Drago (Micho) Smailović ( Bosnian Mišo Smajlović ; born October 28, 1938, in the city of Sarajevo , Kingdom of Yugoslavia ) is a Yugoslav footballer and Bosnian football coach. He headed the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1999 to 2002. [one]
 Misho Smaylovich | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Drago Smailovich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 28, 1938 (aged 80) Sarajevo , Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Player Career
Michaud’s career began in the capital's “Syllable”. In 1958, Smaylovich signed a professional contract with Zheleznichar , having played more than 400 matches for him and scored 241 goals. If we take into account only official matches, then he played 190 games and scored 97 goals. Michaud became the top scorer of the First League of Yugoslavia , in the 1962/1963 season, with 18 goals.
Michaud was one of the best forwards of Yugoslavia of that time. In 1963, Smaylovich made his debut in the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina . For her, he spent 4 matches, scoring 1 goal. He scored it, on October 27, 1963, in comrade match against Romania . All journalists called him a gentleman in boots . Due to the fact that Michaud played in a large Yugoslav club, he received little right to play for the national team.
In 1967, Smailovich moved to the Belgian Standard (Liege) . After a season and a half, Michaud returns to Yugoslavia , becoming an Olympia player from Ljubljana . Then, in 1969, to Celik (Zenica) from Zenica , where he completed his career as a player.
Coach Career
After a gaming career, Michaud became a coach. The first club, as a coach, for him was the capital Zheleznichar . In it, he also served as sports director. He played an important role in maintaining the club's existence during the Bosnian war .
In 1997, Michaud was appointed head coach of the youth team of Bosnia and Herzegovina . After the resignation of Faruk Hadzhibegich in October 1999, Smaylovich was appointed and. Fr., but a few months later became the main coach of the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina . After the end of the contract in 2002, Michaud did not renew the contract.
He currently lives in Sarajevo , and is not involved in football.