Sanel Jahić
Bosnian football coach and former player (born 1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sanel Jahić (born 10 December 1981) is a Bosnian football coach and former player who currently works as a coach in the youth team of Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1981-12-10) 10 December 1981 (age 42) | ||
Place of birth | Strasbourg, France | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Željezničar (youth team coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Strasbourg | |||
Sochaux | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2001 | Sochaux | 0 | (0) |
2001–2003 | Željezničar | 15 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Las Palmas | 25 | (3) |
2005–2006 | Mérida | 17 | (1) |
2006–2007 | Željezničar | 37 | (19) |
2007–2009 | Aris | 31 | (2) |
2009–2011 | AEK Athens | 42 | (1) |
2011–2012 | APOEL | 11 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Karabükspor | 20 | (3) |
2013–2014 | St Johnstone | 5 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Grasshopper | 27 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Levadiakos | 19 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Željezničar | 5 | (0) |
Total | 254 | (29) | |
International career | |||
2001–2002 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 | 6 | (0) |
2008–2012 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
2020– | Željezničar (youth team coach) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Throughout his playing career, he was best known for being a utility player, capable of playing a wide number of positions.[1] Although largely employed as a centre-back on club level, he has also played on the side of the field as a wingback for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, and has filled in as a defensive midfielder and as a right midfielder. Jahić has also had success as a striker, for a moment leading the Bosnian Premier League's scoring charts in the 2006–07 season.
Jahić began his senior career with Sochaux. In 2001 he moved to Željezničar where he stayed for two years. Later, he played for Las Palmas and Mérida in Spain. Jahić then returned to Željezničar in 2006, before joining Greek club Aris Thessaloniki in January 2008. Two years later he was transferred to AEK Athens. In the summer of 2011, Jahić signed with Cypriot club APOEL. With APOEL he participated in the UEFA Champions League group stages for the first time in his career and he helped his team to reach the last 16 of the competition. In January 2012, he moved to Turkish club Karabükspor. After Karabükspor, Jahić played for St Johnstone, Grasshopper and Levadiakos, before finishing his career at Željezničar in 2017.