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Emir Spahić
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Emir Spahić is a Bosnian association football player born in Dubrovnik in 1980. He holds Bosnian citizenship and practices Islam. Spahić played as a centre-back and defender, with a professional career beginning in 1998. He competed in the Bundesliga and represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in international competition.
Spahić was a participant in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He played for several clubs, including Montpellier Hérault Sport Club, FC Lokomotiv Moscow, N.K. Zagreb, and NK Čelik Zenica. He earned one match start and scored zero total goals during his career. He resides in Dubrovnik and is educated at the University of Sarajevo. He speaks Bosnian.
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Key facts
- 2013
- → Anzhi Makhachkala (loan)
- Full name
- Emir Spahić
- Date of birth
- ( 1980-08-18 ) 18 August 1980 (age 45)
- Place of birth
- Dubrovnik , SR Croatia , Yugoslavia
- Height
- 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
- Position
- Centre back
- Current team
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (director)
- 0000 1998
- Čelik Zenica
- Years
- Team
- 1998 1999
- Čelik Zenica
- 1999 2001
- GOŠK Dubrovnik
- 2001 2004
- Zagreb
- 2004 2005
- Shinnik Yaroslavl
- 2005 2006
- Torpedo Moscow
- 2006 2009
- Lokomotiv Moscow
- 2009 2011
- Montpellier
- 2011 2013
- Sevilla
- 2013 2015
- Bayer Leverkusen
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Defender
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Spahić
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Place of birth
- Dubrovnik
- Occupation
- association football player
- Educated at
- University of Sarajevo
- Languages spoken
- Bosnian
- Religion
- Islam
- Participant in
- 2014 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- FC Torpedo Moscow
- Position played
- centre-back
- League
- Bundesliga
- Country for sport
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Mass
- 77
- Image
- 20150331 2025 AUT BIH 2135.jpg
- Height
- 186
- Residence
- Dubrovnik
Show 6 more facts
- Commons category
- Emir Spahić
- date of birth
- 1980-08-18
- name in native language
- Emir Spahić
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 1
- total goals in career
- 0
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
During his club career, Spahić represented teams in his homeland, Croatia, Russia, France, Spain and Germany. Captain of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team from 2008 until the end of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, he earned a total of 95 international caps, scoring 6 goals.
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