Sabahudin Vugdalić
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sabahudin Vugdalić | ||
| Date of birth | January 16, 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| – | Famos Hrasnica | ||
| –1975 | Iskra Bugojno | ||
| 1975–1976 | Bor | 8 | (0) |
| 1976–1977 | Rijeka | ||
| 1977–1978 | Rudar Velenje | 19 | (0) |
| 1979–1980 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 22 | (0) |
| 1981–1982 | Gaziantepspor | 20 | (0) |
| 1983–1984 | Napredak Kruševac | 4 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Sabahudin "Saša" Vugdalić (born 16 January 1953) is a sports journalist and former football goalkeeper who played for clubs in the former Yugoslavia and Turkey.
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.[1]
In 1981, Vugdalić moved to Turkey, joining Süper Lig side Gaziantepspor. He made 20 league appearances in one season with the club.
After retiring from playing, Vugdalić became a sports journalist, working for Sarajevo-based Televizija OBN.[1]
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.[1]
Vugdalić is the father of Slovenia international footballer, Muamer Vugdalič.
References
- 1 2 3 Popović, B. (27 October 2008). "Hrabri golman branio i tuđe živote" [Brave goalkeeper defending other people's lives] (in Serbian). Novosti.rs.