Sulejman "Sula" Rebac was a Bosnian football

Football (soccer)

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 player and manager.

He started playing football in Velež Mostar

Velež Mostar

FK Velež , successor of RŠD Velež, is a football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, from the city of Mostar, founded on June 22, 1922....

 in 1947. In 1954, he moved to Hajduk Split where he stayed for several seasons. He also played one season 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 total, he played more than 1000 games, scoring 620 goals. He is considered to be one of the most celebrated football players in history of Velež and Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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. In 1956, Rebac also competed

Croatia v Indonesia (1956)

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 for the SR Croatia national football team against Indonesia

Indonesia national football team

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, which he scored a goal.

After retirement, he began his coaching career. He started in 1963 as a coach of Velež Mostar. Although they have never managed to win a title, Velež Mostar was among the top Yugoslav

Yugoslavia

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 clubs at the time. Players like Dušan Bajević

Dušan Bajevic

Dušan Bajević is a Bosnian football manager and former Yugoslav international.-Playing career:...

, Enver Marić

Enver Maric

Enver Marić is a former Bosnian football goalkeeper and now a successful coach....

, Franjo Vladić

Franjo Vladic

Franjo Vladić was a Bosnian Croat footballer who played for Yugoslavia national football team.-Career:He began his club career with the then largest regional side in Herzegovina, Velež Mostar...

, Džemal Hadžiabdić

Džemal Hadžiabdic

Džemaludin "Džemal" Hadžiabdić, commonly known as Jamal Haji in Qatar and United Arab Emirates where he's been coaching since 2000, is a Bosnian left back who represented SFR Yugoslavia.-External links:*...

, Vahid Halilhodžić

Vahid Halilhodžic

Vahid "Vaha" Halilhodžić is a former Bosnian football player and now a manager, currently managing the Algeria national football team....

, Aleksandar Ristić

Aleksandar Ristic

Aleksandar Ristić is a Bosnian football manager and a former player.During his playing career he played for the Yugoslav clubs FK Velež Mostar, HNK Hajduk Split, FK Sarajevo and German Bundesliga club Eintracht Braunschweig...

, Boro Primorac

Boro Primorac

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, Vladimir Pecelj, Momčilo Vukoje, Ahmed Glavović, Dubravko Ledić, Jadranko Topić

Jadranko Topić

Jadranko Topić is a Yugoslavian former professional footballer who played as a striker.-Career:Topić played for FK Velež Mostar.He also spent one season in the North American Soccer League, making six appearances for the New York Cosmos in 1977....

, Marijan Kvesić, Marko Čolić and Slobodan Mrgan, all made their names under the guidance of Sulejman Rebac. In 1977/1978 season, he was a coach of FK Željezničar

FK Željeznicar

FK Željezničar is a professional football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo.The initial acronym stands for Fudbalski sportski klub , and the name Željezničar means "railway worker," given because it was established by a group of railway workers.Željezničar, alias "Željo," is the most...

.

In December 1973, he was appointed to a coaching commission, alongside Miljan Miljanić

Miljan Miljanic

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, Milan Ribar, Tomislav Ivić

Tomislav Ivic

Tomislav Ivić was a Croatian football player and manager.Often described as a brilliant strategist, Ivić is credited with helping develop the modern style of the game...

 and Milovan Ćirić

Milovan Ciric

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, created to lead the Yugoslavia national team

Yugoslavia national football team

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. As a part of it, he was present at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

Sulejman Rebac died on November 17, 2006 in Mostar

Mostar

Mostar is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the largest and one of the most important cities in the Herzegovina region and the center of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation. Mostar is situated on the Neretva river and is the fifth-largest city in the country...

.