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Ivica Osim
Personal information
Full name	Ivan Osim
Date of birth	May 6, 1941
Place of birth	Sarajevo, Independent State of Croatia
Nickname	Švabo, Štraus sa Grbavice
Position	Manager
Club information
Current club	Japan
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1959-1970 1970-1972 1972-1975 1975-1976 1976-1978	NK Željezničar RC Strasbourg Sedan Valenciennes RC Strasbourg
National team**
	Yugoslavia	16
Teams managed
1978-1986 1986-1992 1991-1992 1992-1994 1994-2002 2003-2006 2006-	NK Željezničar Yugoslavia FK Partizan Panathinaikos SK Sturm Graz JEF United Ichihara Chiba Japan
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 19 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of July 19 2006.

Ivan "Ivica" Osim (born May 6, 1941 in Sarajevo) is a Bosnian football manager and former player from the former Yugoslavia. He is currently the manager of Japan. As player, he was a member of the Yugoslavia national team and played in the 1964 Olympics. As assistant manager, he won a bronze medal with Yugoslavia at the 1984 Olympics, reached the quarterfinals of the 1990 FIFA World Cup as the manager of Yugoslavia.

Playing Career

Osim began his professional career with NK Željezničar in Sarajevo in 1959. Osim is considered one of Bosnians best football players ever to step on the field. Ivica was a ruthless dribbler. He stayed in Yugoslavia until 1970, as transfers abroad were prohibited for players under 28 at the time. In 1970, he moved to RC Strasbourg and played the rest of his career in France, playing for Valenciennes, Sedan and again at Strasbourg.

He played in sixteen matches for Yugoslavia, including the 1968 European Championship where the Yugoslavs reached the final, where they lost to Italy.

• NK Željezničar (1960-1970)
• RC Strasbourg (1970-1972, 1976-1978)
• Sedan (1972-1975)
• Valenciennes (1975-1976)

Managing Career

When his playing career ended in 1978, Osim took the coaching job at the club where he began playing, NK Željezničar. He coached the Sarajevo club until 1986, and finished second in the Yugoslav championship twice, reached the Yugoslav Cup final once and the UEFA Cup semifinals once. In addition, he coached the Yugoslav Olympic team in the 1984 Olympics and won the bronze medal.

In 1986, he took over the Yugoslav national team, and reached the quarterfinals in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Osim also coached FK Partizan from 1991 to 1992, and guided them to a Yugoslav Cup title in 1992.

Yugoslavia qualified for the 1992 European Championship, but he resigned as his family in Sarajevo faced Serbian bombardment in the Yugoslav wars. "My country doesn't deserve to play in the European Championship," said Osim, "On the scale of human suffering, I cannot reconcile events at home with my position as national manager."[1] Yugoslavia was banned from the event, and have since competed as separate nations.

After leaving Yugoslavia, he coached Panathinaikos from 1992 to 1994, winning the Greek Cup in 1993 and 1994, and finishing second in the league in 1993.

Between 1994 and 2002, Osim coached SK Sturm Graz, whom he led to the Austrian Championship in 1998 and 1999, the Austrian Cup in 1999 and the Austrian Supercup in 1998 and 1999. Sturm Graz appeared in the UEFA Champions League from 1998 to 2000.

From 2003 to 2006, Osim has coached JEF United Ichihara (now JEF United Ichihara Chiba) of the J. League and has built a contender despite the club's modest means. The club came closest to its first league title in 2003 when it finished third in the season's 1st Stage and second in the 2nd Stage. In 2005, the club won its first major title, the J. League Cup.

On July 21, 2006, he was appointed the manager of the Japanese national team which defeated Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 in his debut as head coach on August 9, 2006.

• NK Željezničar (1978-1986)
• Yugoslavia Olympic team (1982-1984) (assistant)
• Yugoslavia (1986-1992)
• FK Partizan (1991-1992)
• Panathinaikos (1992-1994)
• SK Sturm Graz (1994-2002)
• JEF United Ichihara Chiba (2003-2006)
• Japan (2006-present)

Honors

• Yugoslav Cup: 1992
• Greek Cup: 1993, 1994
• Greek Super Cup: 1994
• Austrian championship: 1998, 1999
• Austrian Cup: 1999
• Austrian Supercup: 1998, 1999
• J. League Cup: 2005