Years Team | Playing position Height 1.75 m | |
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Date of birth (1947-10-01)1 October 1947 Date of death 27 May 2011(2011-05-27) (aged 63) Died 26 May 2011, Blagaj, Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
Esad Dugalić (1 October 1947 – 27 May 2011) was a Bosnian football goalkeeper.
Born in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, back then still part of Yugoslavia, he started playing in FK Velež Mostar in the Yugoslav First League, however he spent most of the tim as a substitute goalkeeper, first because of Ivan Ćurković and then because of Enver Marić. That is why he left Velež in and has played in a number of other Yugoslav clubs, namely FK Sloboda Užice, FK Sarajevo, NK Osijek and FK Igman Konjic. In 1974, his former teammate Ćurković arranged him a move to France to play with AS Saint-Étienne. He debuted in the French League 1 in the 1976–77 season, however he spent most of the time playing in the B team. Earlier he had a spell in Austria with First Vienna FC in the 1976–77 season.
He played 3 matches for the Yugoslav Olympic team.
In 1992 he moved to Qatar where he became a coach. He was also the assistant of Džemal Hadžiabdić at Al-Ittihad. He had just had signed a two-year contract to be assistant of Mehmed Baždarević when, unexpectedly, he died on the night of 26–27 May 2011 in his summer house in Blagaj while on a visit.