Emir Spahić
Bosnian footballer (born 1980) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Emir Spahić (Bosnian pronunciation: [ěmir spǎxiːtɕ]; born 18 August 1980) is a Bosnian football executive and former player who played as a centre-back. He is the current director of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Emir Spahić[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1980-08-18) 18 August 1980 (age 43) | ||
Place of birth | Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bosnia and Herzegovina (director) | ||
Youth career | |||
Krajina Cazin | |||
0000–1998 | Čelik Zenica | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–1999 | Čelik Zenica | 19 | (1) |
1999–2001 | GOŠK Dubrovnik | 22 | (0) |
2001–2004 | Zagreb | 38 | (2) |
2004–2005 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 26 | (6) |
2005–2006 | Torpedo Moscow | 15 | (0) |
2006–2009 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 63 | (3) |
2009–2011 | Montpellier | 57 | (3) |
2011–2013 | Sevilla | 44 | (1) |
2013 | → Anzhi Makhachkala (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2013–2015 | Bayer Leverkusen | 49 | (3) |
2015–2017 | Hamburger SV | 37 | (0) |
Total | 377 | (20) | |
International career | |||
2003–2018 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 94 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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During his club career, Spahić represented teams in his homeland, Croatia, Russia, France, Spain and Germany. He earned a total of 94 international caps, scoring 6 goals,[2] and was the captain of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team from 2008 until the end of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.