Sergej Barbarez

Sergej Barbarez

Barbarez in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	(1971-09-17) 17 September 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth	Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Bosnia and Herzegovina (manager)
Youth career
1984–1989	Velež Mostar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1991	Velež Mostar
1992–1993	Hannover 96	18	(2)
1993–1996	Union Berlin	88	(46)
1996–1998	Hansa Rostock	59	(13)
1998–2000	Borussia Dortmund	36	(6)
2000–2006	Hamburger SV	174	(65)
2006–2008	Bayer Leverkusen	61	(11)
Total		436	(143)
International career
1998–2006	Bosnia and Herzegovina	47	(17)
Managerial career
2024–	Bosnia and Herzegovina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sergej Barbarez (Serbian Cyrillic: Сергеј Барбарез; born 17 September 1971) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

A forward, Barbarez played for several clubs in the German Bundesliga. He is considered one of the all-time greatest players of Hamburger SV where he scored 65 goals in 174 Bundesliga games. Mainly used as a second striker, Barbarez also played as an attacking midfielder or left winger. In the 2000–01 Bundesliga season while playing for Hamburger SV, he was joint top scorer with 22 goals with Ebbe Sand of Schalke 04 at the end of the season.

Barbarez made his senior international debut for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team in 1998, earning 47 caps and scoring 17 goals until 2006. He was the captain of the national team between 2004 and 2006.