Srboljub Markušević

Srboljub Markušević (Serbian Cyrillic: Србољуб Маркушевић; 5 May 1936 – 18 November 2019)^[1] was a Yugoslav and later Serbian professional footballer and football manager.

Srboljub Markušević

Personal information
Full name	Srboljub Markušević
Date of birth	(1936-05-05)5 May 1936
Place of birth	Prizren, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	18 November 2019(2019-11-18) (aged 83)
Place of death	Belgrade, Serbia
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
1947–1955	Sarajevo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1955–1965	Sarajevo	148	(22)
Total		148	(22)
Managerial career
1966–1969	Sarajevo (youth)
1970–1971	Sarajevo
1972–1973	Sarajevo
1981–1983	Sarajevo
1986	Budućnost Titograd
1990	Sarajevo
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Markušević spent his entire playing career at Bosnian club Sarajevo, making 148 league appearances for the club and scoring 22 goals.^[2] Along with 132 friendly games he played for Sarajevo, Markušević played 280 games for the team in total^[2]

Managerial career

After ending his career, Markušević became a football manager, starting out as a coach in the youth team of Sarajevo in 1966.

He then became a manager and led the first team of Sarajevo on four separate occasions (1969–1971, 1972–1973, 1981–1983 and 1990).^[2] His biggest managerial achievement with Sarajevo and in his whole career was leading the team to the round of 16 in the 1982–83 UEFA Cup season.^[2] Markušević also led Sarajevo to being Yugoslav Cup runners-up in the 1982–83 season.

In between his third and fourth appointment at Sarajevo, He managed Budućnost Podgorica in the second part of the 1985–86 season.

Death

Markušević died on 19 November 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia at the age of 83.^[2]

Honours

Player

Sarajevo

• Yugoslav Second League: 1957–58 (zone II A)
• Yugoslav First League runner up: 1964–65

Manager

Sarajevo

• Yugoslav Cup runner up: 1982–83