Apart from passing on 1. May 2022. in Austrian Graz, where he spent the last years of life.
He was born on 6. May 1941. in Sarajevo, near Grbavica stadium, where he started his rich football career. He spent 11 seasons in the railway, playing 250 games and achieving 75 goals.
After that, his career continued abroad – briefly in the Netherlands Zwolle, and then in France, where he was wearing Strasbourg jerseys, Sedan and Valenciennes. 16 performances enrolled in the national team of Yugoslavia.
He started his coaching career in 1978. Just in the railway, where he stayed until 1986. years. During that period, he achieved historical success, leaving the club to the UEFA Cup semifinals in 1985. years. He then took over the selector function in the Yugoslav national team, with which he remained until 1992. year, when he resigned as an act of protest for the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In the 1991/1992 season, Belgrade Partizan was led, after which he moved to Greek Panathinaikos. He stayed the longest in the Austrian Sturma, since 1994. until 2002. year, who became one of his leadership clubs in the country. The coaching trip took him to Japan, where he led Jef United, and then the representation of Japan. On 16 November 2007. He experienced a stroke, after which he finished his coach career.
Although he was no longer actively trained, 2011. He called him FIFA and football / football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina to stand at the forefront of the Committee on Normalization and help in BH stabilization. Football.
Ivica except was buried on 14. May 2022. in Aleji giants in the Cemetery of Bare in Sarajevo, with the presence of thousands of people who came to him. Today, the street where the Grbavica Stadium bears the name of him – Bulevar Ivica Osima.
The blue from Grbavica is still proud to remember their Swabian, a giant who left an indelible mark, not only as athletes, but also as a man of exceptional wisdom, modesty and character.
(Vijesti.ba)
