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Also known as Asmir Begovic

Bosnian footballer

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Active from
1965-06-10
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Discography

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Key facts

2005
→ La Louvière (loan)
2006
→ Macclesfield Town (loan)
2007
→ AFC Bournemouth (loan)
2008
→ Yeovil Town (loan)
2009
→ Ipswich Town (loan)
2020
→ AC Milan (loan)
2025
Leicester City
Full name
Asmir Begović
Date of birth
( 1987-06-20 ) 20 June 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth
Trebinje , SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Height
2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Position
Goalkeeper
Current team
Leicester City
1994 1997
FC Kirchhausen
1998 2003
Southwest Sting Edmonton
2003 2005
Portsmouth
Years
Team
2005 2010
Portsmouth

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Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
Leicester City
Position
Goalkeeper
Nationality
Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Encyclopedic overview

Asmir Begović ( Bosnian pronunciation: [âsmir bêːɡoʋitɕ]; born 20 June 1987) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League One club Leicester City.

Begović started his senior career at Portsmouth, signing for them in the summer of 2003. After a sequence of loans, he made his Premier League debut in May 2009 and was sold to Stoke City for £3.25 million in February 2010. In the 2012–13 season, he played every league match and won the club's Player of the Year award. In November 2013, Begović became the fifth goalkeeper to score a goal in the Premier League, scoring from 97.5 yards (89.15 meters) against Southampton after 13 seconds, also getting the World Record for "longest goal scored in football". In July 2015, he joined Premier League champions Chelsea for a fee of £8 million, remaining second-choice until his move to AFC Bournemouth two years later. After losing his place to Artur Boruc early in 2019, he was loaned to Qarabağ and AC Milan before signing for Everton.

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