Miral Samardžić

Miral Samardžić (born 17 February 1987) is a Slovenian football centre back who plays for NK Olimpija Ljubljana in the Slovenian PrvaLiga.

Miral Samardžić
Samardžić with Anzhi Makhachkala in 2018
Personal information
Full name Miral Samardžić
Date of birth (1987-02-17) 17 February 1987
Place of birth Jesenice, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Olimpija Ljubljana
Number 19
Youth career
1996–2003 Jesenice
2003–2006 Triglav Kranj
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Triglav Kranj 24 (3)
2007–2010 Maribor 60 (0)
2010–2014 Sheriff Tiraspol 105 (10)
2014–2016 Rijeka 52 (6)
2016 Henan Jianye 13 (0)
2017 Akhisar Belediyespor 3 (0)
2017–2018 Anzhi Makhachkala 19 (1)
2018–2019 Krylia Sovetov Samara 22 (1)
2019– Olimpija Ljubljana 15 (0)
National team
2006–2007 Slovenia U20 5 (0)
2006–2008 Slovenia U21 8 (0)
2013–2017 Slovenia 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:17, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Career

Club
Samardžić with Sheriff Tiraspol in 2013

Samardžić started playing football in his hometown Jesenice, aged 9. He started his professional career with NK Triglav Kranj. At the age of 19, he was considered one of the most talented defenders in Slovenia. As a consequence, numerous clubs showed interest in signing him, and in early 2007 he signed for NK Maribor. Following three seasons with Maribor, in 2010 he was signed by FC Sheriff Tiraspol in Moldova, where he stayed for four seasons.

HNK Rijeka

In July 2014, Samardžić signed for HNK Rijeka in Croatia.[2] He scored on his debut in Rijeka's 2–1 win against GNK Dinamo Zagreb in the 2014 Croatian Supercup.

Henan Jianye

After two seasons with Rijeka, in June 2016, Samardžić transferred to Chinese Super League side Henan Jianye for a reported fee of €1.5 million.[3]

Anzhi Makhachkala

On 31 August 2017, Anzhi Makhachkala announced the signing of Samardžić on a two-year contract.[4]

Krylia Sovetov Samara

On 19 August 2018, Samardžić signed with another Russian Premier League club PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara.[5]

Olimpija Ljubljana

On 11 July 2019, Samardžić returned to Slovenia and signed with Olimpija Ljubljana.[6]

International

Miral Samardžić was a member of the young Slovenian national team selections.[7] He made a début for the senior national team on 19 November 2013 against Canada and has collected 15 caps for Slovenia between 2013 and 2017.[1]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 2 June 2019[8][9][10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Triglav Kranj 2004–05 2. SNL 1000——10
2005–06 10100——101
2006–07 132———132
Total 243000000243
Maribor 2006–07 1. SNL 13030——160
2007–08 210203[lower-alpha 1]1—261
2008–09 9000——90
2009–10 170103[lower-alpha 2]000210
Total 600606100721
Sheriff Tiraspol 2009–10 National Division 70——70
2010–11 2628[lower-alpha 3]0—342
2011–12 2532[lower-alpha 4]0—273
2012–13 234106[lower-alpha 5]11[lower-alpha 6]0315
2013–14 2412012[lower-alpha 7]01[lower-alpha 6]0391
2014–15 0000001[lower-alpha 6]010
Total 10510302813013911
Rijeka 2014–15 1. HNL 222419[lower-alpha 4]11[lower-alpha 8]1365
2015–16 304522[lower-alpha 4]0—376
Total 52693111117311
Henan Jianye 2016 Chinese Super League 13020——150
Akhisar Belediyespor 2016–17 Süper Lig 3051——81
Anzhi Makhachkala 2017–18 Russian Premier League 19100—2[lower-alpha 9]0211
Krylia Sovetov Samara 2018–19 22110—2[lower-alpha 9]0251
Career total 298212644538137729

Notes
  1. Three appearances and one goal in the UEFA Intertoto Cup
  2. One appearance in the UEFA Champions League and two appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  3. Four appearances in the UEFA Champions League and four appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  5. Four appearances and one goal in the UEFA Champions League and two appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  6. Appearance in the Moldovan Super Cup
  7. Four appearances in the UEFA Champions League and eight appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  8. Appearance in the Croatian Super Cup
  9. Appearances in the relegation play-offs

International
As of 26 March 2017
National teamYearAppsGoals
Slovenia 201310
201440
201520
201670
201710
Total150

References
  1. "Reprezentanca: Miral Samardžić". Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  2. "Miral Samardžić u Rijeci". nk-rijeka.hr. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. "Miral Samardžić odlazi u Kinu: U Rijeci sam proživio predivne dvije godine". nk-rijeka.hr. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  4. Самарджич - новичок Анжи. fc-anji.ru (in Russian). FC Anzhi Makhachkala. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  5. "Krylia Sovetov sign Sheidaev and Samardzhich". PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara. 17 August 2018.
  6. "Samardžić nova okrepitev Olimpije" [Samardžić reinforces Olimpija] (in Slovenian). NK Olimpija Ljubljana. 11 July 2019.
  7. "Miral Samardžič » U21 EURO Qualifiers 2007/2008". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  8. "M. Samardžić". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  9. "Miral Samardžić – Prva liga Telekom Slovenije" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  10. "Miral Samardžić". hrnogomet.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 11 July 2019.
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