Dušan Bajević

Dušan Bajević
Bajević in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1948-12-10) 10 December 1948
Place of birth Mostar, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1977 Velež Mostar 277 (144)
1977–1981 AEK Athens 106 (65)
1981–1983 Velež Mostar 45 (22)
Total 478 (292)
International career
1970–1977 Yugoslavia 37 (29)
Managerial career
1983–1987 Velež Mostar
1988–1996 AEK Athens
1996–1999 Olympiacos
2000–2002 PAOK
2002–2004 AEK Athens
2004–2005 Olympiacos
2006–2007 Red Star Belgrade
2007–2008 Aris
2008–2010 AEK Athens
2010–2011 Omonia
2012 Atromitos
2019–2020 Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dušan "Duško" Bajević (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Бајевић, pronounced [dǔʃan bǎjevitɕ]; Greek: Ντούσαν Μπάγεβιτς, romanizedNtoúsan Mpágievits; born 10 December 1948) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Bosnian football managers of all time, he is the country's most decorated manager.

A footballer Bajević spent the majority of his playing career at hometown club, Velež Mostar for who he played almost 400 games and scored 184 goals, a club record. From 1977 to 1981 he played for AEK Athens, where he won the Alpha Ethniki two times and the Greek Cup once and is the foreign with the most goals in the club's history, with 91 goals. Bajević scored 29 goals for Yugoslavia in 37 games. He also represented the country at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

After retiring as a player, Bajević started working as a manager, winning the Yugoslav Cup with Velež in 1986. He enjoyed the most success in Greece, winning eight Greek league titles, four Greek Cups, one Greek League Cup and one Greek Super Cup with AEK Athens, Olympiacos and PAOK between 1988 and 2005. He is the most successful manager in the history of AEK Athens. His direct move from AEK Athens to Olympiacos in 1996 generated much controversy. Nevertheless his arrival at the latter brought an extended period of domestic dominance, which continued after his sacking in 1999, including another stint from 2004 to 2005. Afterwards, Bajević returned to AEK Athens in 2002 and 2008, and in 2013 as a sporting director, following the club's lone relegation.