Mersudin Ahmetović


Mersudin Ahmetović is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bosnian Premier League club Sarajevo and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Club career

Early career

Ahmetović started his professional football career at hometown club Sloboda Tuzla in 2003. In the summer of 2008 he left Sloboda and joined Russian club Rostov. After two seasons in Rostov and breaking in to the first team spot, he left for Volga Nizhny Novgorod where he had a good start, but got sidelined in his second season with the club. In February 2013, Ahmetović signed a contract with Salyut Belgorod. He left Belgorod in February 2014.

Zhetsyu

In February 2014, Ahmetović joined Zhetysu, but shortly after, in December 2014, he left the club.

Sloboda Tuzla

In January 2015, he came back to Bosnia to help Sloboda avoid relegation. In June 2015, Sloboda declared that Ahmetović was to stay for another year in the club. After that year, in 2016 he left Sloboda.

Sarajevo

After leaving Sloboda in June 2016, Ahmetović went to Sarajevo. Currently, Ahmetović has in 104 league games scored 51 goals for Sarajevo and has been the club's best goalscorer for the past four seasons. On 8 January 2018, he signed a new contract with Sarajevo, which was due to keep him at the club until the summer of 2020. On 3 May 2019, in his 100th appearance for Sarajevo, Ahmetović scored a goal in Sarajevo's 5–0 home league win against Čelik Zenica.
He won his first trophy with the club on 15 May 2019, after Sarajevo beat Široki Brijeg in the final and won the 2018–19 Bosnian Cup. Three days after the cup final, on 18 May 2019, Ahmetović also won the league title with Sarajevo after the club beat Zvijezda 09 4–0 at home. On 23 May 2019, he was named the Bosnian Premier League Player of the 2018–19 Season. On 2 November 2019, Sarajevo beat Široki Brijeg at home 3–0 in a league game, with Ahmetović scoring all the goals, securing himself a hat-trick. Ahmetović once again extended his contract with Sarajevo on 12 November 2019, signing a two year contract extension until 2021. He scored a goal in his team's 1–3, home league match Sarajevo derby defeat against Željezničar on 30 November 2019. Ahmetović scored another hat-trick, this time in a 6–2 league win against Tuzla City on 22 February 2020.
He won his second league title with Sarajevo and became the league top goalscorer on 1 June 2020, though after the 2019–20 Bosnian Premier League season was ended abruptly due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina and after which Sarajevo were by default crowned league champions for a second consecutive time.
On 19 July 2020, the club revealed that Ahmetović fractured his ribs in a pre-season game against his former club Sloboda four days earlier.

International career

Ahmetović made his international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a friendly 0–0 tie with the USA on 28 January 2018. His second appearance came against Mexico in also a friendly 1–0 loss on 1 February 2018. In both games Ahmetović was a starter.

Personal life

Ahmetović's look bears a strong resemblance to that of famous Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimović who is also of Bosnian ethnicity himself, they also share a similar style of play.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Sarajevo
Awards
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