Vahid Halilhodzic - Football Coach

Vahid Halilhodžić (Bosnian pronunciation: ; born 15 May 1952) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He is regarded as one of the most controversially successful Bosnian football managers, due to his successful tenure in coaching various national teams yet having problematic relations with his teams and players due to different approaches. Regarded as one of the best Yugoslav players, Halilhodžić had successful playing spells with Velež Mostar and French clubs Nantes and Paris Saint-Germain before retiring in 1987. During that time, he earned 15 full international caps for Yugoslavia and was part of national squads who won the 1978 European Under-21 Championship and played at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He was top scorer of the French league in 1983 and 1985. In the early 1990s, Halilhodžić turned to coaching and, after a short stint as a sporting director at Velež, permanently moved to France in 1993 after fleeing war-torn Bosnia with his family. Since then, he managed a number of teams in French-speaking countries and his achievements include winning the 1997 CAF Champions League with Moroccan side Raja Casablanca, leading French side Lille from second level to third place in Ligue 1 in less than three years, winning the 2003–04 Coupe de France with Paris Saint-Germain, and winning the Croatian league in 2011 with Dinamo Zagreb. Halilhodžić also qualified for the 2010 World Cup with Ivory Coast (although he was sacked only months before the final tournament) and the 2014 World Cup with Algeria, with whom he reached the round of 16, Algeria's best result in history. Later, he qualified for the 2018 World Cup with Japan, but again was fired just prior to the tournament. After a short stint with Nantes in 2018, where he helped avoid relegation to Ligue 2, Halilhodžić became head coach of the Morocco national team, whom he qualified for the 2022 World Cup. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article

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FK Velež Mostar	90/92

AS Beauvais Oise	93/94

Raja Casablanca	97/98

Lille OSC	98/02
Champions 01/02	6

Stade Rennais FC	02/03

Paris Saint-Germain FC	03/05
Champions 04/05	6

Trabzonspor	05/06
Süper Lig 05/06	27

Al-Ittihad	06

Ivory Coast	08/10
Qualif WC 10	12
Friendlies 08	2
Friendlies 09	1
Friendlies 10	2
Africa Cup 10	4

Dinamo Zagreb	10/11
Europa Qualif 10/11	2
Europa League 10/11	6

Algeria	11/14
Friendlies 11	1
Qualif WC 14	8
Friendlies 12	2
Friendlies 13	1
Africa Cup 13	3
Friendlies 14	3
World Cup 14	4

Trabzonspor	14
Europa Qualif 14/15	2
Süper Lig 14/15	8
Europa League 14/15	4

Japan	15/18
Friendlies 15	4
Qualif WC 18	18
EAFF E-1 15	3
Friendlies 16	1
Kirin Cup 16	2
Friendlies 17	5
EAFF E-1 17	3
Friendlies 18	2

FC Nantes	18/19
Ligue 1 18/19	30
C. Ligue 18/19	2

Morocco	19/21
AfricaCup Qual 21	4

Morocco	21/22
Qualif WC 22	8
AfricaCup Qual 21	2
Arab Cup 21	4
Friendlies 22	1
Africa Cup 21	5
AfricaCup Qual 23	2