Želimir Terkeš (born 8 January 1981) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian retired football striker who last played for

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. He previously played for

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, NK Zagreb,

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and

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Club career

Terkeš started his career in the youth ranks of his hometown club

before moving the youth ranks of the

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n club NK Zagreb. Unable to win a place in the first team, he returned to his home country, and after playing a year and a half for

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and featuring in the Bosnia and Herzegovina U-21 team, he secured a transfer back to Prva HNL, signing for

. Unable to get into a scoring form, he moved in the summer of 2004 to

, but was relegated at the end of the season. Impressing in the Druga HNL, he helped his club get back to the top flight after two seasons. The 2007–2008 season was his most impressive by far. He was the top scorer of the league in the end with 21 goals, three goals ahead of the Rijeka's

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and four ahead of the Hajduk Split player

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, also accumulating 7 assists, having a run of ten goals and three assists in six games (rounds 24–29) as well. He remained in Zadar, however, but after having surgery, he struggled to regain his previous form. Somewhat plagued by injuries, he scored 14 goals in 66 games in the next two and a half seasons. In March 2011, he secured a transfer to the

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side

and in his last match for NK Zadar before that, a 1–0 home win against

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, he scored the winning goal. He signed for

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side

in December 2013 after a successful trial. On 28 February 2014, Terkeš joined Indonesia Super League team

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for one season contract.

International career

His games secured him interest from foreign clubs and got him a call-up for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team, for which he made his debut on 1 June 2008 in the 1–0 friendly win against

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. It remained his sole international appearance.

References

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Želimir Terkeš pikat Yob
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