Zlatan Muslimović

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Personal information
Zlatan Muslimović
Date of birth	6 March 1981
Place of birth	Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Height	1.89 m
Position	striker
Club information
Current club	Parma
Youth clubs
	Habo IF Husqvarna FF IFK Göteborg Udinese
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2000-01 2001 2002 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07	Udinese Perugia (on loan) Pistoiese (on loan) Ascoli (on loan) Padova (on loan) Rimini (co-ownership) Messina (on loan) Parma (on loan)	2 (0) 0 (0) 8 (1) 11 (0) 30 (6) 32 (15) 25 (4)
National team**
2004-	Bosnia-Herzegovina	3 (2)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2006.

Zlatan Muslimović, (born 6 March 1981, Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina) is a Bosnian professional football player who holds both Bosnian and Swedish citizenship. He is currently contracted to Udinese Calcio in the Italian Serie A, but during the 2006/2007 he was loaned to Parma F.C..

As a child and teenager, he played for the Swedish teams Habo IF and Husqvarna FF. He went on to play for the Swedish team IFK Göteborg youth team in 1998 and 1999, before coming to Italy in the year 2000.

He has previously played for the Bosnian U-21 national team. During the 2004/2005 he was the top scorer of Serie C1/A side Rimini, with 15 goals in 32 matches, helping his team in winning the league and being promoted to Serie B.

Zlatan Muslimović made his debut for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team in a friendly match against France as a second half substitute. He also played for the team in their Euro 2008 qualifying matches against Malta and Hungary.