Almir Turković

Almir Turković (born 3 November 1970) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian retired professional football forward and coach who is currently in charge of the FK Sarajevo U17 team.

Almir Turković
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-11-03) 3 November 1970
Place of birth Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
1988–1994 Sarajevo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994 Sarajevo 7 (4)
1995 Vorwärts Steyr 8 (1)
1996 Tigres UANL ? (?)
1996–1997 Sarajevo 20 (3)
1997–1999 Zadar 54 (16)
1999–2000 Osijek 19 (7)
2000 Sarajevo 12 (2)
2000–2001 Osijek 34 (10)
2002 Cerezo Osaka 38 (11)
2003–2005 Hajduk Split 49 (16)
2005–2006 Osijek 27 (3)
2006–2008 Sarajevo 48 (8)
Total 316 (81)
National team
1995–2003 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11 (0)
Teams managed
2008–2010 Sarajevo (assistant)
2010 Sarajevo (caretaker)
2010 Sarajevo (assistant)
2019– Sarajevo U17
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Turković played for FK Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina and clubs in the Croatian Prva HNL and Japanese J2 League.

Club career

Turković played for NK Zadar, NK Osijek and Hajduk Split in the Croatian Prva HNL[1] and later played for FK Sarajevo in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2] He also played in Austria, Mexico and Japan.

He won the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bosnian Cup with Sarajevo, while with Hajduk he won the 1. HNL, the Croatian Cup and the Croatian Super Cup.

He made over 100 appearances for Sarajevo in all competitions.

Turković was also named the Bosnian Premier League player of the season in 2006–07.

He retired at the age of 38 while playing for Sarajevo after the end of the 2007–08 season.

International career

Turković made 11 appearances for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team between 1995 and 2003.[3]

Career statistics

Club
Club performance League Cup Supercup International Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Bosnia and Herzegovina League Cup Supercup Europe Total
1994FK SarajevoPrva liga BiH7440––114
Austria League Cup Supercup Europe Total
1995–96SK Vorwärts SteyrBundesliga8121––102
Bosnia and Herzegovina League Cup Supercup Europe Total
1996–97FK SarajevoPrva liga BiH20355––258
Croatia League Cup Supercup Europe Total
1997–98Zadarkomerc1. HNL27720--297
1998–9927921--2910
1999–00NK Osijek19742-20259
Bosnia and Herzegovina League Cup Supercup Europe Total
1999-00FK SarajevoPremijer liga BiH12200––122
Croatia League Cup Supercup Europe Total
2000–01NK Osijek1. HNL21831-422811
2001–0213212-61205
Japan League Emperor's Cup Supercup Asia Total
2002Cerezo OsakaJ2 League381133--4114
Croatia League Cup Supercup Europe Total
2002–03Hajduk Split1. HNL12731--158
2003–041650010-175
2004–05214721010306
2005–06NK Osijek27341--314
Bosnia and Herzegovina League Cup Supercup Europe Total
2006–07FK SarajevoPremijer liga BiH21570––285
2007–0827343–51367
CountryBosnia and Herzegovina 8717208005111226
Austria 81210000102
Croatia 1835226102013322465
Japan 38113300004114
Total 31681512220184387107

International
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
199510
199610
199740
199810
199930
200000
200100
200200
200310
Total110

Coaching career

Tenure in Sarajevo

Assistant coach

In January 2009, after Mehmed Janjoš was named the new manager of FK Sarajevo, he named Turković his assistant.

In June 2009, Turković got suspended after claiming that Sarajevo became a not serious club and that the club officials at the time didn't get the wanted players the coaching staff wanted.[4] On 1 July 2009, the suspension was lifted and Turković came back to the coaching staff.[5]

Caretaker manager

On 29 March 2010, after Janjoš resigned from the head coach position the day before, Turković was named caretaker manager of Sarajevo.[6] In his only game as head coach, on 3 April 2010, Sarajevo lost to FK Laktaši.

Back to being assistant and leaving the club

In April 2010, after Mirza Varešanović became the new manager, Turković wasn't anymore the caretaker manager and came back to the position of an assistant.[7] In July 2010, after Varešanović decided that Turković will not be his assistant anymore, Turković decided to leave the club.[8]

Return to Sarajevo (academy)

In January 2019, Turković was named the new head coach of the FK Sarajevo U17 team. While being the head coach of the youth team, on 13 March 2019, Turković suffered a heart attack and was needed to immediately be operated.[9] Luckily, the operation went good and Turković has been in a stable condition ever since.[10]

Honours

Player

Club

Sarajevo

Hajduk Split

Individual

Awards

References
  1. "Statistika – Almir Turković". 1HNL.net. Archived from the original on 2011-09-02. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
  2. "Turković Almir". HNL Statistika. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
  3. "Reprezentacija BiH – Igraci Statistika, Napad". BIHsoccer. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
  4. Edin Isanović (15 June 2009). "Zašto je suspendovan Almir Turković?" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  5. "Ukinuta suspenzija Turkoviću" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. 1 July 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  6. A. Jahić (29 March 2010). "FOTO / Almir Turković privremeno vodi ekipu FK Sarajevo" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  7. "Mirza Varešanović novi trener bordo kluba" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 7 April 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  8. E. Škorić (12 July 2010). "Turković: Za ovo sam znao i ranije" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  9. E.B. (13 March 2019). "Almir Turković doživio infarkt, hitno operisan u Sarajevu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  10. K.H. (14 March 2019). "Almir Turković u stabilnom stanju nakon infarkta, pozitivne prognoze ljekara" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
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