный тренер. Возглавлял сборную Югославии и сборную Турции.[2]

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