His father was a miner and lived in a mining colony beside the former Velez grounds (today's "Old Veležovo" or "Old Playground", a neighborhood in the city of Mostar) and began to train in a football school then Velez.
Otac mu je bio rudar i stanovali su u rudarskoj koloniji pored tadašnjeg Veležova igrališta (današnje "Staro Veležovo" ili "Staro igralište", kvart u gradu Mostaru) pa je počeo trenirati u nogometnoj školi tadašnjeg Veleža.