Hasan Salihamidžić
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| Hasan Salihamidžić | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | January 1, 1977 (age 30) | |
| Place of birth | Jablanica, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) | |
| Height | 5'9½" (177 cm) | |
| Nickname | Brazzo/Braco (Brother in Slavic languages) |
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| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Bayern Munich | |
| Number | 20 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1987–91 1991–92 1992–95 |
Turbina Jablanica Velež Mostar Hamburger SV |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1995–98 1998–present |
Hamburger SV Bayern Munich |
72 (19) 229 (29) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1996–2006 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43 (6) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Hasan Salihamidžić (born January 1, 1977 in Jablanica, Yugoslavia, now Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a football all-round-midfielder. He is currently playing for Bayern Munich in German club football. On 15 January 2007 he signed a 4 year deal with Juventus and will join them in the summer. He is considered the pride of Bosnia and Herzegovina[1]
Salihamidžić is well known for his versatility because he can play in almost every part of the pitch. His career started flourishing while he was playing as a striker, then he played as both a right winger and left back in Bayern while he is considered as left winger in his national team.
Recently, Salihamidžić has retired from the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team claiming that he's having problems with injuries. Many are however concerned that the real reason for this action are undisclosed rifts between him and the Bosnian FA.
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[edit] Life
Salihamidžić was born to a Bosniak family. His father Ahmed and mother Šefika gave him the nickname "Braco" meaning "little brother", since Hasan has an older sister. He finished high school and played in the local club Turbina Jablanica between 1987 and 1991. Then, Salihamidžić moved to Velež Mostar where he stayed until 1992. During that period young Salihamidžić represented ex-Yugoslavia on U16 level since at that time Bosnia & Herzegovina was still a part of Yugoslavia. That generation of the young players in FK Velež Mostar was one of the best ever but the Bosnian war stopped Salihamidžić from making a single senior appearance for his club.
Since he wanted to move to Germany to get away from the war, he worked as a waiter in a local restaurant for six months so he could save enough money for a ticket. In November 1992, Salihamidžić had come to Hamburg and with the help of his cousin Ahmet Halilhodžić he joined the youth team of the German Bundesliga team Hamburger SV.
He would stay at Hamburg until 1998 before moving to FC Bayern München.
Salihamidžić and the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in its brief history, have never qualified for a big tournament, but in the qualifying campaign for Euro 2004, only one goal in the last game against Denmark separated them from the big tournament in Portugal.
Salihamidžić has three children, Selina, Nick and Lara June, with his Spanish wife Esther Copado.
[edit] Career statistics
| Club | Season | Domestic League | Domestic Cup | European Competition | Total | ||||
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| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Juventus | 07-08 | ||||||||
| Total | |||||||||
| Bayern Munich | 06-07 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 3 |
| 05-06 | 21 | 2 | |||||||
| 04-05 | 29 | 2 | |||||||
| 03-04 | 33 | 4 | |||||||
| 02-03 | 12 | 2 | |||||||
| 01-02 | 19 | 5 | |||||||
| 00-01 | 31 | 4 | |||||||
| 99-00 | 30 | 4 | |||||||
| 98-99 | 30 | 3 | |||||||
| Total | 225 | 28 | |||||||
| Hamburg | 97-98 | 31 | 10 | ||||||
| 96-97 | 32 | 7 | |||||||
| 95-96 | 9 | 2 | |||||||
| Total | 72 | 19 | |||||||
| Career Totals | 297 | 48 | |||||||
[edit] Accomplishments
- German League Champion 1999 (FC Bayern München)
- German Cup Winner 2000 (FC Bayern München)
- German League Champion 2000 (FC Bayern München)
- German League Champion 2001 (FC Bayern München)
- UEFA Champions League Winner 2001 (FC Bayern München)
- World Club Champion 2001 (FC Bayern München)
- German Cup Winner 2003 (FC Bayern München)
- German League Champion 2003 (FC Bayern München)
- German Cup Winner 2005 (FC Bayern München)
- German League Champion 2005 (FC Bayern München)
- German Cup Winner 2006 (FC Bayern München)
- German League Champion 2006 (FC Bayern München)
[edit] External links
- Profile on JadranSport.org (English)
- Fan Site (German and English)
- Fan Site (Bosnian)
- Unoffical MySpace for all supporters (German and English)
| FC Bayern Munich - Current Squad |
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1 Kahn | 2 Sagnol | 3 Lúcio | 5 Van Buyten | 6 Demichelis | 7 Scholl | 8 Karimi | 10 Makaay | 11 Podolski | 14 Pizarro | 17 van Bommel | 18 Görlitz | 20 Salihamidžić | 21 Lahm | 22 Rensing | 23 Hargreaves | 24 Santa Cruz | 25 Ismaël | 29 Dreher | 30 Lell | 31 Schweinsteiger | 32 Hummels | 33 Kraft | 36 Fürstner | 37 Saba | 39 Ottl | Coach: Hitzfeld |
