Edin Sprečo

Edin Sprečo (19 April 1947 – 12 May 2020) was a Bosnian professional footballer who played as a winger.

Club career Born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, present day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sprečo started playing football for the youth team of hometown club Željezničar when he was 12. At the age of 17, he made his debut for the first team. Sprečo scored two goals in his first game and it was clear that he would become a great player.

He played 199 league games and scored 61 goals for Željezničar. In total, Sprečo played in 234 games and managed to score 75 goals. He was a member of the Željezničar team that won the Yugoslav First League title in the 1971–72 season. In 1975, Sprečo turned 28 and he was allowed to go abroad, as it was prohibited for under-28 players to leave the domestic clubs at the time. He went to Dutch Eredivisie club NAC Breda.

He also played for, at the time, French Ligue 2 club Rennes making his debut against AS Brestoise on 8 January 1978. Sprečo finished his career at the age of 34 in 1981, while playing for Iskra Bugojno. His final international was a June 1969 World Cup qualification match away against Finland.

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Honours Player Željezničar Yugoslav First League: 1971–72