Rijad Smajić
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 2 May 2004||
Place of birth | Cologne, Germany[1] | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Köln | ||
Number | 46 | ||
Youth career | |||
2017–2019 | SC Fortuna Köln | ||
2019–2022 | FC Köln | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | FC Köln II | 36 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022 |
Rijad Smajić (born 2 May 2004) is a Bosnian footballer who plays as a centre-back for FC Köln.[2]
Club career
Smajić, who joined FC Köln from Fortuna Köln in 2019 as a youth player, secured a three-year contract with the team in October 2022.[3] He has been named on the bench multiple times for the first-team in the Bundesliga and the Conference League.[4]
International career
Smajić was born in Cologne to parents of Bosnian descent, making him eligible to play for both Germany and Bosnia at the international level. He has represented the Bosnia U19 team.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Rijad Smajic". worldfootball.net.
- ^ "Rijad Smajic - Player Profile". Bundesliga.
- ^ "FC verlängert Vertrag mit Rijad Smajic". fc.de (in German). 3 October 2022.
- ^ Mertens, Daniel (25 October 2022). "Nach starken Leistungen: Abwehr-Talent drängt auf Profi-Debüt". GEISSBLOG (in German).
- ^ "1. FC Köln: Rijad Smajic – Verteidiger-Juwel aus der Domstadt". www.24rhein.de (in German). 2 October 2022.
Categories:
- 2004 births
- Living people
- Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers
- Men's association football central defenders
- German men's footballers
- German people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
- Footballers from Cologne
- SC Fortuna Köln players
- 1. FC Köln II players
- Bosnia and Herzegovina men's youth international footballers