Dušan Bajević, Yugoslavia footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Dušan Bajević is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Bosnian football managers of all time, he is the country's most decorated manager.

A footballer Bajević spent the majority of his playing career at hometown club, Velež Mostar for who he played almost 400 games and scored 184 goals, a club record. From 1977 to 1981 he played for AEK Athens, where he won the Alpha Ethniki two times and the Greek Cup once and is the foreign with the most goals in the club's history, with 91 goals. Bajević scored 29 goals for Yugoslavia in 37 games. He also represented the country at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

After retiring as a player, Bajević started working as a manager, winning the Yugoslav Cup with Velež in 1986. He enjoyed the most success in Greece, winning eight Greek league titles, four Greek Cups, one Greek League Cup and one Greek Super Cup with AEK Athens, Olympiacos and PAOK between 1988 and 2005. He is the most successful manager in the history of AEK Athens. His direct move from AEK Athens to Olympiacos in 1996 generated much controversy. Nevertheless his arrival at the latter brought an extended period of domestic dominance, which continued after his sacking in 1999, including another stint from 2004 to 2005. Afterwards, Bajević returned to AEK Athens in 2002 and 2008, and in 2013 as a sporting director, following the club's lone relegation.