Almir Turković

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Almir Turković
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-11-03) 3 November 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
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)
International career
1995–2003 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11 (0)
Managerial career
2008–2010 Sarajevo (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Almir Turković (born 3 November 1970) is a Bosnian retired professional football forward and manager.

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

Club career[edit]

Turković played for Zadar, Osijek and Hajduk Split in the Croatian Prva HNL[1] and later played for Sarajevo in the Bosnian Premier League.[2] He also played in Austria, Mexico for Tigres UANL during the 1995–96 season[3] and Japan.

Turković won the Bosnian Premier League and Bosnian Cup with Sarajevo, while with Hajduk he won the Prva 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[edit]

Turković made his senior debut in Bosnia and Herzegovina's first ever official international game, a November 1995 friendly game away against Albania,[4] and has earned a total of 11 caps, scoring no goals.[5] His final international was a March 2003 European Championship qualification match against Luxembourg.[6][7]

Managerial career[edit]

Sarajevo[edit]

In January 2009, after Mehmed Janjoš was named the new manager of 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.[8] On 1 July 2009, the suspension was lifted and Turković came back to the coaching staff.[9]

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.[10] In July 2010, after Varešanović decided that Turković will not be his assistant anymore, he decided to leave the club.[11]

Return to Sarajevo (academy)[edit]

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.[12] Luckily, the operation went good and Turković has been in a stable condition ever since.[13]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sarajevo 1994 First League 7 4 4 0 – – 11 4
Vorwärts Steyr 1995–96 Austrian Bundesliga 8 1 2 1 – – 10 2
Sarajevo 1996–97 First League 20 3 5 5 – – 25 8
Zadar 1997–98 1. HNL 27 7 2 0 – – 29 7
1998–99 27 9 2 1 – – 29 10
Total 54 16 4 1 0 0 0 0 58 17
Osijek 1999–2000 1. HNL 19 7 4 2 2 0 – 25 9
Sarajevo 1999–2000 First League 12 2 0 0 – – 12 2
Osijek 2000–01 1. HNL 21 8 3 1 4 2 – 28 11
2001–02 13 2 1 2 6 1 – 20 5
Total 34 10 4 3 10 3 0 0 48 16
Cerezo Osaka 2002 J2 League 38 11 3 3 – – 41 14
Hajduk Split 2002–03 1. HNL 12 7 3 1 – – 15 8
2003–04 16 5 0 0 – 1 0 17 5
2004–05 21 4 7 2 1 0 1 0 30 6
Total 49 16 10 3 1 0 2 0 62 19
Osijek 2005–06 1. HNL 27 3 4 1 – – 31 4
Sarajevo 2006–07 Bosnian Premier League 21 5 7 0 – – 28 5
2007–08 27 3 4 3 5 1 – 36 7
Total 48 8 11 3 5 1 0 0 64 12
Career total 316 81 51 22 18 4 2 0 387 107
  1. ^ Includes Emperor's Cup.

International[edit]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1995 1 0
1996 1 0
1997 4 0
1998 1 0
1999 3 0
2000 0 0
2001 0 0
2002 0 0
2003 1 0
Total 11 0

Honours[edit]

Player[edit]

Sarajevo

Hajduk Split

Individual[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Statistika – Almir Turković". 1HNL.net. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
  2. ^ "Turković Almir". HNL Statistika. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
  3. ^ Top 5: Los fichajes más extraños (de nombre) en Tigres. - Pamboleros (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Prva zvanična utakmica reprezentacije BiH - Historija (in Bosnian)
  5. ^ Mamrud, Roberto (16 July 2009). "Bosnia and Herzegovina – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Reprezentacija BiH – Igraci Statistika, Napad". BIHsoccer. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
  8. ^ Edin Isanović (15 June 2009). "Zašto je suspendovan Almir Turković?" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Ukinuta suspenzija Turkoviću" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. 1 July 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Mirza Varešanović novi trener bordo kluba" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 7 April 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  11. ^ E. Škorić (12 July 2010). "Turković: Za ovo sam znao i ranije" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  12. ^ E.B. (13 March 2019). "Almir Turković doživio infarkt, hitno operisan u Sarajevu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  13. ^ K.H. (14 March 2019). "Almir Turković u stabilnom stanju nakon infarkta, pozitivne prognoze ljekara" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

External links[edit]

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