Ermin Zec

Ermin Zec (born 18 February 1988) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a forward or as a winger for Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar.

Ermin Zec
Zec playing for Gençlerbirliği in 2014
Personal information
Full name Ermin Zec
Date of birth (1988-02-18) 18 February 1988
Place of birth Bugojno, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Forward / Winger
Club information
Current team
 Željezničar
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2005 Iskra Bugojno
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Iskra Bugojno 27 (11)
2007–2010 Šibenik 79 (32)
2010–2014 Gençlerbirliği 107 (19)
2014—2015 Rijeka 3 (1)
2015 Balıkesirspor 16 (7)
2015–2016 Gabala 23 (7)
2016–2017 Karabükspor 20 (6)
2017–2018 Gazişehir Gaziantep 13 (1)
2019– Željezničar 17 (5)
National team
2007–2009 Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 5 (0)
2008–2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:59, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

Club career

In 2007, Zec signed for Šibenik where he quickly established himself in the first team.[2] He was voted best young Bosnian player of the year in 2009 by journalists.[3] In a voting where all the captains in the Croatian League participated, Zec was voted the best player of the league in 2009.[4]

In June 2010, he signed a four-year contract with Turkish club Gençlerbirliği.[5]

Zec playing for Gençlerbirliği in 2011.

After four years in Turkey, in September 2014, Zec returned to Croatia, signing with Rijeka.[6]

At the beginning of 2015, Zec signed for Balıkesirspor on a three and a half year contract.[7]

On 27 July 2015, je signed a one-year contract with Gabala in the Azerbaijan Premier League, with the option of an additional year.[8] On 21 May, Gabala announced that Zec was leaving the club.[9]

On 26 August 2016, Zec signed with Turkish Süper Lig club Karabükspor.[10] During August 2017, he left Karabükspor.[11]

On 25 August 2017, he signed with Gazişehir Gaziantep in the TFF First League.[12] On 10 August 2018, it was announced that Zec left Gazişehir Gaziantep.[13]

On 21 January 2019, he signed a contract with Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar.[14] He scored his first goal for Željezničar on 3 March 2019, in a 2–1 home league win against Mladost Doboj Kakanj.[15] Zec extended his contract with Željezničar for three more years on 18 June 2019, which is due to keep him at the club until June 2022.[16]

International career

Zec made his senior international debut on 19 November 2008, in a friendly match against Slovenia.[17]

On 29 May 2010, he scored his first goal for the national team in a 4–2 loss against Sweden.[18]

Personal life

Ermin's younger brother, Asim, is also a professional footballer who played with Ermin at Željezničar.[19]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 26 October 2019.[20][21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Šibenik 2007–08 1. HNL 30700––307
2008–09 271400––2714
2009–10 221164––2815
Total 793264––8536
Gençlerbirliği 2010–11 Süper Lig 24484––328
2011–12 27310––283
2012–13 29610––306
2013–14 27610––286
Total 10719114––11823
Rijeka 2014–15 1. HNL 3122––53
Balıkesirspor 2014–15 Süper Lig 16700––167
Gabala 2015–16 APL 23743–903610
Karabükspor 2016–17 Süper Lig 20643––249
Gazişehir Gaziantep 2017–18 TFF First League 13110––141
Željezničar 2018–19 Bosnian Premier League 64–––64
2019–20 11100––111
Total 17500––175
Career total 278782816–9031694

International
As of match played 6 September 2015.[21]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
200810
200900
201061
201120
201200
201300
201400
201510
Total101

International goals
Scores and results list Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first.
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1. 29 May 2010 Råsunda, Solna, Sweden  Sweden
1–1
2–4
 Friendly

Honours

Rijeka[20]

Individual

Awards

References
  1. "Ermin Zec Gabala profile".
  2. Ivica Medo (21 December 2009). "Ermin Zec najbolji u anketi tportala: 'Šibenik me treba pustiti u inozemstvo'" [Ermin Zec the best in a tportal pool: 'Šibenik should let me go abroad'] (in Croatian). Nacional (weekly). Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Ermin Zec google search
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Bradovski, Mihaela. "Rijeka dobila napadačko pojačanje, bivši igrač Šibenika na Kantridi". hrsport.net. Sportnet. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  7. ERmin Zec to set for Balıkesirspor Archived 2015-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "Qəbələ də yeni hücumçu". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  9. "Zec leaving Gabala". gabalafc.az. Gabala FK. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  10. Ermin Zec potpisao za Karabukspor at klix.ba, 26 August 2016
  11. Zec bez kluba, zainteresovan turski Gaziantep at sportsport.ba, 23 August 2017
  12. Zvanično: Zec potpisao za Gazisehir Gaziantepspor at sportsport.ba, 25 August 2017
  13. Ermin Zec napustio Gaziantep at sportsport.ba, 10 August 2018
  14. Ermin Zec novi nogometaš Željezničara at klix.ba, 21 January 2019
  15. M. Šljivak (3 March 2019). "Prekinut crni niz FK Željezničar: Ermin Zec junak Grbavice!" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  16. E.B. (18 June 2019). "Ermin Zec ostaje u Željezničaru, produžio ugovor na tri godine" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  17. "Slovenia vs Bosnia".
  18. http://www.sarajevo-x.com/sport/nogomet/clanak/100529078
  19. E. Čaušević (23 January 2019). "Ermin Zec: Nisam ni sanjao da ću igrati zajedno s Asimom" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  20. "E.Zec: Summary". uk.soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  21. "Ermin Zec". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  22. Ermin Zec ubjedljivo najbolji igrač HNL-a at klix.ba, 21 December 2009
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