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Mustafa Hukić

Bosnia and Herzegovina footballer (1951-1999)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionFeb 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ6943263 ↗
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Mustafa Hukić "Huka" (6 February 1951 – 7 August 1999) was a Bosnian professional football manager and former player.

Club career

Hukić came through the youth ranks of hometown club Sloboda Tuzla and amassed a total of 25 goals in 281 league games for them. He made his senior debut for Sloboda in 1969 against Budućnost Titograd and played for them during the club's golden era, alongside players like Fuad Mulahasanović, Jusuf Hatunić, Ismet Hadžić, Nedžad Verlašević, Dževad Šećerbegović and Mersed Kovačević. He also played abroad in the NASL and in Turkey.

International career

Hukić made his debut for Yugoslavia in a January 1977 friendly match away against Colombia and has earned a total of 5 caps, scoring no goals. All of his games were against Latin American opposition and his final international was a July 1977 friendly against Argentina.

Death

Hukić died in a car accident on the road between Gračanica and Tuzla, aged 48.

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The public source identifies “Mustafa Hukić” as bosnia and Herzegovina footballer (1951-1999). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mustafa, Hukić and Bosnia.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1951, 1999, 1969, 1977—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1951-02-06. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mustafa, Hukić and Bosnia providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6943263. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1951, 1999, 1969 and 1977.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mustafa Hukić” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.