Asmir Kajević (

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: Асмир Kajeвић, born 15 February 1990) is a Montenegrin professional

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who last played as a

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for

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in the

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

Club career

Born in

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(

SR Montenegro The Socialist Republic of Montenegro ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Crna Gora, Социјалистичка Република Црна Гора), commonly referred to as Socialist Montenegro or simply Montenegro, was ...

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), he moved to Serbia where he made his debut as senior for BSK Borča during the

2008–09 Serbian First League The Serbian First League (Serbian: Prva liga Srbije) is the second-highest football league in Serbia. The league is operated by the Serbian FA. 18 teams will compete in this league for the 2008–09 season. Five teams will be promoted to the Serb ...

and helped the club to win the league and be promoted to the

2009–10 Serbian SuperLiga The 2009–10 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Jelen SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) is the fourth season of the SuperLiga since its establishment in 2006. It began on 15 August 2009 and ended on 16 May 2010. A total of sixteen teams contest th ...

. In his first top league season, he made 21 league appearances with 2 goals, becoming, along his countryman

Stefan Savić Stefan Savić (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Стефан Савић, ; born 8 January 1991) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Montenegro national team as a central defender. Born in Mojkovac ...

, one of the most influential players in the club. These good displays didn't pass unnoticed in Montenegro, and both became regular members of the Montenegrin U19 team. The following season, 2010-11, followed the tendency with Kajević making further 26 league appearances with 3 goals. On 19 January 2012, Kajević joined the Swiss team

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, where he played for four years. On 22 December 2015,

HNK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football, football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top ...

announced that they have signed Kajević. Although he featured prominently in Rijeka's pre-season friendlies in January and February 2016, he missed the entire half-season due to injury. In June 2016, after Rijeka did not extend his contract, Kajević signed for

FK Čukarički Fudbalski klub Čukarički () is a Serbian professional Football team, football club from Belgrade, more precisely from the Čukarica municipality, that currently plays in the Serbian SuperLiga, the top tier of Serbian football league system, Se ...

as free agent. On 28 April 2022, Kajević joined

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club Wuhan Yangtze River. On 14 June 2023, Kajević signed for

, until 2025.

International career

After playing with the Montenegrin U19 team, he became a regular member of the

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since 2010. He was also part of the Montenegrin squad at the

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. He made his senior international debut for the

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on 28 May 2018 against

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and has earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international appearance was June 2018

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against

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Career statistics

Honours

;BSK Borča *

Serbian First League The Serbian First League ( sr, Прва лига Србије / Prva liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Прва лига / Mozzart Bet Prva liga) for sponsorship reasons, is the name for the second ...

: 2008–09 Individual *

Player of the Week:

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(Round 13)

References

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at Utakmica.rs 1990 births Living people People from Rožaje Men's association football midfielders Montenegrin men's footballers Montenegro men's youth international footballers Montenegro men's under-21 international footballers Montenegro men's international footballers FK BSK Borča players FC Zürich players HNK Rijeka players FK Čukarički players Wuhan Yangtze River F.C. players FK Vojvodina players Serbian SuperLiga players Swiss Super League players Chinese Super League players Montenegrin expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in China Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in China {{Montenegro-footy-bio-stub