Haris Medunjanin

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Haris Međunjanin
Personal information
Full name	Haris Međunjanin
Date of birth	March 8, 1985 (1985-03-08) (age 23)
Place of birth	Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	AZ
Number	16
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004-2006 2006-2007 2007-	AZ Sparta Rotterdam (loan) AZ	13 (3) 32 (7)
National team
200?-present	Netherlands U-21
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Haris Međunjanin (born March 8, 1985 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian-Dutch football player. He is 6'2" (188 cm) tall and weighs 176 lbs (78 kg).

He moved to Netherlands at the age of seven. Međunjanin currently plays for AZ, having been on loan at Sparta Rotterdam during the 2006–07 season.

Međunjanin was part of the Netherlands national under-21 football team that won the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. In 2007 he was called up by coach Foppe de Haan to be part of his squad for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship held in the Netherlands, that qualified for the semi finals and the 2008 Summer Olympics. Later the final was reached with a 1–1, 13–12 win after a penalty shootout with 32 penalty kicks taken against England. The Dutch went on to retain their 2006 title by beating Serbia 4–1 in the final.

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