Elvir Rahimić

Elvir Rahimić
Personal information
Full name	Elvir Rahimić
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	CSKA Moscow
Number	25
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1997	Bosna Visoko
1997–1998	Interblock Ljubljana
1997–1998	Vorwärts Steyr
1999–2001	Anzhi Makhachkala
2001–	CSKA Moscow
International career‡
2007–	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:51, 7 April 2012 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2011

Elvir Rahimić (born 4 April 1976 in Živinice) is a Bosnian football midfielder who plays for PFC CSKA Moscow at Russian Premier League.

Career

Rahimić started his career at local club Slaven Živinice in his homestead. He was soon signed by NK Bosna for the FSBiH First League. Before the start of unified league of FSBIH and Croats League, Rahimić moved to Slovenia for Interblock Ljubljana, then Austrian side SK Vorwärts Steyr before he moved to Russia.

The greatest accomplishment for Rahimić has been winning with CSKA Moscow the 2005 UEFA Cup by beating Sporting Lisbon 3–1 in the Final on Sporting's home field in Lisbon. In Russia he is often referred as Iron Man, because of his incredible stability throughout the season. In all his years in PFC CSKA Moscow he missed just over 10 games, mostly because of collected yellow cards, playing over 50 games every year.

International career

Rahimić made his debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina on 2 June 2007 in a win against Turkey, the second match Fuad Muzurović as coach. Including his debut match, he played six at UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying. He also played at 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) where Bosnia reached play-off stage of the competition, as well as UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying. At the age of 35 he is still regarded as one of the fittest in the Bosnian side by many followers.

Honours

UEFA Cup: 1
- 2005
Russian Premier League: 3
- 2003, 2005, 2006
Russian Cup: 6
- 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011
Russian Super Cup: 4
- 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Elvir Rahimić". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2011-02-03.

External links

Elvir Rahimić at National-Football-Teams.com
Elvir Rahimić – FIFA competition record (archived)

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