Dino Islamović

Dino Islamović (born 17 January 1994, in Hudiksvall) is a Swedish-Montenegrin professional footballer who plays for Rosenborg BK as a striker.[1]

Dino Islamović
Personal information
Full name Dino Islamović
Date of birth (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994
Place of birth Hudiksvall, Sweden
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Rosenborg
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2012 Malmö FF
2012–2014 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 FC Groningen 11 (0)
2017 Trelleborgs FF 27 (8)
2018–2019 Östersunds FK 50 (16)
2020– Rosenborg 3 (0)
National team‡
2009–2010 Sweden U17 13 (3)
2011–2012 Sweden U19 6 (2)
2014–2015 Sweden U21 3 (1)
2020 Sweden 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 January 2020

Club career

He started his career at Swedish side Malmö FF. Before spending two seasons with English side Fulham.

He joined Dutch Eredivisie side FC Groningen in June 2014. Making his team debut at 17 July 2014 in a UEFA Europa League qualifying round fixture against Aberdeen. He replaced Nick van der Velden after 82 minutes in a goalless draw at the Pittodrie Stadium.[2] At Groningen he won the KNVB Cup in the 2014–15 season after they beat PEC Zwolle 2-0 in the final.[3]

He returned to Sweden after five years, when he joined Trelleborgs FF from FC Groningen in 2017, where he spent one season at the club, before he joined Östersunds FK in January 2018. He scored on his debut, against his former club, in the Svenska Cupen on 9 February 2018.

Islamović played as a second half substitute for Östersunds as they beat Arsenal in the 2nd leg of the Europa League last 32 at the Emirates Stadium with a 2-1 victory on 22 February 2018 after goals from Hosam Aiesh and Ken Sema. However they were knocked out on aggregate 4-2.[4]

30 December 2019, Islamović signed for Rosenborg on a 3-year contract. [5]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 25 June 2020[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Groningen 2014–15 Eredivisie 1103110151
2015–16 0000-00
Total 1103110151
Trelleborg 2017 Superettan 27841-319
Total 27841--319
Östersund 2018 Allsvenskan 22952102811
2019 28743-3210
Total 501695106021
Rosenborg 2020 Eliteserien 3000-30
Total 30000030
Career total 91241672010931

International Career

Born in Sweden, Islamović is of Montenegrin descent.[7] He has represented Sweden at international level up until Sweden U21's.

Islamović made his international debut for the Sweden national team in a friendly game against Moldova on 9 January 2020.[8]

On 5 March 2020, Islamović announced that he would switch international allegiances to the Montenegro national football team.[9]

References
  1. "Sweden - D. Islamovic - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  2. "Aberdeen vs. FC Groningen - 17 July 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  3. "FC Groningen pakt eerste KNVB-beker in clubhistorie ten koste van PEC – NU – Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl". www.nu.nl. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  4. "Arsenal 1 Ostersunds 2". BBC Sport. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  5. "Islamovic klar for Rosenborg". www.RBK.no (in Norwegian). RBK. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  6. "Dino Islamović". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  7. "Dino Islamović". January 4, 2014.
  8. "Dino Islamovic — svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  9. "Avslöjar: Byter landslag efter debuten på januariturnén". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-03-05.
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