Amar Osim

Amar Osim
Osim as Željezničar manager in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-07-18) 18 July 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1986 Željezničar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1991 Željezničar 52 (5)
1991–1992 Saint-Dié
1992–1996 Strasbourg
1996–1997 Željezničar 7 (1)
Managerial career
2001–2003 Željezničar
2006–2007 JEF United Chiba
2009–2013 Željezničar
2014–2016 Al Kharaitiyat
2018–2021 Željezničar
2022 Velež Mostar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Amar Osim (born 18 July 1967) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He is regarded as one of the most successful Bosnian football managers.[1]

Osim was a talented player during his teens. However, he did not transfer his talent after getting called up to the Željezničar first team. Apart from Željezničar, Osim also played in France for Saint-Dié and Strasbourg. He ended his career while at Željezničar in 1997.

Osim decided to stay in football, becoming a manager. He is the most successful manager in Željezničar's history, winning five Bosnian Premier League titles, four Bosnian cups and one, now defunct, Bosnian Supercup in his three stints with the club.[2] Osim also won one J.League Cup with Japanese club JEF United Chiba in 2006. He managed Qatari club Al Kharaitiyat as well, with mediocre results. In 2022, Osim was appointed at Velež Mostar.

  1. ^ E.K. (1 December 2017). "Ko su najtrofejniji treneri iz BiH?". sportske.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  2. ^ Nedim Kreštalica (10 February 2016). "Amar Osim". 1921.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 26 April 2020.