Sabahudin Vugdalić

Sabahudin "Saša" Vugdalić (born 16 January 1953) is a Bosnian sports journalist and former football goalkeeper who played for clubs in the former Yugoslavia and Turkey.

Sabahudin Vugdalić
Personal information
Full name Sabahudin Vugdalić
Date of birth (1953-01-16) 16 January 1953
Place of birth Srebrenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1974 Famos Hrasnica
1974–1975 Iskra Bugojno
1975–1976 Bor 8 (0)
1976–1977 Rijeka 0 (0)
1977–1978 Rudar Velenje 19 (0)
1979–1980 Olimpija Ljubljana 22 (0)
1981–1982 Gaziantepspor 20 (0)
1983–1984 Napredak Kruševac 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Srebrenica, Vugdalić started playing professional football for local side FK Famos Hrasnica. He would play in the Yugoslav Second League for FK Bor and NK Rudar Velenje, before joining Yugoslav First League side NK Olimpija Ljubljana[1]

In 1981, Vugdalić moved to Turkey, joining Süper Lig side Gaziantepspor. He made 20 league appearances in one season with the club.

He will then return to Yugoslavia and finish his career by playing in Second League with FK Napredak Kruševac in 1983–84.[2]

After retiring from playing, Vugdalić became a sports journalist, working for Sarajevo-based Televizija OBN.[1]

Personal

Vugdalić earned fame for executing a series of dangerous rescues. At age 17, he jumped off a bridge over the Drina to save a drowning 11-year-old. Two years later, he rescued a mother and daughter from a car that had crashed into a ravine in Ivan planina while he was on leave from military duty. Four years later, he saved a mother and her two children who were trapped in a burning vehicle while he was in Zurich.[1]

Vugdalić is the father of Slovenia international footballer, Muamer Vugdalič.

References
  1. Popović, B. (27 October 2008). "Hrabri golman branio i tuđe živote" [Brave goalkeeper defending other people's lives] (in Serbian). Novosti.rs.
  2. Stats from Yugoslav firsta nd Second League at zerodic.com
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