Asim Škaljić (born 9 August 1981) is a Bosnian retired professional

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who played as a

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and sometimes as a

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Club career

In between two spells at hometown club Velež Mostar Škaljić played in Switzerland. He was snapped up together with

Almir Pliska Almir Pliska (born 12 August 1987) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Pliska was, together with Asim Škaljić, snapped up by Olimpik Sarajevo in December 2010 He played in Serbian First ...

by Olimpik in December 2010 and he joined Željezničar in summer 2013 but left them for another stint at Velež in January 2014. He then left Velež for a third time in his career in 2016, when he moved to second tier GOŠK Gabela.

International career

Škaljić made one appearance for

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, coming on as a second half substitute for

Zlatan Bajramović Zlatan Bajramović (; born 12 August 1979) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Bajramović spent all of his playing career in the country of his birth, Germany. After starting his career ...

in an August 2002

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against

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Honours

Sion *

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2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

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* 1981 births Living people Footballers from Mostar Men's association football defenders Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's international footballers FK Velež Mostar players FC Sion players FC Chiasso players FK Olimpik players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players NK GOŠK Gabela players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland {{BosniaHerzegovina-footy-bio-stub