Asim Ferhatovi?

Personal information
Date of birth	( 1933-01-24 ) 24 January 1933
Place of birth	Sarajevo , Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	23 January 1987 (1987-01-23) (aged 53)
Place of death	Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1945?1948	Vratnik
1948?1950	Sarajevo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	( Gls )
1951?1963	Sarajevo	158	(66)
1963	Fenerbahce	7	(1)
1963?1967	Sarajevo	70	(32)
Total		235	(99)
International career
1961	Yugoslavia	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Asim Ferhatovi? "Hase" ( pronounced [?sim ferx?ːto?it? xa:se] ; 24 January 1933 ? 23 January 1987) was a Bosnian professional footballer who played as a striker .

He started his football career in 1948 with hometown club FK Sarajevo , for whom he made his first-team debut in 1952. Ferhatovi? remained with the club until his retirement in 1967, although he represented Fenerbahce in the 1962?63 Turkish league season . He won a solitary cap for the Yugoslavia national team in 1961.

Club career [ edit ]

During the 1950s and 1960s, Ferhatovi? led FK Sarajevo to great heights, and became the club's best and most famous player, scoring 198 goals in 422 games. He also had a short stint at Fenerbahce where he played only seven league games and scored one goal. After only half a season he left Fenerbahce and went back to Sarajevo. His greatest personal achievement was becoming the lead scorer in the Yugoslav First League with 19 goals for FK Sarajevo in the 1963?64 season . His last season, ( 1966?67 ) saw Sarajevo win their first-ever First League title and qualify for the European Cup .

Ferhatovi?'s retirement was one of the most important events in Sarajevo's sporting history, and the local newspapers ran the headline Jedan je Hase! ( There is Only One Hase! ) in his honour that day.

International career [ edit ]

Ferhatovi? played once for the Yugoslavia national team , on 8 October 1961 against South Korea in a qualification match for the 1962 FIFA World Cup . ^[1]

Death and legacy [ edit ]

Ferhatovi? died on 23 January 1987, a day before his 54th birthday, of a heart attack .

Sarajevo's Asim Ferhatovi? Hase Stadium , the site of the Opening Ceremonies of the 1984 Winter Olympics and the home of FK Sarajevo , is named in his honour. The Bosnia and Herzegovina national team often used the stadium for their international matches in the past. It is also the largest stadium in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In popular culture [ edit ]

The Bosnian rock band Zabranjeno Pu?enje wrote a song in honour of Ferhatovi? called Nedjelja kad je oti?ao Hase ("The Sunday When Hase Left") and was included in their 1985 album Dok ?eka? sabah sa ?ejtanom .

Honours [ edit ]

Player [ edit ]

Sarajevo

• Yugoslav First League : 1966?67

Individual

• Yugoslav First League top goalscorer: 1963?64 (19 goals)

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Asim Ferhatovi? at National-Football-Teams.com
• Asim Ferhatovi? at www.mackolik.com (also at arsiv.mackolik.com ) (in Turkish)