Safet Sušić

Who is Safet Sušić?

Safet "Pape" Sušić is a Bosnian former footballer and current manager of Bosnia-Herzegovina, a team he guided to their historic first World Cup in Brazil in 2014. In his playing days, he operated as an attacking midfielder with superb passing ability and an excellent goalscoring record. In 2010, he was voted Paris Saint-Germain's best player of all time by French sport magazine France Football 's readers. In August 2012, he was voted the best foreign player of Ligue 1 of all time by French sport magazine France Football. He is strongly reputed to have been one of the finest European players of his generation.

As a player, Sušić is best remembered by many for the three hat-tricks he struck for Yugoslavia in victories against Romania, Italy and Argentina in the late 1970s.