Mehmed Baždarević
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Baždarević as Al-Wakrah manager in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 September 1960 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Višegrad, FPR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1978–1987 | Željezničar | 229 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
| 1987–1996 | Sochaux | 308 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Nîmes | 32 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Étoile Carouge | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 575 | (42) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1992 | Yugoslavia | 54 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2003 | Sochaux (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Istres | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Étoile du Sahel | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Al-Wakrah | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Grenoble | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Sochaux | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Al-Wakrah | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Paris FC | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Guingamp | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Mehmed Baždarević (born 28 September 1960) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Ligue 2 club Guingamp.
Baždarević played for Bosnian side Željezničar and French outfit Sochaux, among others. Nicknamed Meša in the former Yugoslavia and Mécha in France, he is considered to be one of the best football players to come from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Internationally, Baždarević earned caps with Yugoslavia and took part in playing at UEFA Euro 1984. He also played for Bosnia and Herzegovina after the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992. He was the first captain of the Bosnia national team. He retired as a player in 1998 and moved into management.