Hasan Salihamidžić
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Hasan Salihamidžić | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Jablanica, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right winger | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1991 | Turbina Jablanica | ||
| 1991–1992 | Velež Mostar | ||
| 1992–1995 | Hamburger SV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1995–1998 | Hamburger SV | 72 | (19) |
| 1998–2007 | Bayern Munich | 234 | (31) |
| 2007–2011 | Juventus | 61 | (7) |
| 2011– | VfL Wolfsburg | 12 | (2) |
| National team | |||
| 1996–2006 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:03, 21 December 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Hasan Salihamidžić (born 1 January 1977) is a Bosnian football midfielder currently playing for VfL Wolfsburg[1] in the Bundesliga.
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[edit] Early life
His father Ahmed and mother Šefika gave him the nickname "Braco" meaning "little brother" in Bosnian since Hasan has an older sister, hence his current nickname "Brazzo". He finished elementary school and played in the local club. Then, Salihamidžić moved to Velež Mostar where he stayed until 1992. During that period young Salihamidžić represented ex-Yugoslavia on U-16 level since at that time Bosnia and Herzegovina was still a part of Yugoslavia.
[edit] Club career
[edit] Hamburg SV
In November 1992, Salihamidžić moved to Hamburg and with the help of his cousin Ahmed Halilhodžić, he joined the youth team of the German Bundesliga team Hamburger SV. He remained within the club's youth system for three seasons, before being promoted to the senior squad. In his first season with the senior squad, Salihamidžić made nine appearances, scoring two league goals.[2] The following season, Salihamidžić became an integral part of the squad as he would make 37 appearances and score an impressive seven goals between Europe and the league. He would go onto make 31 league appearances, scoring ten goals during the 1997–98 season, which would be his last for the club, before his big transfer to Bayern Munich.
[edit] Bayern Munich
His transfer to Munich was completed during the 1998 summer transfer window, for an undisclosed fee, and Salihamidžić officially joined Bayern Munich. In his first season with his new club, Salihamidžić was instantly inserted into the clubs starting line-up and made an impressive 43 appearances in all competitions with five goals. During his first season, he came on as a substitute in the 89th minute of the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final at this point Bayern were 1–0 up, all seemed well until two last minute goals from Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær. He would make an additional 46 appearances with three more goals in his second season for the Munich giants. His third season proved very successful as well, and he would score six goals in 46 appearances. Between 2001 and 2003, Salihamidžić lacked in appearances mostly due to injury as he made just 50 appearances between both seasons in all competitions. For the 2003–04 season, the Bosnian international worked his way back into the starting line-up for the entire season, making 47 appearances, with five goals, also tallying 43 appearances and five goals the following season. He was limited to just 29 appearances for the 2005–06 season, but made 42 seasonal appearances in his final season with the club, in which he also scored five goals. As he spent many years being so loved in Munich, and his children are from the city, he plans on settling there when his playing career is over.[3]
[edit] Juventus
On 15 January 2007, he signed a four-year pre-deal with Juventus.[4] He joined them the following June after his contract with Bayern Munich had expired. In his first season, under coach Claudio Ranieri, Salihamidžić was a regular starter, albeit injury lay-offs, and made 30 official appearances for his new club, scoring an impressive five goals, which included him scoring two goals for Juventus in a 3–2 victory against A.C. Milan on 12 April 2008.[5] His second and third season with the club, proved to be less successful as the Bosnian suffered from several injury lay-offs. In the 2010–11 season, new coach Luigi Delneri excluded Salihamidžić from the coach plan. Along with Fabio Grosso, Salihamidžić were the only healthy first team player that was excluded from the 25-men 2010–11 UEFA Europa League squad.[6] Salihamidžić was released from Juventus when his contract expired in June 2011.
[edit] VfL Wolfsburg
On 4 July 2011, Salihamidžić moved to VfL Wolfsburg on a one-year contract.[1] On 9 July 2011, in a friendly game against local team Bismark, Salihamidžić's left arm was broken in a duel with another player.[7]
[edit] International career
Salihamidžić and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team never qualified for a major tournament, including falling one goal short in a match against Denmark that would have enabled them to qualify for UEFA Euro 2004. He retired from the national team in 2006 with 43 caps and six goals
[edit] Personal life
Salihamidžić has three children, Selina, Nick and Lara June, all born in Munich[3], with his German-born Spanish wife Esther Copado. Francisco Copado is his brother-in-law.[8] He has mentioned that when he retires from football, he will likely return to his home in Munich.[3]
[edit] Career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 1995–96 | Hamburger SV | Bundesliga | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | –– | 9 | 2 | |
| 1996–97 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 8 | ||
| 1997–98 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 11 | ||
| 1998–99 | Bayern Munich | Bundesliga | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 47 | 6 |
| 1999–00 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 51 | 7 | ||
| 2000–01 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 48 | 7 | ||
| 2001–02 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 29 | 6 | ||
| 2002–03 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 6 | ||
| 2003–04 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 45 | 5 | ||
| 2004–05 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 43 | 5 | ||
| 2005–06 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
| 2006–07 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 42 | 5 | ||
| Italy | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2007–08 | Juventus | Serie A | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | –– | 30 | 5 | |
| 2008–09 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –– | 10 | 0 | |||
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2011–12 | Wolfsburg | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –– | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | Germany | 306 | 50 | 34 | 9 | 98 | 11 | 438 | 70 | |
| Italy | 61 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 73 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 367 | 57 | 39 | 10 | 105 | 11 | 511 | 78 | ||
- Also played 1 UEFA Super cup game where he scored 1 goal (2001–02 season).
- Has also played 14 Ligapokal games (0 goal).
Statistics accurate as of match played 22 May 2011[9][10][11]
[edit] Honours
- Bayern Munich
- Bundesliga (6): 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06
- DFB-Pokal (4): 1999–2000, 2002–03, 20004–05, 2005–06
- UEFA Champions League (1): 2000–01
- Intercontinental Cup (1): 2001
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Wolfsburg sign Salihamidzic from Juve". ESPN soccernet. 5 July 2011. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/932266/hasan-salihamidzic-returns-to-bundesliga-with-wolfsburg?cc=5739. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ "Salihamidzic: a heartening succcess story". The Guardian. 31 January 2007. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2007/jan/31/europeanfootball.sport. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ a b c "FCB Interview with Hasan Salihamidzic". FCB. 13 August 2011. http://www.fcbayern.telekom.de/en/news/news/2011/30634.php. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ "Salihamidžić agrees Juve move". UEFA. 16 January 2007. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=497307.html. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ "Salihamidzic double seals Juve win over Milan". ESPN soccernet. 12 April 2008. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=soccer&id=3343815. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ "Juventus Announce 2010–11 Europa League Squad". Goal.com. 1 September 2010. http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2010/09/01/2099148/juventus-announce-2010-11-europa-league-squad. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ "Salihamidžić injured" (in Croatian). Sarajevo-x.com. 9 July 2011. http://www.sarajevo-x.com/sport/nogomet/clanak/110709087.
- ^ Mustroph, Tom (29 February 2008). "Ein bosnischer Bayer in Italien [A Bosnian Bayer in Italy]" (in German). Der Spiegel. http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/0,1518,537681,00.html.
- ^ "Salihamidžić career stats". Transfermarkt. http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/hasan-salihamidzic/leistungsdaten-detail/spieler_214.html. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ "Hasan Salihamidžić" (in German). Fussballdaten. http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/salihamidzichasan. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ Nicoletti, Claudio. "Hasan Salihamidzic - Matches in European Cups". http://www.webalice.it/claudionicoletti1/Haisma/Players%20careers%20in%20EC/HASAN%20SALIHAMIDZIC%20(1).htm. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
[edit] External links
- Hasan Salihamidžić at fussballdaten.de (German)
- Hasan Salihamidžić at transfermarkt.co.uk
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina international footballers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate footballers
- FC Bayern Munich players
- Hamburger SV players
- Hamburger SV II players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Juventus F.C. players
- VfL Wolfsburg players
- Serie A footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriates in Germany
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriates in Italy
