Samir Muratović

Samir Muratović (born 25 February 1976) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer and current sporting director of Bosnian Premier League club Tuzla City.

Samir Muratović
Muratović as Sturm Graz head scout in September 2018
Personal information
Full name Samir Muratović
Date of birth (1976-02-25) 25 February 1976
Place of birth Zvornik, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Tuzla City (sporting director)
Youth career
0000–1995 Drina Zvornik
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Drina Zvornik
1998–1999 Kocaelispor 27 (4)
1999–2000 Željezničar 53 (36)
2000–2001 Chemnitzer 6 (1)
2001–2003 Saturn Ramenskoye 68 (11)
2004–2007 Grazer 104 (5)
2007–2012 Sturm Graz 128 (31)
2012–2013 Gratkorn 24 (3)
National team
1999–2014 Bosnia and Herzegovina 24 (0)
Teams managed
2017–2019 Sturm Graz (head scout)
2019– Tuzla City (sporting director)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Before becoming the sporting director of Tuzla City in May 2019, Muratović spent more than two years as head scout of Austrian Bundesliga club Sturm Graz from July 2017 to September 2019.

Club career

Muratović started his career at Drina Zvornik. He then moved to Turkey for Kocaelispor. In 1999, he moved back to Bosnia and Herzegovina and signed with Željezničar of the First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Muratović then had a short spell at Chemnitzer and then moved to Russian Premier League club Saturn Ramenskoye.

In January 2004, he moved to Grazer, until summer 2007, when the club was relegated.[1]

From 2007 to 2012, he played for Sturm Graz. In 2012, he moved to Gratkorn. In 2013, Muratović left Gratkorn and shortly after ended his playing career.

International career

Between 1999 and 2014, Muratović was capped 24 times by Bosnia and Herzegovina. On 5 March 2014, he played his last match for the national team in a friendly match against Egypt at Tivoli-Neu in Innsbruck, Austria.

Administrative career

On 3 July 2017, Muratović became the new head scout of his former club, Sturm Graz.[2] He left Sturm in September 2019, after more than two years of him being the head scout of Sturm.

On 29 May 2019, Muratović was named new sporting director of Bosnian Premier League club Tuzla City.[3]

Honours

Player

Željezničar

Grazer

Sturm Graz

References
  1. "Samir Muratovic sagt im Sommer "Tschüss!"" (in German). sport10.at. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  2. "Samir Muratovic wirn neuer Sturm-Scout" (in German). kleinezeitung.at. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  3. "Milenko Bošnjaković novi trener Tuzla Cityja, a Samir Muratović sportski direktor" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
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