| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 May 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 5 ft 09 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | HNK Šibenik | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| -2004 | Burnaby Selects | ||
| 2005-2006 | Burnaby Royals | ||
| 2006-2007 | Langara College | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006-09 | Caps Residency | 6 | (0) |
| 2008 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 4 | (1) |
| 2009- | HNK Šibenik | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 August 2008 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Admir Salihović (born 15 May 1988 in Tuzla, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian-Canadian footballer who plays for HNK Šibenik.
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He is a talented, young player who can play on the left or right-hand side of midfield, he joins the Whitecaps after signing a one-year amateur contract with the club. He holds dual citizen of Bosnia and Canada, he has received an invite to play for the Bosnia & Herzegovina U-21 side, but the midfielder has so far not taken the opportunity to play for the country of his birth.
In the summer of 2007, Salihovic trained with Bosnian Premijer Liga club FK Željeznicar, which is based in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo.
He graduated from Burnaby's Cariboo Hill Secondary School in 2006. He was also a student at Edmonds Community School in Burnaby.[1]
He moved from his hometown of Tuzla with his family to the Lower Mainland in 2000. The midfielder has been in the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree program at Langara College since the fall of 2006, he played 2004 with the Burnaby Selects.[2] Salihović joined than in summer 2009 to Croatia and signed here 28 June 2009 a contract with HNK Šibenik.[3]
His parents are Fikreta and Osman Salihović, and he has an older brother named Alen, who was a former 400 and 800 meters track & field runner with Bosnian club FK Sloboda Tuzla.