Asim Ferhatovic
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Asim "Hase" Ferhatović was a Bosnian footballer. He started his professional football career in 1948 for FK Sarajevo
. He played also for Fenerbahçe in 1960-61 season and won Turkish League championship.
During the 1950s and 1960s, Ferhatović led FK Sarajevo
to great heights, and became the club's best and most famous player, scoring 198 goals in 422 games. His greatest personal achievement was becoming lead scorer in the Yugoslavian First League with 19 goals for FK Sarajevo
in the 1963/1964 season.
Ferhatović's retirement was one of the most important events in Sarajevo
sport
s history, and the local newspapers ran the headline
Jedan je Hase! (There is Only One Hase!) in his honour that day.
The Bosnian rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje
wrote a song in honour of Ferhatović called Nedelja Kad Je Otišo Hase ("The Sunday When Hase Left"). In its hidden meaning, the song actually refer to late Yugoslav life-long president Josip Broz Tito. Tito died few years before the song was published, on Sunday - 4 May 1980.
Sarajevo's Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium
, the site of the Opening Ceremonies of the 1984 Winter Olympics, is named in his honour.
He played once for the Yugoslavia national football team
.
The stadium of the football club "FK Sarajevo" is also renamed after Asim Ferhatović; Stadium Asim Ferhatović Hase. The Bosnia-Herzegovina national team plays often a match on this stadium.
FK Sarajevo
FK Sarajevo is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia-Herzegovina and is one of the most popular clubs in the country. Founded on October 24, 1946, the club was the most successful club from SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in former Yugoslavia, winning two First League...
. He played also for Fenerbahçe in 1960-61 season and won Turkish League championship.
During the 1950s and 1960s, Ferhatović led FK Sarajevo
FK Sarajevo
FK Sarajevo is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia-Herzegovina and is one of the most popular clubs in the country. Founded on October 24, 1946, the club was the most successful club from SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in former Yugoslavia, winning two First League...
to great heights, and became the club's best and most famous player, scoring 198 goals in 422 games. His greatest personal achievement was becoming lead scorer in the Yugoslavian First League with 19 goals for FK Sarajevo
FK Sarajevo
FK Sarajevo is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia-Herzegovina and is one of the most popular clubs in the country. Founded on October 24, 1946, the club was the most successful club from SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in former Yugoslavia, winning two First League...
in the 1963/1964 season.
Ferhatović's retirement was one of the most important events in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
sport
Sport
A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...
s history, and the local newspapers ran the headline
Headline
The headline is the text at the top of a newspaper article, indicating the nature of the article below it.It is sometimes termed a news hed, a deliberate misspelling that dates from production flow during hot type days, to notify the composing room that a written note from an editor concerned a...
Jedan je Hase! (There is Only One Hase!) in his honour that day.
The Bosnian rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje
Zabranjeno pušenje
Zabranjeno Pušenje is a Yugoslavian garage rock band from Sarajevo, closely associated with the New primitivism cultural movement and the radio and television satire show Top Lista Nadrealista...
wrote a song in honour of Ferhatović called Nedelja Kad Je Otišo Hase ("The Sunday When Hase Left"). In its hidden meaning, the song actually refer to late Yugoslav life-long president Josip Broz Tito. Tito died few years before the song was published, on Sunday - 4 May 1980.
Sarajevo's Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium
Asim Ferhatovic Hase Stadium
Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium is a stadium owned by the city of Sarajevo. It is also known as Koševo Stadium and formerly Olympic Stadium. Koševo Stadium is located in the Koševo neighborhood of Sarajevo and it is used mostly by FK Sarajevo....
, the site of the Opening Ceremonies of the 1984 Winter Olympics, is named in his honour.
He played once for the Yugoslavia national football team
Yugoslavia national football team
The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in association football. It enjoyed a modicum of success in international competition. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international...
.
The stadium of the football club "FK Sarajevo" is also renamed after Asim Ferhatović; Stadium Asim Ferhatović Hase. The Bosnia-Herzegovina national team plays often a match on this stadium.
External links
- Asim Ferhatović career stats in Turkey at mackolik.com