Full name Fahrudin Omerovic Years Team Height 1.79 m | Playing position Role Football player Name Fahrudin Omerovic Current team Fenerbahce S.K. | |
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Date of birth (1961-08-26) 26 August 1961 (age 54) | ||
Fahrudin Omerović (Turkish: Fahrudin Ömeroviç; born 26 August 1961) is a Bosnian former football goalkeeper. He is assistant coach of Fenerbahçe. In Turkey he is known as Fahrettin Ömerli since he took Turkish citizenship while playing there.
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Club career

Born in Doboj, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Omerović begin his career in FK Sloboda Tuzla, making his debut in the Yugoslav First League in the 1980–81 season. He spent four seasons playing in Tuzla, when in summer 1984 he was transferred to FK Partizan where he will become the main goalkeeper for the following 8 seasons. With Partizan he won two Yugoslav championships, two Yugoslav Cups, and one Supercup.

After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia, he made a transfer to Kocaelispor in 1992. He played Kocaelispor for 4 years. After he moved to İstanbulspor and played there for 2 years. Finally he retired in 1998-99 season.
International career

He was capped eight times for Yugoslavia between 1989 and 1992, including a spot in Yugoslavia's 1990 World Cup roster. However, he did not see a single minute of action and spent the tournament as backup to Tomislav Ivković. In 1996 he played 3 matches for the newly established Bosnian national team.
Coaching career

After retiring he stayed in Turkey where he has undertaken a coaching career. Initially he worked as assistant of Safet Sušić and Aykut Kocaman, before beginning his career as a main coach working in clubs such as İstanbulspor, Malatyaspor and Ankaraspor.