Enver Marić
 Marić as goalkeeping coach of Hertha BSC in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 April 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Mostar, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1967 | Velež Mostar | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1976 | Velež Mostar | 213 | (0) |
| 1976–1978 | Schalke 04 | 47 | (0) |
| 1978–1985 | Velež Mostar | 226 | (1) |
| Total | 486 | (1) | |
| International career | |||
| 1972–1976 | Yugoslavia | 32 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1990 | Velež Mostar | ||
| 1993–1998 | Fortuna Düsseldorf (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 1998 | Fortuna Düsseldorf (caretaker) | ||
| 1998–2010 | Hertha BSC (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 1999 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Enver Marić (born 16 April 1948) is a Bosnian former professional football goalkeeper and retired football manager. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest goalkeepers from the former Yugoslavia of all time.[1]
Club career
[edit]Marić started his career playing for hometown club Velež Mostar from 1967 to 1976, for who he played a record 600 games in his nine-year stint. Marić then went on to play for German club Schalke 04 from 1976 to 1978.[2] He returned to Velež in 1978, ending his career at the club in 1985.
Marić is also remembered for being the part of the Velež three known as the "Mostar BMV" (Bajević, Marić and Vladić) during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
International career
[edit]Marić made his debut for the Yugoslavia national team in an April 1972 European Championship qualification match against the Soviet Union and has earned a total of 32 caps, scoring no goals.[3] His final international was a May 1976 European Championship qualification match away against Wales.[4] He appeared in the 1974 FIFA World Cup for Yugoslavia.
Managerial career
[edit]Marić returned to football as a manager, briefly managing Velež in 1990, then working as a goalkeeping coach at Fortuna Düsseldorf from 1993 to 1998 and Hertha BSC from 1998 to 2010. For a short stint in 1998, Marić was the caretaker manager of Düsseldorf. During 1999, he worked as a goalkeeping coach in the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
Personal life
[edit]On 7 October 2010, Marić suffered a stroke in his home in Berlin, Germany.[5]
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]Velež Mostar
Individual
References
[edit]- ^ "Legendarni Enver Marić: Moje zdravlje nije dobro, ali se borim" (in Bosnian). Dnevni avaz. April 8, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
- ^ "Enver Marić". fussballdaten.de (in German). Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ Mamrud, Roberto (December 16, 2020). "Yugoslavia (Serbia (and Montenegro)) - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ "Enver Marić doživio moždani udar" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. October 7, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
External links
[edit]
- Enver Marić at Soccerway
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- 1948 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Mostar
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Yugoslav men's footballers
- Yugoslavia men's international footballers
- 1974 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1976 players
- FK Velež Mostar players
- FC Schalke 04 players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Bundesliga players
- Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in West Germany
- Yugoslav football managers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers
- FK Velež Mostar managers
- Fortuna Düsseldorf managers
- Yugoslav First League managers
- 2. Bundesliga managers
- Association football goalkeeping coaches
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in West Germany