Full name Sabahudin Vugdalic 1975–1976 Bor Name Sabahudin Vugdalic | Years Team Role Football player | |
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Date of birth (1953-01-16) January 16, 1953 (age 62) | ||
Place of birth Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Sabahudin "Saša" Vugdalić (born 16 January 1953) is a Bosnian sports journalist and former football goalkeeper who played for clubs in the former Yugoslavia and Turkey.
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Career
Born in Mostar, Vugdalić started playing professional football for local side FK Famos Hrasnica. He would play in the Yugoslav Second League for FK Bor and NK Rudar Velenje, before joining Yugoslav First League side NK Olimpija Ljubljana
In 1981, Vugdalić moved to Turkey, joining Süper Lig side Gaziantepspor. He made 20 league appearances in one season with the club.
He will then return to Yugoslavia and finish his career by plaing in Second League with FK Napredak Kruševac in 1983–84.
After retiring from playing, Vugdalić became a sports journalist, working for Sarajevo-based Televizija OBN.
Personal
Vugdalić earned fame for executing a series of dangerous rescues. At age 17, he jumped off a bridge over the Drina to save a drowning 11-year-old. Two years later, he rescued a mother and daughter from a car that had crashed into a ravine in Ivan planina while he was on leave from military duty. Four years later, he saved a mother and her two children who were trapped in a burning vehicle while he was in Zurich.
Vugdalić is the father of Slovenia international footballer, Muamer Vugdalič.
