Mirza Varešanović

Mirza Varešanović (born 31 May 1972) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player.

Mirza Varešanović
Personal information
Full name Mirza Varešanović
Date of birth (1972-05-31) 31 May 1972
Place of birth Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
0000–1991 Sarajevo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1995 Sarajevo 14 (1)
1995–1996 Bordeaux 13 (0)
1996–1998 Olympiacos 67 (2)
1998–2000 Bursaspor 54 (2)
2000–2001 Austria Wien 19 (0)
2001–2002 Sarajevo 16 (1)
2002–2003 Bursaspor 22 (1)
2003–2004 Sarajevo 11 (0)
Total 216 (7)
National team
1996–2001 Bosnia and Herzegovina 24 (0)
Teams managed
2010–2011 Sarajevo
2011–2012 Velež Mostar
2014–2015 Olimpik
2017 Olimpik
2018 Bosnia and Herzegovina U18
2019 Tuzla City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Varešanović started his career with Sarajevo, breaking into the first team in 1991, but getting only limited playing time. With the start of the Bosnian war, competitive football in the country halted and Sarajevo became a touring club. During one of these tours, Varešanović was spotted by Bordeaux scouts, and he quickly joined the French team.[1]

A year later he made a move to Olympiacos, spending two seasons with the Greek outfit. With Olympiacos, he won the Superleague Greece in the seasons 1996–97 and 1997–98. He next moved to Turkish Süper Lig side Bursaspor, who he would go on to represent on two separate occasions.[2]

In 2002 while back at Sarajevo, Varešanović won the 2001–02 Bosnian Cup. He concluded his playing career with Sarajevo in 2004.

International career

Varešanović was capped 24 times for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team between 1996 and 2001. He played in the UEFA Euro 2000 and the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns.

Managerial career

Early career

After concluding his playing career, Varešanović was named Sarajevo sporting director, and held the position for two years.[3] In 2010, he was named Sarajevo manager and led the team for one season and finished second in the 2010–11 Bosnian Premier League season.[4]

In the summer of 2011, he was approached by Velež Mostar, and went on to lead the Herzegovina outfit for also one season.[5]

Olimpik

On 5 May 2014, Varešanović accepted an offer from Olimpik.[6] In his second season, he won the Bosnian Cup trophy and made historic achievement with Olimpik by winning the first trophy for the youngest football club in the Bosnian Premier League.[7]

Varešanović left the club on 21 November 2015.[8]

Return to Olimpik

Varešanović once again came back to Olimpik in June 2017, but again left the club the very same year in November.[9][10]

Bosnia and Herzegovina U18

In 2018, Varešanović became the head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U18 national team. He led the national team to 8th place at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain.[11][12]

Tuzla City

On 26 February 2019, Varešanović signed a half-a-year contract with Bosnian Premier League club Tuzla City.[13] His first win as Tuzla City's manager came on 9 March 2019, in 0–2 away win against Krupa.[14]

On 25 May 2019, after the end of the last game of the 2018–19 Bosnian Premier League season in which Tuzla City lost against Željezničar at home 0–3, Varešanović decided to leave Tuzla, stating: "I've been here for about three months, we have achieved what we had planned, but I will not be the manager of the club next season. I'm just too tired for this time, and some things have happened that have added to the decision of my deparutre, so..."[15] He officially left the club a day later on 26 May.

Personal life

Mirza's son Mak is also a professional footballer who plays for Casertana in the Italian Serie C. He previously played for Serie A club Udinese.[16][17][18]

Managerial statistics
As of 25 May 2019[19]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Sarajevo 7 April 2010 20 June 2011 44 24 11 9 79 37 +42 054.55
Velež Mostar 6 July 2011 18 April 2012 29 10 9 10 31 28 +3 034.48
Olimpik 5 May 2014 21 November 2015 58 22 16 20 83 75 +8 037.93
Olimpik 8 June 2017 23 November 2017 18 11 4 3 26 11 +15 061.11
Bosnia and Herzegovina U18 — 2018 June 2018 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 000.00
Tuzla City 26 February 2019 26 May 2019 13 4 4 5 14 17 −3 030.77
Total 158 67 43 48 236 176 +60 042.41

Honours

Player

Bordeaux

Olympiacos

Sarajevo

Manager

Olimpik

References
  1. "Ligue1: Mirza Varešanović profile". Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. "Saraybosna FK ve Bursaspor'un eski futbolcuları dostluk maçı yaptı".
  3. "Mirza Varešanović: Stvaramo jako Sarajevo na duge staze".
  4. "Video Interview: Mirza Varešanović".
  5. "Mirza Varešanović novi šef stručnog štaba".
  6. Mirza Varešanović novi trener Olimpica at sportsport.ba, 5 May 2014
  7. Varešanović: Ovo je trofej za Nijaza Gracića at sportsport.ba, 27 May 2015
  8. Mirza Varešanović napustio Olimpic at sportsport.ba, 21 November 2015
  9. Mirza Varešanović novi trener FK Olimpik at sportsport.ba, 8 June 2017
  10. Mirza Varešanović napustio klupu Olimpika at sportsport.ba, 23 November 2017
  11. Varešanović: Čast nam je predstavljati našu zemlju at sportsport.ba, 18 June 2018
  12. Fudbalska U-18 reprezentacija BiH zauzela osmo mjesto na Mediteranskim igrama. at sportsport.ba, 29 June 2018
  13. E. Škorić (26 February 2019). "Mirza Varešanović novi trener FK Tuzla City" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  14. "(FOTO) Tuzla na krilima Ubiparipa slavila pobjedu protiv Krupe" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  15. A. Pašić (25 May 2019). "Varešanović: Umorio sam se, neću više voditi Tuzla City" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  16. D.B. (27 July 2016). "Mak Varešanović potpisao za Udinese: Želim nadmašiti očevu karijeru" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  17. D.B. (10 June 2017). "Mak Varešanović potpisao profesionalni ugovor s Udineseom: Ovo je veliki dan za mene" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  18. D.B. (24 October 2015). "Mak Varešanović nakon prvijenca za Olimpic: Gol sam posvetio ocu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  19. "Mirza Varešanović". Sofascore (in Croatian). Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  20. "Bordeaux-Karlsruhe 1995". uefa.com. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
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