Sead Jesenković

Sead Jesenković (17 February 1943 – 22 November 2023) was a Bosnian professional football player and manager.

Sead Jesenković

Personal information
Date of birth	(1943-02-17)17 February 1943
Place of birth	Rogatica, Independent State of Croatia (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Date of death	22 November 2023(2023-11-22) (aged 80)
Place of death	Vogošća, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1952–1961	Sarajevo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1964	Famos Hrasnica	33	(1)
1964–1971	Sarajevo	161	(1)
1971–1973	Jedinstvo Brčko	22	(0)
Total		216	(2)
Managerial career
1977–1986	Sarajevo (youth)
1988–1992	Sarajevo (youth)
1999	Sarajevo
1999	Bosnia and Herzegovina (assistant)
2000–2007	Sarajevo (youth)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Jesenković spent most of his playing career at Bosnian club Sarajevo, making 161 official appearances for the club.^[1] He was a member of the 1966–67 Yugoslav First League title winning squad.^[2]

Managerial career

After ending his playing career, Jesenković became a football manager, starting out as a coach in the youth team of Sarajevo in 1977; a role he kept for a majority of his coaching career. Along with being a youth coach, Jesenković had short stints as an assistant coach to senior team managers in 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2001, respectively, as well as briefly managing the senior side himself in 1999.^[3]

Death

On 22 November 2023, Jesenković died in Vogošća, Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the age of 80.^[4]

Honours

Player

Sarajevo

• Yugoslav First League: 1966–67