[2] Even though considered a massive talent, he did not get much playing time in his first two years with the club, being overlooked by the coaching staff that preferred fielding more experienced footballers.
[4] This young team that he had become an integral part of included the likes of Husref Musemić, Dragan Jakovljević, Boban Božović, Faruk Hadžibegić, Mehmed Janjoš, Predrag Pašić and Zijad Švrakić, and would eventually go on to win the Yugoslav national title in the 1984-1985 season, becoming only the second FK Sarajevo outfit to do so.
[10] Between 1992 and 1996, during the Bosnian war, he represented Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally,[11] even though the Bosnian FA was not officially recognized for most of his international tenure, and the team only contested humanitarian matches with the aim of garnering support and aid for the newly independent state.
After transferring to US Ivry he again took over the side's youth team, before eventually being named manager of AS Arménienne whom he led for two seasons.
Since 2010 he is a FIFA recognized agent and has worked as an official scout for Paris Saint-Germain, Bordeaux and Saint-Étienne[17][18] In 2016, he organized a Real Madrid youth camp in his hometown of Visoko.