Homeland characters: Ahmed Zejnilagić, the first professional football player from Gračanica Cover Image

Likovi zavičaja: Ahmet Zejnilagić, prvi fudbalski poluprofesionalac iz Gračanice
Homeland characters: Ahmed Zejnilagić, the first professional football player from Gračanica

Author(s): Omer Hamzić
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Societal Essay, Sports Studies
Published by: Izdavačka kuća »Monos« d.o.o
Keywords: Ahmed Zejnilagić; Gračanica; sport; football; football club;

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the author tries to shed light on the character of one of the best football players in the history of Gračanica, providing basic data from his sport biography which are not emphasized here. An attempt is made to give a picture of the personality as it remained in the memory and formed in the consciousness of the author as a boy who observed one great sports career during that time with his own eyes and understood it in that specific way. In the background of this lyrically imbued text, one can see the contours and general social ambience and provincial life in the early 1960s, as well as feel a dose of sadness and nostalgia for a famous fellow citizen who is no more.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 50
  • Page Range: 117-124
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Bosnian