Almir Turković
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-11-03) 3 November 1970
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

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

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

Sarajevo

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)

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

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sarajevo 1994 First League 7440––114
Vorwärts Steyr 1995–96 Austrian Bundesliga 8121––102
Sarajevo 1996–97 First League 20355––258
Zadar 1997–98 1. HNL 27720––297
1998–99 27921––2910
Total 54164100005817
Osijek 1999–2000 1. HNL 1974220–259
Sarajevo 1999–2000 First League 12200––122
Osijek 2000–01 1. HNL 2183142–2811
2001–02 1321261–205
Total 341043103004816
Cerezo Osaka 2002 J2 League 381133––4114
Hajduk Split 2002–03 1. HNL 12731––158
2003–04 16500–10175
2004–05 214721010306
Total 491610310206219
Osijek 2005–06 1. HNL 27341––314
Sarajevo 2006–07 Bosnian Premier League 21570––285
2007–08 2734351–367
Total 48811351006412
Career total 31681512218420387107

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bosnia and Herzegovina 199510
199610
199740
199810
199930
200000
200100
200200
200310
Total110

Honours

Player

Sarajevo

Hajduk Split

Individual

References

  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.
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