Mustafa Hukić

Mustafa Hukić
Personal information
Date of birth (1951-02-06)6 February 1951
Place of birth Tuzla, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death 7 August 1999(1999-08-07) (aged 48)
Place of death Lukavac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1960–1969 Sloboda Tuzla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1978 Sloboda Tuzla 260 (25)
1978–1981 Osijek 78 (13)
1981 San Jose Earthquakes 12 (1)
1982 Sakaryaspor 1 (0)
1982–1983 Adana Demirspor 0 (0)
1983–1985 Sloboda Tuzla 21 (0)
Total 372 (39)
International career
1977 Yugoslavia 5 (0)
Managerial career
1994–1996 Sloboda Tuzla
1995–1997 Bosnia and Herzegovina (assistant)
1998–1999 Sloboda Tuzla
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mustafa Hukić "Huka" (6 February 1951 – 7 August 1999)[1] was a Bosnian professional football manager and former player.

Club career

Hukić came through the youth ranks of hometown club Sloboda Tuzla and amassed a total of 25 goals in 281 league games for them. He made his senior debut for Sloboda in 1969 against Budućnost Titograd and played for them during the club's golden era, alongside players like Fuad Mulahasanović, Jusuf Hatunić, Ismet Hadžić, Nedžad Verlašević, Dževad Šećerbegović and Mersed Kovačević.[2] He also played abroad in the NASL and in Turkey.[3]

International career

Hukić made his debut for Yugoslavia in a January 1977 friendly match away against Colombia and has earned a total of 5 caps, scoring no goals. All of his games were against Latin American opposition and his final international was a July 1977 friendly against Argentina.[4]

Personal life

Death

Hukić died in a car accident on the road between Gračanica and Tuzla, aged 48.[3]

Honours

Player

Osijek

Sloboda Tuzla

References

  1. ^ A. Beganović (7 August 2019). "Prije 20 godina preminula je legendarna "desetka" Slobode" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  2. ^ In memoriam Mustafa Hukić Huka, legendarna "desetka" sa Tušnja - Front Slobode (in Bosnian)
  3. ^ a b Profile - Reprezentacija (in Serbian)
  4. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 7 March 2021.