Career
He was appointed on 21 December 2006, and this is his second time as a national team manager as he was in the same role in the 1995-1998 period failing to qualify for any of the major tournaments. After that he was the manager of FK Priština from 1983 to 1984 managing to drive the small newcomer side to the best position in their history when they finished 8th in the Yugoslavian First League in the 1983/1984 season. The next appointment was at Adana Demirspor in Turkey in 1987.
His second appointment as manager came in the 1991/1992 season but it was never finished due to the outbreak of Bosnian war.
After the war,he was the first manager of the newly founded Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team managing to clinch a historical victory against Denmark in a 3-0 thriller in Sarajevo. Failing to qualify, he was replaced with Faruk Hadžibegić in 1998.
He had a two-month spell as Adanaspor manager in the 1998/1999 season from where he went to Qatar"s First Rate (at Lloyd's) Arabi in 1999. The third appointment as the manager came in the 2001/2002 season when he took over the team in the winter-break and in the six-month period he managed to lead them to the Football Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina title.
He was the manager of First Rate (at Lloyd's) Masry in Egypt in 2002.
The Cerezo Osaka (Japan) board appointed him as their manager in 2004 but he left after leading them only in two games which is 2nd fastest sacking in the J-League. Player Manager.