Almir Turković (born 3 November 1970) is a Bosnian retired professional football forward and manager.
Turković played for hometown club Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and for clubs in the Croatian Prva HNL and Japanese J2 League.
Club career Turković played for Zadar, Osijek and Hajduk Split in the Croatian Prva HNL and later played for Sarajevo in the Bosnian Premier League. He also played in Austria, Mexico for Tigres UANL during the 1995–96 seasonTop 5: Los fichajes más extraños (de nombre) en Tigres. - Pamboleros and Japan.
Turković won the Bosnian Premier League and Bosnian Cup with Sarajevo, while with Hajduk he won the Prva HNL, the Croatian Cup and the Croatian Super Cup. He made over 100 appearances for Sarajevo in all competitions.
Turković was also named the Bosnian Premier League player of the season in 2006–07. He retired at the age of 38 while playing for Sarajevo after the end of the 2007–08 season.
International career Turković made his senior debut in Bosnia and Herzegovina's first ever official international game, a November 1995 friendly game away against Albania,Prva zvanična utakmica reprezentacije BiH - Historija and has earned a total of 11 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a March 2003 European Championship qualification match against Luxembourg.
Managerial career Sarajevo In January 2009, after Mehmed Janjoš was named the new manager of Sarajevo, he named Turković his assistant.
In June 2009, Turković got suspended after claiming that Sarajevo became a not serious club and that the club officials at the time didn't get the wanted players the coaching staff wanted. On 1 July 2009, the suspension was lifted and Turković came back to the coaching staff.
In April 2010, after Mirza Varešanović became the new manager, Turković wasn't anymore the caretaker manager and came back to the position of an assistant. In July 2010, after Varešanović decided that Turković will not be his assistant anymore, he decided to leave the club.
Return to Sarajevo (academy) In January 2019, Turković was named the new head coach of the FK Sarajevo U17 team. While being the head coach of the youth team, on 13 March 2019, Turković suffered a heart attack and was needed to immediately be operated. Luckily, the operation went good and Turković has been in a stable condition ever since.
Career statistics Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSarajevo1994First League7440––114Vorwärts Steyr1995–96Austrian Bundesliga8121––102Sarajevo1996–97First League20355––258Zadar1997–981. HNL27720––2971998–9927921––2910Total54164100005817Osijek1999–20001. HNL1974220–259Sarajevo1999–2000First League12200––122Osijek2000–011. HNL2183142–28112001–021321261–205Total341043103004816Cerezo Osaka2002J2 League381133––4114Hajduk Split2002–031. HNL12731––1582003–0416500–101752004–05214721010306Total491610310206219Osijek2005–061. HNL27341––314Sarajevo2006–07Bosnian Premier League21570––2852007–082734351–367Total48811351006412Career total31681512218420387107
International + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsBosnia and Herzegovina199510199610199740199810199930200000200100200200200310Total110
Honours Player Sarajevo Bosnian Premier League: 2006–07 Bosnian Cup: 1996–97
Hajduk Split 1. HNL: 2003–04, 2004–05 Croatian Cup: 2002-03 Croatian Super Cup: 2005
Individual Bosnian Premier League Player of the Season: 2006–07
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