Armin Hodžić (born 29 February 2000) is a Bosnian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Bosnian Premier League The m:tel Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, m:tel Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine / м:тел Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), also known as Liga 12, is the top tier football league in Bosnia and He ...

club Željezničar and the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national team. He started his professional career at Sloboda Tuzla, before joining Alcorcón in 2020, who loaned him to

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. Hodžić signed with Željezničar in 2022.

Club career

Early career

Born in

Tuzla Tuzla (, ) is the third-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 110,979 inhabitants. Tuzla is the economic, cultural, e ...

, Hodžić started playing football at his hometown club Sloboda. He made his debut on 3 March 2018, coming on as a late substitute for Miloš Mijić in a 1–1 home draw against

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. Rarely used during his first two seasons, Hodžić started to feature more regularly during the 2019–20 season. He scored his first goal for Sloboda on 17 August 2019, netting the equalizer in a 2–2 away draw against Željezničar. On 5 October 2020, Hodžić signed for Spanish Segunda División club Alcorcón. Two days later, however, he was loaned to

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. Hodžić made his debut on 21 December 2020, replacing Joãozinho late into a 1–1 home draw against Porto B.

Željezničar

On 28 February 2022, Hodžić joined Željezničar on a free transfer. He made his debut on 5 March 2022, in a

Sarajevo derby The Sarajevo derby ( Bosnian: ''Vječiti derbi, Sarajevski derbi'') is a match between rivals from Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital city FK Željezničar Sarajevo and FK Sarajevo, the two biggest and most popular clubs in the country, during whi ...

match against FK Sarajevo, scoring his first goal for Željezničar as well. On 23 June 2022, Hodžić extended his contract until the summer of 2023.

International career

Hodžić is a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-21 team.

Honours

Estoril *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hodzic, Armin 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Tuzla Association football midfielders Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers FK Sloboda Tuzla players AD Alcorcón footballers G.D. Estoril Praia players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Liga Portugal 2 players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Portugal Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Portugal