Selver Hodžić

Selver Hodžić
Personal information
Full name Selver Hodžić
Date of birth 12 October 1978 (1978-10-12) (age 33)
Place of birth Brčko, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club FC Lugano
Number 29
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997-1999 Zug 94 49 (4)
1999-2000 FC Lucerne 8 (0)
2000 SC Buochs 14 (2)
2000-2002 FC Baden 43 (4)
2002-2007 FC Thun 125 (7)
2007-2008 Bnei Yehuda 12 (0)
2008-2010 Neuchâtel Xamax 35 (1)
2010- FC Lugano 18 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 Mai 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).

Selver Hodžić (born 12 October 1978 in Brčko, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian-Swiss football defender playing for FC Lugano from the Swiss Challenge League.[1]

Hodžić came to Switzerland as a war refugee in 1993. He played for Zug 94 until 1999, whereupon Hodžić played for a couple of other clubs before signing with FC Thun in 2002. Selver Hodžić has proven his worth as a central defender who is, according to football experts, "A reliable presence at the back, strong in the air and tough in the tackle."

On 27 September 2005, Selver Hodžić became FC Thun's hero with a dramatic winner in the 89th minute against the Czech champions Sparta Prague and thereby Hodžić.

On 25 June 2007, the player signed a two-year contract with Israeli Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C..[2] At the end of the season, he transferred back to Switzerland to Neuchâtel Xamax.

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