Back سيرغي بارباريز Arabic سيرجى بارباريز ARZ Сергей Барбарез Bulgarian Sergej Barbarez BS Sergej Barbarez Catalan Sergej Barbarez Czech Sergej Barbarez German Sergej Barbarez Spanish سرگئی باربارز Persian Sergej Barbarez Finnish
.jpg) Barbarez in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 September 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, 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.