Meho Kodro, during a match with the FC Barcelona in the nineties

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The artilleryman of Mostar: What succeeded to Meho Kodro?

Published:9/10/2020 - 00:57h

Updated:9/10/2020 - 00:57h

Although the FC Barcelona made in his moment a big investment with the signing of Meho Kodro, the Bosnian forward didn't finish to fit and finish leaving by the rear door

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In an adrift fuselage, after two seasons without any title, the FC Barcelona decided fichar to the fashionable forward in LaLiga Spanish. The flamante signing was Meho Kodro, forward of the Real Sociedad that came to mark 25 goals in league, only 3 by behind the pichichi Zamorano.

The wonderful 'Dream Team' had hit rock bottom with the course of Koeman, Romario and Stoichkov in the summer of the year 1995 and needed urgently a signing ilusionante and, on the paper, the Bosnio fulfilled the aims sobradamente. The same day of his presentation, in front of all the journalists, pronounced the famous sentence: "All what have to do is to mark 30 goals and already is". It remained to 15 goals to fulfil his aim.

The season 1995/1996 did not go him well, did not finish to fit in the team and again, the 9 of the barça did not solve the parties. In the previous season decided fichar to Xavi Escaich pertinent of the RCD Espanyol. The forward of Castelldefells cost 25 million pesetas and played three parties.

This losa had to carry it on Kodro, since the patience of the fans had carried it to him all the ex perico and in each party, by minimum that was the failure, the gradería did not forgive him and began to sound the music of wind in the terracings of the Camp Nou. The ex player of Mostar annotated 9 goals in league (the past season had marked 25 with the Gipuzkoan team) in 32 parties and the Barcelona did not win any trophy.

The surroundings said that Kodro was not well in the psychological plane by the war that affected to his country in these moments. The Barcelona sold to the forward at all more open the market of signings in the summer of the year 96. Johan Cruyff, his big valedor, had been destituido, by what the continuity of Kodro, with 30 years and little press, was very difficult. His substitute was a Ronaldo Luiz Nazário of Lima...

Last years in the professional football

The Tenerife trusted he and in the season 1996/1997 contested with the team of the islands the semifinals of the Glass of the UEFA. Three seasons shined in the Canarian group until in the 1999/2000 played in the last team of the Spanish league, the Alavés. It contested 30 parties marking 5 goals.

It withdrew in the rows of the Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2001, after a season in the Israeli club. At present it is trainer of the FC Stade-Laussane-Ouchy, of the second Swiss division. Also it is father of Kenan Kodro, current player of the Athletic of Bilbao and ex of Osasuna.

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