Known for born in Mostar, he is the most decorated footballer Bosnia has produced after Džeko and Sušić: a national player of the year award, a World Cup hat-trick and championships in two countries. He is not on the list at all while eleven players rated 80 to 82 have neither title nor record. Biggest achievements: 29 goals in 37 caps for Yugoslavia including a hat-trick against Zaire at the 1974 World Cup; Yugoslav Footballer of the Year 1972; two Greek championships and a Greek Cup with AEK Athens; Balkans Cup 1980-81 with Velež Mostar; Greek league top scorer 1980; Yugoslav league top scorer 1970.
One rank above: Miralem Pjanić at #3.
One rank below: Hasan Salihamidžić at #5.
Bosnia & Herzegovina's editorial top five: Edin Džeko · Safet Sušić · Miralem Pjanić · Dušan Bajević · Hasan Salihamidžić.