Džemal Mustedanagić

Club

Born in Bosanski Novi, his playing career started in FK Sloboda Bosanski Novi where he played from 1968 till 1973 when he was approached by several Yugoslavian first league clubs. He chose Dinamo Zagreb where he played from 1973 till 1983 and had 444 caps, winning the 1981–82 Yugoslav First League title and the 1979–80 Yugoslav Cup title. Also he was first team captain during Miroslav Blažević's managing. He moved to FK Austria Wien in 1983. During that time they won 3 national titles, a national cup, and a famous club achievement – beating FC Barcelona.

International

He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a September 1980 World Cup qualification match against Denmark, coming on as a second half substitute for Ivan Buljan. It remained his sole international appearance.

After his player career in 1987, on demand of the management board of Dinamo Zagreb, he started working with youngsters as a coach in Dinamo Zagreb Football school. In season 2003-04 he coached the reserve squad of Dinamo Zagreb, where he trained and developed top youngsters' talents such as Eduardo, Luka Modrić, Niko Kranjčar, Vedran Ćorluka, Dino Drpić, Tomo Šokota, Mihael Mikić, Hrvoje Čale and Filip Lončarić. Also, during that period, considering talents he brought up to national team, he was selected to work with the expert committee of the Croatia national team, as coach of the U-19 national team. This generation reached the first team, and in 2005 and 2006 Džemal Mustedanagić became coach with Josip Kuže of Dinamo Zagreb's first-team. Under their management, Dinamo rose from 7th place to winning first place. This squad included players who were called up to the national team.

Albania national team

In 2009, he arrived in Albania and the Albanian Football Association appointed him as assistant coach of Josip Kuže at the Albania national football team. After Kuže's medical problems, Džemal was appointed as a caretaker coach of the Albania national football team in October 2010. Then following the departure of Kuže after the end of the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying, Mustedanagić was a temporary coach of Albania for two friendly matches in November 2011 against Azerbaijan on 11 November and Macedonia on 15 November. In 2011, he took charge of the Albania national…