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Sasa Papac

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Born
1980 (44 years old)

Birth Place

Mostar, Bosnia

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Left-Back

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185 cm

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Saša Papac (born 7 February 1980) is a Bosnian former professional footballer, who played as a left-back. Having started his career in his native country of Bosnia and Herzegovina for Široki Brijeg, he went to play in Austria for Kärnten and Austria Wien, and in Scotland for Rangers. He spent the early part of his career as a central defender but during his six-year stint at Rangers developed into a left-back. He was capped 39 times for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Papac made his debut on 12 January 2001, against Bangladesh at the Sahara Millennium Cup but quit in March 2007, citing problems with the staff at the Bosnian FA. He played his last match versus Greece before quitting the national team in October 2006. In January 2008, he decided to return to the international set-up under new boss Meho Kodro. Shortly after Kodro's dismissal, he was called up by new coach Miroslav Blažević but refused to come and retired from international football claiming it was to give space to new young players. However, in 2010 it emerged that Papac could make a return to the national team. In June 2011, Glasgow newspaper The Herald reported Papac was returning to international football.

On 1 July 2011, Papac confirmed that he will return to play for the national team. His final international was a February 2012 friendly match against Brazil.

In 2015, he was hired as a scout for the Bosnian national team.

On 15 November 2017, Papac was announced as new director of football of Željezničar Sarajevo. He did not want to extend his contract and announced on 27 May 2018 that when his contract expires on 1 June 2018, he will leave the position which he did. He thanked the club on the opportunity and wished it good luck in its future.