Ermin Zec

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Ermin Zec
Zec playing for Gençlerbirliği in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-02-18) 18 February 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Bugojno, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward / Winger
Youth career
0000–2005 Iskra Bugojno
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Iskra Bugojno 27 (11)
2007–2010 Šibenik 79 (32)
2010–2014 Gençlerbirliği 107 (19)
2014–2015 Rijeka 3 (1)
2015 Balıkesirspor 16 (7)
2015–2016 Gabala 23 (7)
2016–2017 Karabükspor 20 (6)
2017–2018 Gazişehir Gaziantep 13 (1)
2019–2022 Željezničar 54 (11)
International career
2007–2009 Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 5 (0)
2008–2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2022

Ermin Zec (born 18 February 1988) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a forward or as a winger.

Club career[edit]

Zec playing for Gençlerbirliği in 2011

In 2007, Zec signed for Šibenik where he quickly established himself in the first team.[2] He was voted best young Bosnian player of the year in 2009 by journalists.[3] In a voting where all the captains in the Croatian League participated, Zec was voted the best player of the league in 2009.[4]

In June 2010, he signed a four-year contract with Turkish club Gençlerbirliği.[5]

After four years in Turkey, in September 2014, Zec returned to Croatia, signing with Rijeka.[6]

At the beginning of 2015, Zec signed for Balıkesirspor on a three and a half year contract.[7]

On 27 July 2015, je signed a one-year contract with Gabala in the Azerbaijan Premier League, with the option of an additional year.[8] On 21 May, Gabala announced that Zec was leaving the club.[9]

On 26 August 2016, Zec signed with Turkish Süper Lig club Karabükspor.[10] During August 2017, he left Karabükspor.[11]

On 25 August 2017, he signed with Gazişehir Gaziantep in the TFF First League.[12] On 10 August 2018, it was announced that Zec left Gazişehir Gaziantep.[13]

On 21 January 2019, he signed a contract with Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar.[14] He scored his first goal for Željezničar on 3 March 2019, in a 2–1 home league win against Mladost Doboj Kakanj.[15] Zec extended his contract with Željezničar for three more years on 18 June 2019, which is due to keep him at the club until June 2022.[16]

International career[edit]

Zec made his senior international debut on 19 November 2008, in a friendly match against Slovenia.[17]

On 29 May 2010, he scored his first goal for the national team in a 4–2 loss against Sweden.[18] Zec has earned a total of 10 caps, scoring 1 goal.[19] His final international was a September 2015 European Championship qualification match against Andorra.[20]

Personal life[edit]

Zec's younger brother, Asim, is also a professional footballer who played with him at Željezničar.[21]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 29 May 2022.[22][23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Šibenik 2007–08 1. HNL 30 7 0 0 30 7
2008–09 1. HNL 27 14 0 0 27 14
2009–10 1. HNL 22 11 6 4 28 15
Total 79 32 6 4 85 36
Gençlerbirliği 2010–11 Süper Lig 24 4 8 4 32 8
2011–12 Süper Lig 27 3 1 0 28 3
2012–13 Süper Lig 29 6 1 0 30 6
2013–14 Süper Lig 27 6 1 0 28 6
Total 107 19 11 4 118 23
Rijeka 2014–15 1. HNL 3 1 2 2 5 3
Balıkesirspor 2014–15 Süper Lig 16 7 0 0 16 7
Gabala 2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League 23 7 4 3 9 0 36 10
Karabükspor 2016–17 Süper Lig 20 6 4 3 24 9
Gazişehir Gaziantep 2017–18 TFF First League 13 1 1 0 14 1
Željezničar 2018–19 Bosnian Premier League 6 4 6 4
2019–20 Bosnian Premier League 11 1 0 0 11 1
2020–21 Bosnian Premier League 18 5 1 0 0 0 19 5
2021–22 Bosnian Premier League 19 1 2 1 21 2
Total 54 11 3 1 0 0 57 12
Career total 315 84 31 17 9 0 355 101

International[edit]

As of match played 6 September 2015.[23]
National team Year Apps Goals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2008 1 0
2009 0 0
2010 6 1
2011 2 0
2012 0 0
2013 0 0
2014 0 0
2015 1 0
Total 10 1

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first.
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 May 2010 Råsunda, Solna, Sweden  Sweden
1–1
2–4
Friendly

Honours[edit]

Rijeka[22]

Individual[edit]

Awards

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ermin Zec Gabala profile".
  2. ^ Ivica Medo (21 December 2009). "Ermin Zec najbolji u anketi tportala: 'Šibenik me treba pustiti u inozemstvo'" [Ermin Zec the best in a tportal pool: 'Šibenik should let me go abroad'] (in Croatian). Nacional (weekly). Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Ermin Zec najbolji mladi nogometaš BiH, Džeko Idol nacije - Minute by minute, Dalje.com". Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  4. ^ Ermin Zec google search
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Bradovski, Mihaela. "Rijeka dobila napadačko pojačanje, bivši igrač Šibenika na Kantridi". hrsport.net. Sportnet. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  7. ^ ERmin Zec to set for Balıkesirspor Archived 2015-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Qəbələ də yeni hücumçu". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Zec leaving Gabala". gabalafc.az. Gabala FK. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  10. ^ Ermin Zec potpisao za Karabukspor at klix.ba, 26 August 2016
  11. ^ Zec bez kluba, zainteresovan turski Gaziantep at sportsport.ba, 23 August 2017
  12. ^ Zvanično: Zec potpisao za Gazisehir Gaziantepspor at sportsport.ba, 25 August 2017
  13. ^ Ermin Zec napustio Gaziantep at sportsport.ba, 10 August 2018
  14. ^ Ermin Zec novi nogometaš Željezničara at klix.ba, 21 January 2019
  15. ^ M. Šljivak (3 March 2019). "Prekinut crni niz FK Željezničar: Ermin Zec junak Grbavice!" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  16. ^ E.B. (18 June 2019). "Ermin Zec ostaje u Željezničaru, produžio ugovor na tri godine" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  17. ^ "Slovenia vs Bosnia".
  18. ^ ""Zmajevi" poraženi u Švedskoj".
  19. ^ Mamrud, Roberto (16 July 2009). "Bosnia and Herzegovina – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  20. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  21. ^ E. Čaušević (23 January 2019). "Ermin Zec: Nisam ni sanjao da ću igrati zajedno s Asimom" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  22. ^ a b "E.Zec: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  23. ^ a b "Ermin Zec". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  24. ^ Ermin Zec ubjedljivo najbolji igrač HNL-a at klix.ba, 21 December 2009

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