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| Full name | Sanel Jahić | |||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 December 1981 | |||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Strasbourg, France | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder / Centre back | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | APOEL | |||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||
| RC Strasbourg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sochaux-Montbéliard | ||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Sochaux-Montbéliard | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Željezničar | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Las Palmas | 25 | (3) | |||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Mérida | 10 | (1) | |||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Željezničar | 37 | (19) | |||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Aris Thessaloniki | 31 | (2) | |||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | AEK Athens | 37 | (1) | |||||||||||||||
| 2011– | APOEL | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2008– | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20 | (1) | |||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:42, 28 October 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Sanel Jahić (born in 10 December 1981 in Strasburg, France) is a Bosnian football player, currently playing for APOEL in the Cypriot First Division.
He is famous for being a utility player, capable of playing a wide number of positions.[1] Although he's largely employed as a centre-back on the club level, he has also played on the side of the field as a wingback for the Bosnian national team, and has even filled in at various positions in midfield (specifically as a defensive midfielder and on the right). Jahić has also had success as a striker, leading the Bosnian Premier Liga's scoring charts with 12 goals prior to his mid-season transfer to Greece.
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Jahić was born in Strasburg, France. He grew up there and started playing football also. He played for youth squads of RC Strasbourg and FC Sochaux-Montbéliard before moving to Bosnia and Željezničar Sarajevo on 2001. Later, he played for Las Palmas and Mérida UD in Spain. Then he returned to Željezničar Sarajevo and on January of 2008 he moved to Aris Thessaloniki in Greece. Two years later he tranfserred with AEK Athens. On summer of 2011 he signed with Cypriot club APOEL. With APOEL he participated in UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time in his career.
At the time, he was a regular member of Bosnia and Herzegovina Under-21 national team. In November 2007. he was called up by Fuad Muzurović for the last game in the Euro 2008 Qualifications against Turkey. He did not field the game but the call itself was a great honour and fulfillment of his childhood dreams. Jahić is now a standard member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team. A scorer of the crucial second goal (leading his country to 1:2) in Bosnia's great victory away at Belgium (2:4) on March 28, 2009. Sanel has played against Portugal in the qualification play-offs for World Cup 2010 and got his chance once again against Portugal during qualification play-offs for Euro 2012.
| National team | Season | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 1 | |
Last updated: 2011-11-13
Source: Sanel Jahić at National-Football-Teams.com
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 2009-03-28 | Cristal Arena, Genk, Belgium | Belgium | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2010 WCQ |
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