Admir Ćatović (; born 5 September 1987) is a

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

Starting his career in the Vasalunds IF youth system, Ćatović moved on to

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and eventually was picked up by

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. AIK was relegated to Superettan in 2004, and Ćatović took a place in the senior team prior to the 2005 season. However, his appearance on the field was limited to 2 league matches and 2 cup matches, he scored once against Västra Frölunda IF when he gave

the lead after nine minutes in a 3–0 victory. When AIK was promoted back to

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, Ćatović did not follow and was released to AIK's Farm team

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. However the club was relegated immediately to Division 1, where he helped the club back by scoring 10 goals. During the

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he helpt Väsby to a 9th position by scoring 6 goals. He was loaned out to

Syrianska FC Syrianska Football Club, also known as Syrianska FC or simply Syrianska, is a Swedish professional football club based in Södertälje in Stockholm County. The club was founded by Syriac-Aramean immigrants in 1977 as Suryoyo Sportklubb, or Sury ...

prior to the 2009 season, but had only limited appearances for the club. In 2010 AIK suffered greatly from poor performance and brought Ćatović back to club, he however ended up in the shadows of first

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and then

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. Dissatisfied with his secondary role in the team, Ćatović broke his contract with AIK and signed for

. During the season of 2014 he played for KuPs (Kuopio, Finland). On 28 July 2015, it was confirmed, that Ćatović had signed a season-long contract with

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club

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. He left the club in January 2016, when his contract expired. On 2 February 2017, he moved to the Russian club

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Catovic, Admir 1987 births Living people People from Gacko Sportspeople from Trebinje Region Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Sweden Swedish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Vasalunds IF players AIK Fotboll players AFC Eskilstuna players Syrianska FC players Assyriska FF players Degerfors IF players Vaasan Palloseura players IK Frej players Kuopion Palloseura players Superettan players Allsvenskan players Veikkausliiga players FC Khimki players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Swedish men's futsal players