Mustafa Kučuković

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Mustafa Kučuković

Full name	Mustafa Kučuković
Date of birth	November 5, 1986 (1986-11-05) (age 21)
Place of birth	Bosanski Novi, Yugoslavia (now Novi Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	1860 Munich
Number	24
Youth clubs
	VfL Bochum
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004-2007 2006-2007 2007-	Hamburger SV → SpVgg Greuther Fürth (loan) TSV 1860 Munich
National team
	Germany U-19
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Mustafa Kučuković (born November 5, 1986 in Bosanski Novi) is a naturalized German football striker of Bosnian descent.

1 Football career
- 1.1 International career
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Football career

He started his professional career at Hamburger SV in September 2004 and made his Bundesliga debut as a second-half substitute in the club's away match against VfB Stuttgart on September 11, 2004. Prior to his professional debut, he spent one season playing for VfL Bochum's amateur squad and was signed by HSV's amateur squad in July 2004. Between 2004 and 2006, he played regularly for HSV's amateurs in the Regionalliga Nord and only occasionally appeared for the club's professional squad in the Bundesliga, making 14 appearances and scoring one goal in two seasons. His first and so far only Bundesliga goal was the 1-1 equaliser that secured one point for HSV in an away match against Werder Bremen on December 18, 2005. He scored the goal only two minutes after entering the match as a substitute. Playing for HSV's amateur squad in the Regionalliga Nord, he made 40 appearances and scored 22 goals in two seasons. In the 2005-06 season, he also made three appearances for HSV in the UEFA Cup.

In August 2006, HSV loaned him to Second Bundesliga side SpVgg Greuther Fürth for one season, until June 2007. He made his debut for the club in the Second Bundesliga on August 27, 2006 in their 3-1 defeat to Hansa Rostock at home, playing as a second-half substitute. After his return to Hamburg Kučuković was sold to another Second Bundesliga side, 1860 Munich.

[edit] International career

Kučuković played for German in U19 and U21 level. His possibility to play for BiH has gone due to too old to apply for change in nationality, as he passed his 21th birthday.^[1]