Hasan Salihamidžić

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Hasan Salihamidžić
Personal information
Full name Hasan Salihamidžić
Date of birth January 1, 1977 (1977-01-01) (age 31)
Place of birth    Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Right Midfielder, Right Back
Club information
Current club Juventus
Number 7
Youth clubs
1987–91
1991–92
1992–95		 Turbina Jablanica
Velež Mostar
Hamburger SV
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1995–98
1998–2007
2007-		 Hamburger SV
Bayern Munich
Juventus		 72 (19)
234 (30)
21 (9)   
National team2
1996–2006 Bosnia and Herzegovina 043 0(6)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 28 May 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 12:00, 3 January 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Hasan Salihamidžić (born January 1, 1977 in Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then SFR Yugoslavia), is a football midfielder. He is currently playing for Juventus of Italy. On 15 January 2007, he signed a 4-year deal with Juventus and joined them in the following summer.

Salihamidžić is well known for his versatility because he can play in almost every position. His career started flourishing while he was playing as a striker, then as both a right winger and left back in Bayern, while he is considered a left winger in his national team.

In 2006, Salihamidžić retired from the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, claiming that he's having problems with injuries. Many are however concerned that the real reasons for this action are undisclosed rifts between him and the Bosnian FA.

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[edit] Life

Salihamidžić was born to a Bosniak family. His father Ahmed and mother Šefika gave him the nickname "Braco" meaning "little brother" in Bosnian since Hasan has an older sister. He finished high school and played in the local club. Then, Salihamidžić moved to Velež Mostar where he stayed until 1992. During that period young Salihamidžić represented ex-Yugoslavia on U16 level since at that time Bosnia & Herzegovina was still a part of Yugoslavia. The generation of young players in FK Velež Mostar that Salihamidžić was part of was one of the best ever, but the Bosnian war stopped him from making a single senior appearance for his club.

Since he wanted to move to Germany to get away from the war, he worked as a waiter in a local restaurant for six months to earn enough money for a ticket. In November 1992, Salihamidžić came to Hamburg and with the help of his cousin Ahmet Halilhodžić he joined the youth team of the German Bundesliga team Hamburger SV.

He would stay at Hamburg until 1998 before moving to FC Bayern München.

Salihamidžić and the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in its brief history, have never qualified for a big tournament, but in the qualifying campaign for Euro 2004, only one goal in the last game against Denmark separated them from the big tournament in Portugal.

Salihamidžić has three children, Selina, Nick and Lara June, with his Spanish wife Esther Copado.

[edit] Career statistics

All-Time Club Performance
Club Season Domestic League Domestic Cup European Competition Total
App Goals App Goals App  Goals App Goals
Total
Bayern Munich 06-07 20 2 3 0 7 1 30 3
05-06 21 2
04-05 29 2
03-04 33 4
02-03 12 2
01-02 19 5
00-01 31 4
99-00 30 4
98-99 30 3
Total 225 28
Hamburg 97-98 31 10
96-97 32 7
95-96 9 2
Total 72 19
Career Totals 297 48


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