Eldar Hadzimehmedovic (born 10 September 1984) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian

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player who plays as a striker or as an

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. He currently plays for

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side

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Life and career

He was 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, ed ...

, SR Bosnia-Herzegovina,

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, and came to Norway at the age of 12. He previously played for

Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ...

in two periods, Lyn, Strømsgodset,

Pors Grenland Pors Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Porsgrunn, currently playing in the 3. divisjon. Pors plays in blue jerseys, and their home ground is Pors Stadion. Notable former players include Jan Halvor Halvorsen and Erik Pedersen. History ...

and

Modum FK Modum Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from Modum, founded in 2007 as a merger between the first teams of Åmot IF, IL Moingen, Vikersund IF, Haugfoss IF, Bingen BK and Geithus IL. The merger plans had been ongoing for some time. It ent ...

. Ahead of the 2014 season he went from

Raufoss Raufoss is the administrative centre of Vestre Toten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located about south of the larger town of Gjøvik. The village area is located along the municipal border with the neighboring Gjøvi ...

. He never made a breakthrough at Lyn, but made a name for himself against

NSÍ Runavík NSÍ Runavík is a Faroese football club, playing in Runavík on the island of Eysturoy. It was founded 24 March 1957. In 2003 NSÍ participated for the first time on a European stage. In 2007, the club won the Faroe Islands Premier League for t ...

in the

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qualifying round. In the second leg, the then-18-year-old Hadžimehmedović made the unusual starting eleven, scoring a

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in the first half. He then scored another hat-trick in the first 25 minutes of the second half. Having scored his six goals, he was then substituted in the 70th minute. 6 goals by Eldar Hadzimehmedovic in this game is the most goals scored by a player in one game record in UEFA cup competition, and he currently holds the record for most

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in a match for Lyn, jointly with John Sveinsson.

International career

Hadzimehmedovic has played for the

Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-21 football team Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national football team is made up by players who are 21 years old or younger and represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in international football matches at this age level. The national U21 team has never qualified for a maj ...

and the Under-19.Pors jakter Lyns Eldar Hadzimehmedovic

References

External links

Lyn Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hadzimehmedovic, Eldar 1984 births Living people Footballers from Tuzla Footballers from Bærum Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Norway Men's association football forwards Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's under-21 international footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's youth international footballers Bærum SK players Lyn Fotball players Strømsgodset Toppfotball players Pors Fotball players Raufoss IL players Lørenskog IF players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Norwegian Second Division players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Norway