Kemal Alispahić

Kemal Alispahić
	Alispahić as head coach of Tajikistan in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth	13 March 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1975–1982	Sarajevo
Senior career*
Years	Team
1983–1985	Iskra Bugojno
1985–1986	Sarajevo
1986–1987	Željezničar
1987–1988	Sloboda Užice
1988–1989	Željezničar
1989–1990	MSV Duisburg
1991–1992	Remscheid
1993–1995	Kayserispor
1996	Lausanne-Sport
Managerial career
2001–2003	Željezničar (assistant)
2004	Sarajevo
2008–2009	Jedinstvo Bihać
2009	Mughan
2011	Al-Ittihad Aleppo
2012	Tajikistan
2012	Ravan Baku
2014–2015	Tajikistan U23
2016	Čelik Zenica
2017	Al-Ramtha
2018–2019	Al-Qaisumah
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kemal Alispahić (born 13 March 1965) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player.

Playing career[edit]

As a player, Alispahić played for Iskra Bugojno, hometown clubs Sarajevo and Željezničar, Sloboda Užice, MSV Duisburg,^[1] Remscheid,^[2] Kayserispor and Lausanne-Sport. He was part of Iskra Bugojno's golden generation, when the club got promoted from the Yugoslav Second League to the First League in 1984 and also won the 1984–85 edition of the Mitropa Cup.^[3]

In his managerial career, Alispahić first worked as an assistant manager to Amar Osim at Željezničar. He then went to manage rivals Sarajevo,^[4] Jedinstvo Bihać, Mughan, Al-Ittihad Aleppo, Ravan Baku, Čelik Zenica,^[5]Jordanian Pro League club Al-Ramtha^[6] and most recently, Saudi Arabian side Al-Qaisumah. He also head coached the under-23 and senior Tajikistan national team,^[7]

Alispahić was most successful at Al-Ittihad Aleppo, winning the 2010–11 Syrian Cup.

Iskra Bugojno

Al-Ittihad Aleppo

^ "Alispahic, Kemal" (in German). kicker.de. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ German career stats – FuPa
^ 1984/85 season at RSSSF
^ "Kemal Alispahić novi trener Sarajeva" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 23 June 2004. Retrieved 23 June 2004.
^ "Trener Kemal Alispahić napustio Čelik" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
^ A. Pašić (12 January 2017). "Kemal Alispahić preuzeo klub iz Jordana" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ Edin Isanović (30 January 2012). "Kemal Alispahić imenovan za selektora Tadžikistana" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 30 January 2012.