Vahid Selimović
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vahid Selimović | ||
Date of birth | April 3, 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | OFI | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2017 | Metz | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2019 | Metz II | 37 | (3) |
2017–2019 | Metz | 13 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Apollon Limassol | 21 | (0) |
2020– | OFI | 23 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2016 | Serbia U19 | 1 | (0) |
2019– | Luxembourg | 10 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 February 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2021 |
Vahid Selimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Вахид Селимовић; born 3 April 1997) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Greek Super League club OFI.
Born in Luxembourg, Selimović was a youth international for Serbia, but represents the Luxembourg national football team at the senior level.
Club career[]
Selimović joined the FC Metz academy at the age of 8 in 2005, and spent his entire youth years with them, signing his first professional contract 11 years later on 4 July 2016.[1][2] Selimović made his professional debut for FC Metz in a 1–0 Coupe de la Ligue loss to Angers SCO on 12 December 2017.[3] He made his Ligue 1 debut in a 3–1 win over Montpellier HSC on 16 December 2017.[4]
In January 2019, he signed a two-year contract with Apollon Limassol.[5]
On 8 August 2020, it was announced that Selimović had moved to OFI in Greece.[6]
International career[]
Selimović was born in Luxembourg and is of Bosniak origin.[7][8] His father Nedžib Selimović is a football manager, who managed various club in Luxembourg Division of Honour (Muhlenbach, Strassen, Hesperange among others). He made his debut for the Serbia national under-19 football team in a friendly 2–0 win over the Bulgaria U19s.[9]
Selimović switched to representing Luxembourg in 2019, receiving his first call-up for senior matches in June of that year.
International goals[]
- Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.[10]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 2 June 2019 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | ![]() |
2–3 | 3–3 | Friendly |
References[]
- ^ jdecker (4 July 2016). "Vahid Selimovic passe pro".
- ^ "[Fc Metz] Vahid Selimovic : " J'espère que ma carrière sera longue "".
- ^ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Coupe de la Ligue - Saison 2017/2018 - 1/8 de finale - Angers SCO / FC Metz". www.lfp.fr.
- ^ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Ligue 1 Conforama - Saison 2017/2018 - 18ème journée - Montpellier Hérault SC / FC Metz". www.lfp.fr.
- ^ "Με τον αριθμό #4 ο…Vahid Selimovic". apollon.com.cy. 15 January 2019. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "Tim Halls Wechsel zu Gil Vicente perfekt, Vahid Selimovic unterschreibt bei OFI Kreta". www.tageblatt.lu.
- ^ "Фудбалски савез Србије - званична веб презентација". www.fss.rs.
- ^ "Football / Avec le sélectionneur de la Bosnie: Bazdarevic: "Le Luxembourg est un modèle"". 22 March 2016.
- ^ "Фудбалски савез Србије - званична веб презентација". www.fss.rs.
- ^ "Vahid Selimović". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
External links[]
- Vahid Selimović at Soccerway
- LFP Profile
- FC Metz profile
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Luxembourg City
- Association football defenders
- Luxembourgian footballers
- Luxembourg international footballers
- Serbian footballers
- Serbia youth international footballers
- Luxembourgian people of Serbian descent
- Luxembourgian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
- Bosniaks of Serbia
- FC Metz players
- Apollon Limassol FC players
- OFI Crete F.C. players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Super League Greece players
- Serbian expatriates in France
- Serbian expatriates in Cyprus
- Serbian expatriate footballers
- Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Luxembourgian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Greece