Faruk Hadà ¾ibegià(; born 7 October 1957) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who played as a defender. He played for Yugoslavia at UEFA Euro 1984 and at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. With 61 international caps, Hadà ¾ibegiàis Yugoslavia's fifth-most-capped player.
During his career, Hadà ¾ibegiàplayed for hometown club Sarajevo, Real Betis, Sochaux and Toulouse. He was an important member of the memorable Sarajevo squad that won the 1984âÂÂ85 Yugoslav First League. At Sochaux he played for years alongside compatriot Mehmed Baà ¾dareviÃÂ.
Hadà ¾ibegiàis the second most-capped Bosnian player and fifth overall most-capped player for the Yugoslavia national team (61 caps) - first being Zlatko VujoviÃÂ, who is second overall (70 caps). He made his debut for them in an October 1982 European Championship qualification match away against Norway.
Hadà ¾ibegiàwas a participant in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy for Yugoslavia, appearing in all five of his team's matches. Yugoslavia went on to face Argentina in the quarter-finals, where after a 0âÂÂ0 draw in regulation and extra time, elimination was decided on a penalty shoot-out. Dragan StojkoviÃÂ, Dragoljub Brnoviàand Hadà ¾ibegiàmissed an opportunity to score from a penalty, as Stojkoviàmissed the first completely, while Sergio Goycochea stopped the fourth by Brnoviàand final attempt by Hadà ¾ibegiÃÂ, thus sending the Yugoslav team home.
Hadà ¾ibegiàfeatured regularly and played his last match for Yugoslavia in March 1992, a friendly game against the Netherlands.
Hadà ¾ibegiàbegan his managerial career with his former club Sochaux with whom he gained promotion to Ligue 1 in 1997. He was then manager of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. In 2000, Hadà ¾ibegiàtook over Real Betis, with whom he gained promotion to La Liga in 2001. He came back to France with Troyes, before stints in Turkey with Gaziantepspor, Diyarbakñrspor and Denizlispor.
Hadà ¾ibegiàthen joined Chamois Niortais. He was named manager of Dijon in December 2007, and was released in June 2009. On 9 December 2009, after sacking coach Philippe Anziani, Bastia named Hadà ¾ibegiàas the club's new manager. He left the club in 2010. From 2010 to 2011, he managed Arles-Avignon and later Valenciennes, from 2016 until 2017.
In October 2018, Hadà ¾ibegiàreplaced Régis Brouard as Red Star manager in Ligue 2. On 25 March 2019, after a series of poor results, he left Red Star.
On 25 July 2019, it was announced that Hadà ¾ibegiàbecame the new manager of the Montenegro national team. The next day, on 26 July, at a press conference, it was revealed that he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with the team, keeping him manager at least until the end of 2020. He was sacked by the Montenegrin FA on 28 December 2020. On 16 July 2022, Hadà ¾ibegiàbecame the new manager of Algerian side MC Alger. On 10 September 2022, he left MC Alger after three games as manager.
In January 2023, Hadà ¾ibegiàreturned to managing the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, replacing the outgoing Ivaylo Petev. He was tasked with qualifying the team for UEFA Euro 2024. Hadà ¾ibegiàwas victorious in the team's opening qualifying match against Iceland on 23 March 2023. He suffered his first defeat since returning on 26 March, in the second qualifying game against Slovakia. After two more qualifying game defeats against Portugal and Luxembourg, he mutually terminated his contract with the Bosnian FA on 23 June 2023.
From 25 December 2002 until 18 February 2004, Hadà ¾ibegiàheld the role of the 29th President of the Assembly of FK Sarajevo.
Sarajevo
Sochaux