Esad Dugalić, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Esad Dugalić

Bosnian footballer

Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1947

Place of Birth: Mostar, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Date of Death: 01-Jun-2011

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Esad Dugalic (1 October 1947 – 27 May 2011) was a Bosnian-Herzegovinian football goalkeeper.Born in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, back then still part of Yugoslavia, he started playing in FK Velež Mostar in the Yugoslav First League, however he spent most of the tim as a substitute goalkeeper, first because of Ivan Curkovic and then because of Enver Maric.
That is why he left Velež in and has played in a number of other Yugoslav clubs, namely FK Sloboda Užice, FK Sarajevo, NK Osijek and FK Igman Konjic.
In 1974, his former teammate Curkovic arranged him a move to France to play with AS Saint-Étienne.
He debuted in the French League 1 in the 1976–77 season, however he spent most of the time playing in the B team.
Earlier he had a spell in Austria with First Vienna FC in the 1976–77 season.He played 3 matches for the Yugoslav Olympic team.In 1992, he moved to Qatar where he became a coach.
He was also the assistant of Džemal Hadžiabdic at Al-Ittihad.
He had just had signed a two-year contract to be assistant of Mehmed Baždarevic when, unexpectedly, he died on the night of 26–27 May 2011 in his summer house in Blagaj while on a visit.