Damir Memišević (born 22 January 1984) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian retired professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Memišević started his career in his hometown with the local club

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. He showed his quality at very young age, having already played some senior matches, so he was transferred to

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. He was not selected for the first team, and after a few years with the amateur squad he decided to return to Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he was a regular starter in

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in the 2005–06 season. In January 2007 he signed a contract with

FC Terek Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

in the

Russian First Division The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

where Memišević made 32 league appearances. In January 2009, he returned to FK Željezničar.

International career

He was a part of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Under 21 team until 2006.

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* * 1984 births Living people Footballers from Banja Luka Men's association football central defenders Men's association football midfielders Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's under-21 international footballers SV Werder Bremen II players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players FC Akhmat Grozny players FK Sloboda Tuzla players FK Laktaši players FC Taraz players FK BSK Banja Luka players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Russian First League players Kazakhstan Premier League players First League of the Republika Srpska players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Russia Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan {{BosniaHerzegovina-footy-bio-stub