Nail Beširović

Nail Beširović (born 22 July 1967) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Nail Beširović
Personal information
Full name Nail Beširović
Date of birth (1967-07-22) 22 July 1967
Place of birth Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1991 Sloboda Tuzla 101 (9)
1992 Estrela Amadora 18 (1)
1992–1994 Académico Viseu 66 (7)
1994–1995 Académica Coimbra 27 (2)
1995–1997 Espinho 65 (6)
1997–2001 Farense 102 (3)
2001–2003 Leixões 55 (4)
2003–2004 GD Beira-Mar
Total 434 (32)
National team
1998 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He spent the better part of his 16-year professional career in Portugal, representing six clubs.

Club career

Born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Beširović began his career with FK Sloboda Tuzla. In January 1992 he moved to Portugal, where he remained until the end of his playing days twelve years later.

In that country Beširović represented S.C. Espinho and S.C. Farense in the Primeira Liga, and C.F. Estrela da Amadora, Académico de Viseu FC, Académica de Coimbra and Espinho in the second division, amassing totals in the former competition of 134 games and seven goals over the course of five seasons. He retired at the age of nearly 37 after a spell with amateurs Grupo Desportivo Beira-Mar, in Monte Gordo (Vila Real do Santo António).

International career

Beširović made one appearance for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, a June 1998 friendly match away against Macedonia in which he came on as a late substitute for Senad Repuh.[1][2]

Personal life

Beširević's son Dino Beširević was born in Viseu, Portugal and is also a professional footballer.[3]

References
  1. "Reprezentacija: Igraci Statistika: Odbrana" (in Bosnian). BiH Soccer. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  2. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  3. "Bósnio da Beira Alta honra clã Besirovic".
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