Mustafa Mijajlović
Born
Marjan Mijajlović

(1972-03-17) 17 March 1972
Tuzla, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
OccupationSports commentator
Career
NetworkSport Klub
Hayat
Face TV

Mustafa Mijajlović (Cyrillic: Мустафа Мијајловић; born 17 March 1972 as Marjan Mijajlović) is a Bosnian sports commentator.

Career

Mijajlović's career began in the Serbian sports television station Sport Klub. He became popular in Serbia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina for his positive comments on Bosnian players in the Bundesliga.

After the 2007/2008 Bundesliga season was over, Mijajlović took a job with Bosnian NTV Hayat to commentate Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team matches. He commentated only one game (Belgium - Bosnia), which Bosnia won 4–2. Mijajlović gained notability for his call of the first Bosnian goal in which he referred to the player Edin Džeko as a diamond and gave the team the nickname of the "Dragons".[1] However, several weeks after the legendary game, Mijajlović was fired from Hayat, due to disagreements with the sports redaction of Hayat.

His style of commentating is unique to the area of former Yugoslavia, and it is similar to Brazilian and Turkish commentators. Mijajlović claims that this is because "...when I was little, my brother and I used to watch Galatasaray in the Turkish League, whose commentators inspired me."

Personal life

Mijajlović moved to Belgrade in 1992, but moved back to Sarajevo in 2009.[2] He converted to Islam and changed his name to Mustafa in 2016.[3][4]

Return to TV

Mijajlović today works at Face TV.

References

  1. ↑ "Nakon četiri godine javio se Marjan Mijajlović: U Beogradu sam, napustio sam sportsko novinarstvo". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 19 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Najpoznatiji tv-komentator ovih prostora za Index: "Ne dam na Ćosića, cijeli Euro gledao sam na Dragi!"".
  3. ↑ "Marjan now a Muslim! Changed name to Mustafa (In Bosnian)". radiosarajevo.ba. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Marjan Mijajlović converted to Islam (In Bosnian)". klix.ba. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
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