Emir Spahić

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Emir Spahić (born August 18, 1980 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian football defender.

Personal information
Emir Spahić

Date of birth	18 August 1980 (1980-08-18) (age 27)
Place of birth	Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, now Croatia
Height	1.83 m
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Lokomotiv Moscow
Number	5
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004–2005 2005 2006–present	Shinnik Yaroslavl Torpedo Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow	26 (6) 15 (0) 46 (3)
National team²
2004–present	Bosnia and Herzegovina	23 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Currently, Emir Spahić starts for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team. Emir scored his first international goal in a 2-2 tie with Japan on February 28, 2006 at the Signal Iduna Park stadium in Dortmund, Germany. On the club level, Spahić is active for the Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow in the Russian Premier League. Over the course of his career, he has also played for Russian clubs Torpedo Moscow and Shinnik Yaroslavl as well as Croatian side NK Zagreb.

[edit] Family

His father, Ramiz, is originally from the Montenegrin stretch of Sandžak, and his mother, Fatima, is from Gacko, Bosnia-Herzegovina (both regions formerly in Yugoslavia). They were both working in Dubrovnik, where they met and formed a family. Emir has a younger brother, Alen Spahić, who is also a football player. Emir is currently dating Emina Hadžić, whose father is one of the wealthiest men in the Balkans.