He started his football career in 1954 at the Željezničar youth team in Sarajevo, for which he made his first team debut in 1959 at the match against Proleter from Osijek.

During his playing career, he performed for the Dutch Zvole and the French clubs Strasbourg and Valenciennes.

He played 16 games for the “A” national team of Yugoslavia and scored 8 goals. He participated in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics when he scored 4 goals in five matches played.

As a head coach he run Željezničar, Partizan Panathinaikos, Sturm, Jeff United and the national teams of Yugoslavia and Japan.

His often philosophical understandings of football as well as of life are valuable, because they are sincere and always focused on progress.

On 22^nd December 2016 he was named as the FF BH Honorary President.

Happy birthday to Ivica Osim with wishes for good health sent by the management and administration of the FF BH!