Edin Sprečo
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Edin Sprečo (19 April 1947 – 12 May 2020) was a Bosnian professional footballer who played as a winger.
Club career
Born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, present day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sprečo started playing football for the youth team of hometown club Željezničar when he was 12. At the age of 17, he made his debut for the first team. Sprečo scored two goals in his first game and it was clear that he would become a great player.[1]
He played 199 league games and scored 61 goals for Željezničar. In total, Sprečo played in 234 games and managed to score 75 goals. He was a member of the Željezničar team that won the Yugoslav First League title in the 1971–72 season. In 1975, Sprečo turned 28 and he was allowed to go abroad, as it was prohibited for under-28 players to leave the domestic clubs at the time. He went to Dutch Eredivisie club NAC Breda.[1] He played in Holland alongside compatriots Miroslav Vardić and Nikola Budišić, finishing in 11th place in the Eredivisie.[2]
He also played for, at the time, French Ligue 2 club Rennes making his debut against AS Brestoise on 8 January 1978.[3] Sprečo finished his career at the age of 34 in 1981, while playing for Iskra Bugojno.[1]
International career
Sprečo earned 3 caps for the Yugoslavia national team and also scored two goals while playing for the national team from 1967 to 1969.[1] He scored his first goal for Yugoslavia on 12 November 1967, in a 4–0 win against Albania in a UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying match.[4] His final international was a June 1969 World Cup qualification match away against Finland.[5]
Career statistics
Club
Source:[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Željezničar | 1964–65 | Yugoslav First League | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1965–66 | Yugoslav First League | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1966–67 | Yugoslav First League | 19 | 7 | — | — | 19 | 7 | |||
| 1967–68 | Yugoslav First League | 26 | 13 | — | — | 26 | 13 | |||
| 1968–69 | Yugoslav First League | 24 | 12 | — | — | 24 | 12 | |||
| 1969–70 | Yugoslav First League | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| 1970–71 | Yugoslav First League | 33 | 7 | — | — | 33 | 7 | |||
| 1971–72 | Yugoslav First League | 32 | 5 | — | 8 | 4 | 40 | 9 | ||
| 1972–73 | Yugoslav First League | 31 | 10 | — | 2 | 1 | 33 | 11 | ||
| 1973–74 | Yugoslav First League | 15 | 7 | — | — | 15 | 7 | |||
| 1974–75 | Yugoslav First League | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| 1975–76 | Yugoslav First League | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 199 | 61 | — | 10 | 5 | 209 | 66 | |||
| NAC Breda | 1975–76 | Eredivisie | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 7 | |
| Željezničar | 1976–77 | Yugoslav First League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Rennes | 1977–78 | Ligue 2 | 9 | 4 | — | — | 9 | 4 | ||
| 1978–79 | Ligue 2 | 26 | 14 | — | — | 26 | 14 | |||
| Total | 35 | 18 | — | — | 35 | 18 | ||||
| Iskra Bugojno | 1979–80 | Yugoslav Second League | 23 | 6 | — | — | 23 | 6 | ||
| 1980–81 | Yugoslav Second League | 15 | 3 | — | — | 15 | 3 | |||
| Total | 38 | 9 | — | — | 38 | 9 | ||||
| Career total | 301 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 312 | 100 | ||
International
Source:[6]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yugoslavia | |||
| 1967 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1968 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1969 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 3 | 2 | |
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 12 November 1967 | Stadion JNA, Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Albania | flag alias = Flag of Albania.svg | flag alias-1914 = Flag of Albania (1914–1920).svg | flag alias-1914a= Regentaschapalbanievlag.gif | flag alias-1920 = Flag of Albania (1920–1926).svg | flag alias-1926 = Flag of Albania (1926–1928).svg | flag alias-1928 = Flag of Albania (1934–1939).svg | flag alias-1939 = Flag of Albania (1939–1943).svg | flag alias-1943 = Flag of Albania (1943–1944).svg | flag alias-1944 = Flag of Albania 1944.svg | flag alias-1946 = Flag of Albania (1946–1992).svg | flag alias-1992 = Flag of Albania (1992–2002).svg | flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Albania.svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Albania.svg | link alias-naval = Albanian Naval Force | link alias-army = Albanian Land Force | flag alias-army=Albanian Land Forces insignia.svg | border-army= | flag alias-air force=Albanian Air Forces insignia.svg | link alias-air force=Albanian Air Force | border-air force= | flag alias-navy=Albanian Naval Forces insignia.svg | link alias-navy=Albanian Naval Force | border-navy= | link alias-military = Albanian Armed Forces | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || 1–0 || 4–0 || UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying |
| 2. | 4 June 1969 | Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Finland | flag alias = Flag of Finland.svg | flag alias-grand duchy = Flag of Russia.svg | flag alias-1809 = Flag of Russia.svg | flag alias-1917 = Flag of Finland 1918 (state).svg | flag alias-1918 = Flag of Finland (1918-1920).svg | flag alias-1920 = Flag of Finland.svg | flag alias-state = Flag of Finland (state).svg | flag alias-state-1918 = Flag of Finland 1918-1920 (State).svg | flag alias-state-1920 = Flag of Finland 1920-1978 (State).svg | flag alias-naval = Military Flag of Finland.svg | border-naval = | flag alias-naval-1918 = Flag of Finland 1918-1920 (Military).svg | border-naval-1918 = | flag alias-naval-1920 = Flag of Finland 1920-1978 (Military).svg | border-naval-1920 = | link alias-naval = Finnish Navy | flag alias-navy = Naval Jack of Finland.svg | link alias-navy = Finnish Navy | link alias-air force = Finnish Air Force | flag alias-military = Military flag of Finland.svg | link alias-military = Finnish Defence Forces | flag alias-army = Military flag of Finland.svg | link alias-army = Finnish Army | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || 4–1 || 5–1 || 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
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Death
Sprečo died at the age of 73 in his hometown of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 12 May 2020.[7]
Honours
Player
Željezničar
References
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External links
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- 1947 births
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- Footballers from Sarajevo
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- Yugoslav men's footballers
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- NAC Breda players
- Stade Rennais FC players
- NK Iskra Bugojno players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Eredivisie players
- Ligue 2 players
- Yugoslav Second League players
- Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
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- Expatriate men's footballers in France
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