Sulejman Rebac

Who was Sulejman Rebac?

Sulejman "Sula" Rebac was a Bosnian football player and manager.

He started playing football in Velež Mostar in 1947. In 1954, he moved to Hajduk Split where he stayed for several seasons. He also played one season for FK Sarajevo. In total, he played more than 1000 games, scoring 620 goals. He is considered to be one of the most celebrated football players in history of Velež and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1956, Rebac played only game which Croatian football team played against some foreign country as separate team from rest of the Yugoslavia, in this case against Indonesia, and Rebac scored two goals.

After retirement, he began his coaching career. He started in 1963 as a coach of Velež Mostar. Although they have never managed to win a title, Velež Mostar was among the top Yugoslav clubs at the time. Players like Dušan Bajević, Enver Marić, Franjo Vladić, Džemal Hadžiabdić, Vahid Halilhodžić, Aleksandar Ristić, Boro Primorac, Vladimir Pecelj, Momčilo Vukoje, Ahmed Glavović, Dubravko Ledić, Jadranko Topić, Marijan Kvesić, Marko Čolić and Slobodan Mrgan, all made their names under the guidance of Sulejman Rebac. In 1977/1978 season, he was a coach of FK Željezničar.