Ajsel Kujović (

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: Ајсел Кујовић; born 1 March 1986) is a Swedish former

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who played as a

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. His younger brother,

Emir Kujović Emir Kujović (Cyrillic: Емир Кујовић; born 22 June 1988) is Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker. He has won five caps for the Sweden national team, and was a squad player at UEFA Euro 2016. Club career Halmst ...

, plays for Swedish club Djurgårdens IF

Club career

Born in Bijelo Polje, his family moved to Sweden when he was 6 years old. At the age of 8 he started to play for Klippans BoIF. In 2000, he moved to

Landskrona BoIS Landskrona Boll och Idrottsällskap ( en, Landskrona Ball and Sports Society, locally referred to as BoIS) is a Swedish professional football club located in Landskrona, Scania, which currently plays in Superettan, the second league tier of fo ...

and was signed by Dutch club

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in 2004 at the age of 18. However, in 2006 he returned home to Sweden where he signed with Halmstads BK. On 3 November 2009 Halmstas BK announced that they would not renew his contract and that he would leave the club. For the 2011 season Kujović signed with Superettan club

, where he stayed for a season. Kujović left Landskrona and where for some time close to signe for

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n club

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...

, however this failed and Kujović was forced to look for another club, eventually signing for

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club

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* * * 1986 births Living people People from Bijelo Polje Swedish people of Bosniak descent Swedish people of Montenegrin descent Association football forwards Montenegrin footballers Swedish footballers Sweden under-21 international footballers Feyenoord players Halmstads BK players Landskrona BoIS players Varbergs BoIS players Åtvidabergs FF players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Division 3 (Swedish football) players Swedish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands {{Sweden-footy-forward-stub