Haris Alihodžić (born 12 April 1968) is a Bosnian football manager and former player who is currently working as an assistant manager at Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 April 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Željezničar (assistant) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1992 | Željezničar | 17 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Favoritner AC | 14 | (1) |
| 1993–1994 | Rapid Wien | 7 | (1) |
| 1994 | Antalyaspor | 5 | (0) |
| 1995–1999 | Mura | 48 | (6) |
| 1999–2005 | Željezničar | 100 | (9) |
| Total | 191 | (17) | |
| International career | |||
| 2002–2003 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016 | Željezničar (caretaker) | ||
| 2023 | Željezničar (caretaker) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
For a big part of his career, Alihodžić played for hometown club Željezničar, with whom he won three Bosnian championship titles, three Bosnian Cups and three Bosnian Supercups.[1] He also had brief spells with Rapid Wien and Favoritner AC in Austria, Antalyaspor in the Turkish Süper Lig and Mura in Slovenia.[2][3]
International career
Alihodžić made his senior debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in an October 2002 friendly match against Germany and has earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a March 2003 European Championship qualification match against Luxembourg.[4]
Managerial and administrative career
Željezničar
After Edis Mulalić was sacked as manager, Alihodžić, who was the sporting director of Željezničar at the time, on 7 May 2016, took over as the caretaker manager of the club until a new permanent manager was to be named.[5] He led the team in one game, a 1–1 draw against Slavija Sarajevo in the last round of the 2015–16 Bosnian Premier League season.[6]
On 12 July 2017, Alihodžić became the director of the youth academy of Željezničar.[7] He worked as director until July 2022, when he was replaced by Edin Ćurić.[8]
On 1 November 2023, Alihodžić was named as Željezničar's caretaker manager.[9] He led the side to a league victory against Sloga Meridian on 4 November.[10]
Bosnia and Herzegovina U21
On 6 March 2020, after Slobodan Starčević became the new head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national team, it was announced that Alihodžić, alongside Mario Ivanković, had been named as the new assistant coaches of Starčević.[11]
Honours
Player
Željezničar[12]
- Bosnian First League: 1997–98
- Bosnian Premier League: 2000–01, 2001–02
- Bosnian Cup: 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03
- Bosnian Supercup: 1998, 2000, 2001
References
External links
- Haris Alihodžić at National-Football-Teams.com