Džemal Mustedanagic
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Džemal Mustedanagić is a retired Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

 football defender who was capped for SFR Yugoslavia.

His playing career started in FK Sloboda Bosanski Novi where he played from 1968 till 1973 when he was approached by several Yugoslavian first league clubs. He chose Dinamo Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb
GNK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb , or by their nickname Modri are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won thirteen Croatian championship titles, ten...

 where he played from 1973 till 1983 and had 444 caps, winning famous Yugoslavian title in year 1982 and Yugoslavian cup 1980. Also he was first team captain during Miroslav Blažević
Miroslav Blaževic
Miroslav "Ćiro" Blažević is a Bosnian Croat football manager. He is the current head coach of Mes Kerman in Iran Pro League....

's managing. He moved to FK Austria Wien
FK Austria Wien
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 in 1983. During that time they won 3 national titles, a national cup, and a famous club achievement – beating FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona
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 in quarter finals Cup of the cups. Džemal Mustedanagić was marking Maradona in these two matches very good. That was glorious times for the club.

After his player career in 1987, on demand of the management board of Dinamo Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb
GNK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb , or by their nickname Modri are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won thirteen Croatian championship titles, ten...

, he started working with youngsters as a coach in Dinamo Zagreb Football school. In season 2003/2004 he coached the reserve squad of Dinamo Zagreb, where he trained and developed top youngsters' talents such as Eduardo Da Silva
Eduardo da Silva
Eduardo Alves da Silva , commonly known as Eduardo, sometimes nicknamed as Dudu, is a Brazilian-born Croatian footballer who plays for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk and the Croatia national team...

, Luka Modrić
Luka Modric
Luka Modrić is a Croatian footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and for the Croatia national football team.Modrić's childhood coincided with the Croatian War of Independence. After showing promise in hometown club Zadar's youth team, he was signed by Dinamo Zagreb as a teenager in 2002. His...

, Niko Kranjčar
Niko Kranjcar
Niko Kranjčar is a Croatian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur and the Croatia national team.He represented two of the biggest clubs in his homeland, playing for Dinamo Zagreb before sparking controversy by making a move to their fierce rivals Hajduk Split in 2005...

, Vedran Corluka
Vedran Corluka
Vedran Ćorluka is a Croatian footballer who plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur as a defender. He is also a part of the Croatia national team...

, Dino Drpić
Dino Drpic
Dino Drpić is a Croatian footballer. A product of Dinamo Zagreb Academy, Drpić turned professional in 2000 and went on to spend nine years with the club...

, Tomo Šokota, Mihael Mikić
Mihael Mikic
Mihael Mikić is a Croatian football player who is currently playing for Japanese club Sanfrecce Hiroshima. He is now most commonly playing as a right winger, but has played during his career as an attacking midfielder and striker as well....

, Hrvoje Cale
Hrvoje Cale
Hrvoje Čale is a Croatian international footballer who currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg.-Life and career:Čale began his career at age 9 in the youth ranks of Dinamo Zagreb. He made his break into the first team in 2003. However, he was mostly used as a substitute when starters were injured...

, Filip Lončarić
Filip Loncaric
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. Also, during that period, considering talents he brought up to national team, he was selected to work with the expert committee of the Croatian national team, as coach of the U-19 national team.

This talented youngsters made their way to first team, and in 2005 and 2006 he became coach with Josip Kuže
Josip Kuže
Josip Kuže is a Croatian football coach and former player. He was a player and later coach of Dinamo Zagreb where he played from 1971-1981 making a total of 384 appearances and scoring 14 goals.-Playing career:...

 of first team Dinamo Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb
GNK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb , or by their nickname Modri are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won thirteen Croatian championship titles, ten...

. They took Dinamo from 7th place to winning first place with these youngsters who are leading players today, not only in Dinamo but in national team, too.

He is assistant coach of Josip Kuže
Josip Kuže
Josip Kuže is a Croatian football coach and former player. He was a player and later coach of Dinamo Zagreb where he played from 1971-1981 making a total of 384 appearances and scoring 14 goals.-Playing career:...

 of the Albania national football team
Albania national football team
The Albania national association football team is the national association football team of Albania and is controlled by the Football Association of Albania...

.

After Kuze's medical problems, Džemal took in charge Albania national football team
Albania national football team
The Albania national association football team is the national association football team of Albania and is controlled by the Football Association of Albania...

 in October 2010.
In 2011 he took incharge National Team Albania U-17 and in first big competition, made big success qualifiing with Germany to next round UEFA u-17 Championship.

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