Admir Adžem (born 25 March 1973) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is the current youth coach of UAE Pro League club Al-Wasl.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Admir Adžem | ||
| Date of birth | (1973-03-25) 25 March 1973 (age 49) | ||
| Place of birth | Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Full-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Al-Wasl Youth | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–1995 | Željezničar | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1997 | Željezničar | 32 | (5) |
| 1997 | Zagreb | 5 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Željezničar | 19 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Đerzelez | 25 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Željezničar | 55 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Pogoń Szczecin | 19 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Katowice | 18 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Željezničar | 6 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 57 | (1) |
| Total | 236 | (8) | |
| National team | |||
| 1997–2001 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014 | Željezničar | ||
| 2017–2018 | Željezničar | ||
| 2020– | Al-Wasl Youth | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
In his playing career Adžem was a full-back. He played for a number clubs, including hometown club Željezničar on 4 occasions, Zagreb, Đerzelez, Pogoń Szczecin, GKS Katowice and Zagłębie Sosnowiec where he finished his career.
Adžem played in 104 league games and scored 6 career league goals for Željezničar, with whom he won all of his trophies. While playing for Željezničar he won the Bosnian Premier League 2 times, in the seasons 2000–01 and 2001–02, the Bosnian Cup 1 time, in the 2000–01 cup season, the same year that Željezničar completed the double (won the league and the cup in one season). He also won the Bosnian Supercup 3 times, in 1998, 2000 and in 2001.
For all the other clubs, Adžem made 114 league appearances and scored 1 goal while playing for Katowice, thus in total playing 228 league games and scoring 7 league goals in his career.
He finished his career in 2007 while playing for Zagłębie Sosnowiec at the age of 34.
Adžem made his senior debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a February 1997 friendly match against Vietnam and has earned a total of 14 caps, scoring 1 goal. He played in both UEFA Euro 2000 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns. His final international was an August 2001 LG Cup match against Iran.[1]
On 6 June 2014, Adžem was named new manager of Željezničar replacing Dino Đurbuzović who was sacked earlier in the day.[2] In 22 games Adžem amassed an impressive record of 11 wins, 7 draws and only 4 losses.
On 15 December 2014, Adžem had to be removed from the position of manager due to not having an UEFA Pro Licence to manage a first team of any club. He went back to coach in the club's Youth School while also working on to finish getting his license.[3]
Adžem managed a junior side of Željezničar from January 2015 to July 2017 with whom he won the Bosnian league title twice. First time in the 2014–15 season[4] and the second time in the 2016–17 season.[5]
On 23 July 2017, Adžem came back to the position of manager of Željezničar's first team after almost 3 years of his first appointment.[6]
In that season Adžem won the club's first trophy in 5 years after beating Krupa in the two legged final of the 2017–18 Bosnian Cup. In the first game, Željezničar beat Krupa 2–0 and in the second game 4–2.[7] He also could have won the double since Željezničar was for the majority of the season first in the league, but eventually finished on second place after a poor finish to the season.[8]
Before the start of the pre-season, on 4 June 2018, Adžem got sacked.[9]
In July 2019, Adžem became the new manager of the under-17 team of Željezničar.[10] In his first match as the U17 team manager, Adžem's team beat the Borac Banja Luka U17 team on 20 July 2019 at home, with the result being 2–0 for Željezničar.[11]
Adžem's first loss as the under-17 manager came on 3 August 2019, in a 1–0 away league loss against the under-17 team of Zrinjski Mostar.[12] On 27 July 2020, he left the under-17 team of Željezničar.[13]
On 17 September 2020, it was confirmed that Adžem had become the new youth coach of UAE Pro League club Al-Wasl.[14]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Željezničar | June 2014 | December 2014 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 050.00 |
| Željezničar U19 | January 2015 | July 2017 | 32 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 078.13[lower-alpha 1] |
| Željezničar | July 2017 | June 2018 | 40 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 065.00 |
| Željezničar U17 | July 2019 | July 2020 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 057.14 |
| Total | 115 | 74 | 22 | 19 | 064.35 | ||
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