Rijad Smajić

Rijad Smajić
Personal information
Date of birth	2 May 2004 (age 19)
Place of birth	Cologne, Germany
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
2021–	FC Köln II
International career‡
2021–	Bosnia U19
	*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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ ^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.

[wfprofile-1] "Rijad Smajic". worldfootball.net.

[2] "Rijad Smajic - Player Profile". Bundesliga.

[3] "FC verlängert Vertrag mit Rijad Smajic". fc.de (in German). 3 October 2022.

[4] Mertens, Daniel (25 October 2022). "Nach starken Leistungen: Abwehr-Talent drängt auf Profi-Debüt". GEISSBLOG (in German).

[5] "1. FC Köln: Rijad Smajic – Verteidiger-Juwel aus der Domstadt". www.24rhein.de (in German). 2 October 2022.

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