Emir Kujović

Emir Kujović
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-06-22) 22 June 1988
Place of birth Bijelo Polje, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Number 21
Youth career
Klippans BoIF
Landskrona BoIS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Landskrona BoIS 3 (0)
2007–2010 Halmstads BK 75 (14)
2007 → Falkenbergs FF (loan) 24 (6)
2011–2013 Kayserispor 34 (12)
2013 → Elazığspor (loan) 3 (0)
2013–2016 IFK Norrköping 59 (38)
2016–2017 Gent 1 (0)
2017– Fortuna Düsseldorf 8 (1)
National team‡
2009–2010 Sweden U21 4 (0)
2016 Sweden 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 September 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2016

Emir Kujović (Cyrillic: Емир Кујовић; born 22 June 1988) is Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Career

Kujovic in 2008 while at Halmstads BK.
Kujovic playing for Kayserispor in 2011.

Halmstads BK

Kujović started his career in Superettan and Landskrona BoIS, in 2007 he joined Halmstads BK but was directly loaned out to Falkenbergs FF in Superettan for a year,[1] in 2008 he returned to Halmstads BK and debuted in the first match of the season against Gefle IF (1-0) as a substitute.

While at Halmstads BK, he played with his older brother Ajsel Kujović, who represented the club between 2006-2009.

Kayserispor

Kujović was signed by Turkish club Kayserispor in October 2010 on a four-year deal starting in January 2011.[2] On 5 January 2011, he scored his first goal for Kayserispor against Ankaragücü. In 2013, he also played, on loan, three games with the Elazığspor.[3]

IFK Norrköping

On 9 August 2013, Kujović signed a 3.5-year contract with IFK Norrköping where he reunited with former Halmstads BK trainer Janne Andersson.

International career

Kujović debuted for Sweden under-21 team 27 March 2009 against Belgium. He was called up to the senior Sweden squad to face Denmark for the UEFA Euro 2016 play-off in November 2015.[4]

Personal life

Kujović is a practicing Muslim of Bosniak descent.[5] He is the younger brother of Ajsel Kujović, who is also a professional footballer.[6]

Honours

Club

IFK Norrköping

Individual

IFK Norrköping

References

  1. ↑ "Lillebror Kujovic till HBK" (in Swedish). Hallandsposten.se. 2 February 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
  2. ↑ http://fanatik.ekolay.net/Kayseriye-dev-golcu_3_Detail_250_199993.htm
  3. ↑ "KLART: Emir Kujovic till Elazigspor" (in Swedish). fotbolltransfers.com. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Sweden call up striker Kujovic for playoff against Denmark". uk.reuters.com. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  5. ↑ Stråhle, Ulf (15 March 2013). "Kujovic: "Det är Gud som bestämmer allt"" (in Swedish).
  6. ↑ Möller, Lars (24 November 2014). "Fotbollsbröder öppnar servering" (in Swedish).
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