Mehmed Baždarević

What strikes me about Mehmed Baždarević is the quiet endurance behind the resume. Coming from Višegrad in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he built a career across Yugoslavia and France during years his homeland was torn apart, then carved out a second life as a manager up to Ligue 2. The nicknames Meša and Mécha capture how he belonged to two football cultures at once. I find more value in that kind of cross-border persistence than in any trophy count. Being called one of the best players Bosnia ever produced is praise earned the hard way, and I respect it.

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Name (English)

Mehmed Baždarević

Name (Japanese)

メフメド・バジダレヴィッチ

Reading

めふめど・ばじだれゔぃっち

Born

September 28, 1960 (age 66)

Origin

Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Height

178 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rat

• Official sitehttps://www.bazdarevic.net/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed%20Ba%C5%BEdarevi%C4%87
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%95%E3%83%A1%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%B8%E3%83%80%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%81
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q518054

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.