Sergej Barbarez (Serbian Cyrillic: Сергеј Барбарез; born 17 September 1971) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
.jpg) Barbarez in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 September 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bosnia and Herzegovina (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1989 | Velež Mostar | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1991 | Velež Mostar | ||
| 1992–1993 | Hannover 96 | 18 | (2) |
| 1993–1996 | Union Berlin | 88 | (46) |
| 1996–1998 | Hansa Rostock | 59 | (13) |
| 1998–2000 | Borussia Dortmund | 36 | (6) |
| 2000–2006 | Hamburger SV | 174 | (65) |
| 2006–2008 | Bayer Leverkusen | 61 | (11) |
| Total | 436 | (143) | |
| International career | |||
| 1998–2006 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 47 | (17) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2024– | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
A forward, Barbarez played for several clubs in the German Bundesliga. He is considered one of the all-time greatest players of Hamburger SV where he scored 65 goals in 174 Bundesliga games. Mainly used as a second striker, Barbarez also played as an attacking midfielder or left winger. In the 2000–01 Bundesliga season while playing for Hamburger SV, he was joint top scorer with 22 goals with Ebbe Sand of Schalke 04 at the end of the season.
Barbarez made his senior international debut for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team in 1998, earning 47 caps and scoring 17 goals until 2006. He was the captain of the national team between 2004 and 2006.
Early life
editBarbarez was born in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina to a Bosnian Serb father and a half-Croat and half-Bosniak mother.[1]
As a young child, he was actually not very interested in football but in basketball and athletics. However, at the age of eleven, Barbarez started playing football though mostly for fun with friends after school.
Club career
editIn 1984, Barbarez took a step further and started playing football for the youth team of Velež in his native city of Mostar.
Some six years later, he signed with the first team of Velež at the age of 19. However, briefly after, Barbarez served in the Yugoslav People's Army in Zagreb in 1991 before returning to Mostar to continue his career.[2] In 1991, he returned to Velež and soon after everyone realized that Barbarez was a true talent.
The same year, he visited his uncle who was living in Germany. Some time later, Barbarez was preparing to return to Mostar but his uncle surprised him by extending his stay in Germany for two weeks. The uncle had arranged for him a two weeks try-out practise with Hannover 96. The coach of Hannover 96 was so impressed by Barbarez that he signed him for the club. During those same two weeks the political situation throughout former Yugoslavia was deteriorating by the minute and fighting was even occurring in some places. So Barbarez came to an agreement with his father to stay with his uncle in Germany for the near future.
In April 1992, the Bosnian War escalated in the city of Mostar. A month prior of the actual war, the father and sister of Barbarez fled with his high school sweetheart Ana to the city of Hanover in Germany. His mother Zlata stayed in Mostar throughout the whole war.
Barbarez played for Hannover 96 during the second half of the 1991–92 and the whole 1992–93 season. Between 1993 and 1996, he played for Union Berlin at the third level[3] before signing with Hansa Rostock. Barbarez played there between 1996 and 1998.
In 1998, he signed with Borussia Dortmund and played there until joining Hamburger SV in July 2000.
During the first season with Hamburger SV, Barbarez became the top scorer for his club with 22 goals and joint top scorer of the Bundesliga with Ebbe Sand. Though, he could not help Hamburg's elimination from the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League at the group stages despite his two goals, when the club qualified for that competition for the first time, after a third place in the previous domestic Bundesliga season.
On 17 May 2006, Barbarez signed a two-year deal with Bayer Leverkusen. He finished his career at Bayer after his contract with the club expired in June 2008.
International career
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On 14 May 1998, Barbarez made his debut for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team against Argentina in a friendly match.
Barbarez scored two goals against Liechtenstein in a World Cup qualification match on 28 March 2001.[4] He was denied a hat-trick as his second-half penalty was saved by Lichtenstein goalkeeper Peter Jehle.[4]
Before retiring from international football in October 2005, Barbarez was the captain of the Bosnian national team.
On 2 December 2005, he announced his comeback to the national team and played in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers. He became captain of the team once again.
On 12 October 2006, Barbarez officially stepped down from playing for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team and retired permanently from professional football in June 2008. His final international was an October 2006 European Championship qualification match against Moldova.[5]
Managerial career
editBarbarez announced on 14 December 2009 that he wanted to be the head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers.[6] However, the Football Association of Republika Srpska blocked his entry[7] and later on, Safet Sušić was selected as the new head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
On 5 January 2011, Barbarez received his UEFA Pro Licence in the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina's educational facility in Jablanica.[8]
On 19 April 2024, Barbarez was appointed as the new head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, signing a four-year contract with the Bosnian FA.[9]
Personal life
editBarbarez is married to his high-school sweetheart Ana, who is also from Mostar. They have two sons together, Filip-André (born 1994) and Sergio-Luis (1999).[10] Barbarez was a member of the board of directors of Hamburger SV between 25 January 2009 and 28 May 2010.[11]
Career statistics
editClub
edit| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hannover 96 | 1992–93 | 2. Bundesliga | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| Union Berlin | 1993–94 | NOFV-Oberliga | 29 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 15 |
| 1994–95 | Regionalliga | 29 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 14 | |
| 1995–96 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 17 | ||
| Total | 88 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 46 | ||
| Hansa Rostock | 1996–97 | Bundesliga | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
| 1997–98 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 11 | ||
| Total | 59 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 14 | ||
| Borussia Dortmund | 1998–99 | Bundesliga | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 |
| 1999–2000 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 3 | ||
| Total | 36 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 7 | ||
| Hamburger SV | 2000–01 | Bundesliga | 31 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 23 |
| 2001–02 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | ||
| 2002–03 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | ||
| 2003–04 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 10 | ||
| 2004–05 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 11 | ||
| 2005–06 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 45 | 14 | ||
| Total | 174 | 65 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 203 | 71 | ||
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2006–07 | Bundesliga | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 46 | 10 |
| 2007–08 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 39 | 7 | ||
| Total | 61 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 75 | 17 | ||
| Career total | 436 | 143 | 20 | 4 | 46 | 10 | 483 | 157 | ||
International
edit| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1998 | 5 | 1 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 5 | 4 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 7 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 9 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 7 | 3 | |
| Total | 47 | 17 | |
- Scores and results list Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Barbarez goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 September 1999 | Asim Ferhatović Hase, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |  Estonia |
1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 2 | 28 February 2001 | Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina |  Hungary |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 3 | 24 March 2001 | Asim Ferhatović Hase, Sarajevo |  Austria |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 28 March 2001 | Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein |  Liechtenstein |
1–0 | 3–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 2–0 | |||||
| 6 | 27 March 2002 | Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |  Macedonia |
2–0 | 4–4 | Friendly |
| 7 | 3–0 | |||||
| 8 | 13 February 2003 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales |  Wales |
2–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 9 | 29 March 2003 | Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina |  Luxembourg |
2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |
| 10 | 2 April 2003 | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark |  Denmark |
1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |
| 11 | 10 September 2003 | Stade Josy Barthel, Route d'Arlon, Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |
| 12 | 4 June 2005 | Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino |  San Marino |
3–1 | 3–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 13 | 3 September 2005 | Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina |  Belgium |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 14 | 7 September 2005 | LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania |  Lithuania |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 15 | 31 May 2006 | Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran |  Iran |
2–0 | 2–5 | Friendly |
| 16 | 16 August 2006 | Asim Ferhatović Hase, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |  France |
1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 17 | 2 September 2006 | Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta |  Malta |
1–0 | 5–2 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
Managerial statistics
edit- As of match played 19 November 2024
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19 April 2024 | Present | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 21 | −17 | 0.00 |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 21 | −17 | 0.00 | ||
Honours
editPlayer
editHamburger SV
Individual
- Bosnian Footballer of the Year: 2001, 2002, 2003
- Bundesliga top goalscorer: 2000–01 (shared)
References
edit- ^ "Impulsiver Gefühlsmensch" (in German). welt.de. 21 September 2001. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
- ^ "Barbarez: "Iz Fudbalskog saveza BiH mi nisu dali karte za Belgiju"". 24sata.info. 14 March 2009. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
- ^ Matthias Arnhold (21 April 2011). "Sergej Barbarez – Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ^ a b Connelly 2002, 142
- ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "Barbarez Wants To Be National Team Coach". bihfoot.com. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Barbarez bez podrške FS RS". nezavisne.com. 25 December 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Profesionalne licence Barbarezu, Piplici i kolegama" (in Bosnian). sarajevo-x.com. 5 January 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ N. M. (19 April 2024). "Barbarez: Bilo bi nekorektno komentarisati prošlost, držimo se vizije koju imamo". Klix.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ S.P. (18 September 2022). "Sergej Barbarez ponosno pokazao sinove, s njima proslavio 51. rođendan". azra.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "Sergej Barbarez član uprave HSV-a". Klix.ba (in Bosnian). 26 January 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Sergej Barbarez". Eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- Connelly, Charlie (2002) Stamping Grounds: Exploring Liechtenstein and Its World Cup Dreams. Abacus.
External links
edit
- Sergej Barbarez – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Sergej Barbarez at Soccerway
