Edis Mulalić

Edis Mulalić (born 25 October 1975) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Montenegrin First League club Rudar Pljevlja.

Edis Mulalić
Personal information
Full name Edis Mulalić
Date of birth (1975-10-25) 25 October 1975
Place of birth Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Rudar Pljevlja (manager)
Youth career
0000–1994 Željezničar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 Željezničar 31 (0)
1996–1997 Uerdingen 05 26 (0)
1997–1998 Eintracht Frankfurt 7 (0)
1998–2002 Željezničar 81 (4)
2002–2003 TOŠK Tešanj 25 (3)
2003–2006 Željezničar 51 (3)
2006–2008 Hamm ?? (??)
2008–2010 Željezničar 57 (5)
Total 278 (15)
National team
1999–2000 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 (0)
Teams managed
2015–2016 Željezničar
2016–2017 Dečić
2017–2018 Mladost Doboj Kakanj
2018 Rudar Pljevlja
2019 Titograd
2019– Rudar Pljevlja
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, Mulalić started his career with hometown club Željezničar on 4 occasions with whom he has won 3 league titles, 2 cups and 3 supercups. He played 220 league games for Željezničar and 322 games in all competitions (including the league). In Bosnia and Herzegovina, he also played for TOŠK Tešanj.

Mulalić also played in Germany for Uerdingen 05, Eintracht Frankfurt with whom he won the 2. Bundesliga, and Hamm. He finished his playing career in 2010 winning one of the three league titles throughout his career as club captain with Željezničar at the age of 35.

International career

Mulalić played for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team between 1999 and 2000. He played 2 times for the national team.

Managerial career

Željezničar

Mulalić took over Željezničar during the 2015–16 season in September 2015.[1] Under his lead, Željezničar recorded impressive 12 matches without losing in the national league (9 straight victories). Along the way the club beat fierce city rivals Sarajevo both home and away, a first time the club has beaten Sarajevo away at Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium in 12 years.[2]

In the Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup competition, Mulalić led Željezničar to the semi finals comprehensively losing to Sloboda Tuzla 2–5 on aggregate. Mulalić controversially got sacked after a draw against Rudar Prijedor on 7 May 2016, just one game before the end of the season.[3]

Dečić

In September 2016, he was named the new manager of Montenegrin First League side Dečić.[4] He made the biggest result in the club's history by finishing 5th in the league. After the end of the season, Mulalić decided to leave the club.[5]

Mladost Doboj Kakanj

In June 2017, Mulalić came back to Bosnia and Herzegovina and became the new manager of Bosnian Premier League club Mladost Doboj Kakanj.[6] After 4 league rounds Mladost were first on the league table. When the winter break started Mladost were 6th. In April 2018, about a month and a half before the end of the season, Mulalić left the club as it already secured safety from relegation. It was unsure why he left, but it was said that he left because the thought of the games being "rigged".[7] When Mulalić left, Maldost were 7th in the league, while at the end they finished 8th.

Rudar Pljevlja

On 21 July 2018, Mulalić was named the manager of another Montenegrin First League club, Rudar Prijedor.[8] On 24 December 2018, Mulalić, alongside some of the players left the club due to financial problems that it had over the past months. Both sides said that they were on good terms.[9]

Titograd

On 31 January 2019, Mulalić became the new manager of yet another Montenegrin club, Titograd.[10] After only 2 months as Titograd manager, Mulalić resigned from the position after a loss against Zeta.[11]

Return to Rudar Pljevlja

In July 2019, more than half a year after leaving the club, Mulalić came back to Montenegro and once again became the manager of Rudar Pljevlja.[12] In his first game in his second mandate as the club's manager, Mulalić's Rudar Plevlja lost 2–0 away in a league match against Budućnost Podgorica on 5 August 2019.[13] His first win m since his return to the position of manager of Rudar came on 14 August 2019, in a 0–1 away league win against Mulalić's former team Titograd.[14]

Managerial statistics
As of 3 June 2020[15]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Željezničar September 2015 May 2016 22 15 4 3 068.18
Dečić September 2016 June 2017 31 13 10 8 041.94
Mladost Doboj Kakanj June 2017 April 2018 28 10 9 9 035.71
Rudar Pljevlja July 2018 December 2018 19 5 9 5 026.32
Titograd January 2019 March 2019 3 1 0 2 033.33
Rudar Pljevlja July 2019 Present 28 11 4 13 039.29
Total 131 55 36 40 041.98

Honours

Player

Eintracht Frankfurt

Željezničar

References
  1. N1 Sport Klub (29 September 2015). "Edis Mulalić novi trener Željezničara: Ovo je kruna karijere" (in Bosnian). Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. sportsport.ba (24 April 2016). "Željina dupla pobjeda tek osma u historiji derbija" (in Bosnian). Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  3. FK Željezničar: Mulalić i njegovi pomoćnici dobili otkaze at klix.ba, 7 May 2016
  4. Edis Mulalić novi trener crnogorskog Dečića at klix.ba, 6 September 2016
  5. Mulalić: S Dečićima sam napravio sjajan rezultat, ali nisam siguran da ostajem u Crnoj Gori at klix.ba, 31 May 2017
  6. Zvanično: Edis Mulalić novi trener Mladosti at klix.ba, 11 June 2017
  7. Edis Mulalić podnio ostavku na mjesto trenera Mladosti at klix.ba, 8 April 2018
  8. Edis Mulalić novi trener Rudara iz Pljevalja at klix.ba, 21 July 2018
  9. Mulalić raskinuo saradnju sa Rudarom at sport1.ba, 24 December 2018
  10. Edis Mulalić postao novi trener OFK Titograda at klix.ba, 31 January 2019
  11. A. Pašić (5 March 2019). "Mulalić nakon tri utakmice napustio OFK Titograd" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  12. R. Pašić (27 July 2019). "Edis Mulalić se vraća u Crnu Goru: Ovo je i moja moralna obaveza" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  13. "FK Budućnost Podgorica 2 – 0 FK Rudar Pljevlja". Sofascore.com (in Croatian). 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  14. A. Čaušević (14 August 2019). "Velika pobjeda Edisa Mulalića!" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  15. "Edis Mulalić". Sofascore.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 3 June 2020.
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