Boško Antić
Yugoslav and Bosnian footballer and football manager (born 1944)
About Boško Antić
Lived 1944 – 2007 (aged 63). Boško Antić was a Yugoslav association football player and association football coach.
Božidar "Boško" Antić (, ; 7 January 1944 – 4 December 2007) was a Yugoslav and Bosnian professional football manager and former player. A young and polyvalent team made up of home grown players such as Mirsad Fazlagić, Boško Prodanović, Vahidin Musemić and Antić would clinch the Yugoslav First League title in the 1966–67 season, and in doing so became the first championship-winning side in the club's history. Antić was one of the most prolific members of the said team, finding the back of the net on 14 separate occasions during the title-winning campaign, while scoring a total of 140 goals in 276 appearances in all competitions for the club. During his time with Sarajevo he was the team's top scorer in three seasons (65/66., 66/67. and 67/68), while being the league top scorer during the 1967–68 campaign, netting in 53 goals in 53 appearances.
Antić left Sarajevo in 1972, joining French Ligue 1 side Angers, where he remained for three years, going on to score 44 goals in 103 league matches for the club, before joining Caen in the summer of 1975. After two more seasons on the French riviera, he retired from professional football in 1977.
International career Antić was a non-playing member of the Yugoslavia team that won the silver medal at the UEFA Euro 1968. He made his senior debut for them in an October 1968 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Spain, which remained his sole international appearance.
Managerial career After one year of managing the Caen U-18 team, Antić came back to Sarajevo where he spent the next five years as a youth team manager and coordinator. In 1983, he was named manager of the Sarajevo first team with whom he clinched the Yugoslav title in the 1984–85 season, thus becoming the first person in the club's history to win titles both as a player and as a manager. Antić would also go on to manage Chinese club Jiangsu Suning for a short while in 2001.
Death Antić died on 4 December 2007 in Belgrade, Serbia after a long illness at the age of 63.
Honours Player Sarajevo Yugoslav First League: 1966–67
Yugoslavia UEFA European Championship runner-up: 1968
Individual Performance Ligue 2 Top Goalscorer: 1975–76 (25 goals)
Manager Sarajevo Yugoslav First League: 1984–85
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Yugoslav and Bosnian footballer and football manager (born 1944)
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Boško Antić was born on 7 January 1944 in Sarajevo.
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Boško Antić died on 3 December 2007 in Belgrade.
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Boško Antić was an association football player and association football coach.
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Boško Antić was Yugoslav.
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