Elvir Kafedžić

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Elvir Kafedžić
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Personal information
Date of birth (1982-12-19) 19 December 1982 (age 39)
Place of birth Foča, Yugoslavia
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Forward
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Lindenwood Lions
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004 St. Louis Strikers 9 (5)
2005–2006 St. Louis Steamers (indoor) 24 (8)
2006 Chicago Storm (indoor) 8 (1)
2006–2008 California Cougars (indoor) 16 (3)
2008–2010 St. Louis Illusion (indoor) 12 (36)
2010 AC St. Louis 14 (0)
2011–2012 Illinois Piasa (indoor) 19 (34)
2012–2013 Rockford Rampage (indoor) 6 (10)
2013–2016 St. Louis Ambush (indoor) 29 (22)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 January 2019

Elvir Kafedžić (born 19 December 1981) is a Bosnian-American footballer.

Career[]

College and amateur[]

Kafedžić grew up in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the aftermath of the Bosnian War, before his family immigrated to Berlin, Germany in the early 1990s. In 1999, Kafedžić and his family moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he attended Affton High School for one year. He subsequently played college soccer at Lindenwood University, where he was part of the Lions team that won 2004 NAIA National Championship.

During his college years he also played with the St. Louis Strikers in the USL Premier Development League.

Professional[]

Kafedžić has extensive professional indoor soccer experience. He played with the St. Louis Steamers, Chicago Storm and California Cougars, and was a member of US national futsal team that traveled to play in tournaments in Brazil and Spain in 2007.

Kafedžić signed his first professional outdoor contract in 2010 when he was signed by AC St. Louis of the USSF Division 2 Professional League.[1]

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