Eldar Hasanović (; born 12 January 1990) is a Bosnian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Hasanović was born in

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, to a family of Muslim origin. He began his career in the

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's youth team. After that, he signed with Slovak club

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and won the

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, but made only one appearance, and left the club at the end of the season, before returning to Bosnia and signed with Velež Mostar. Hasanović started an impressive season, scoring four goals in the first 7 games of the season, then moved to Čelik Zenica during the season. In the summer of 2012, he returned to Željezničar and won the league championship in his first season in the club. On 2 November 2014, he scored his debut goal for the club in a 2-1 loss against fierce city

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FK Sarajevo. On 1 July 2015, he joined

Bnei Sakhnin Bnei Sakhnin F.C. ( ar, اتحاد أبناء سخنين, he, איחוד בני סכנין, ''Ihud Bnei Sakhnin''; ''Ittihad Abna Sakhnin'', ) is an Israeli football club based at the Doha Stadium in Sakhnin. They are the most successful clu ...

to compete in the

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. In September 2016 he joined Sloboda Tuzla. In January 2017, he returned to Israel and signed with Maccabi Sha'arayim of the National League. In November 2016, he won the 2016–17 Toto Cup Leumit with Sha'arayim. In June 2017,

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club Dalian Transcendence signed Hasanović. It is believed to be the choice of his former manager,

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. He scored an amazing header in his first match. After Dalian got relegated to

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(3rd ranked competition in China) in November 2018, Hasanović left the club. On 23 August 2019, he came back to his home country and signed a one-year contract with Radnik Bijeljina. Hasanović made his official debut for Radnik on 31 August 2019, in a 0–1 away league win against Velež Mostar. On 14 January 2020, Hasanović left Radnik and signed a contract with Indonesian Liga 1 club

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. On 20 January 2021, he joined Olimpik.

International career

Hasanović represented

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on various youth levels. Most notably while playing for the under-19 national team.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Žilina *

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: 2009–10 Željezničar *

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 ...

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Maccabi Sha'arayim * Toto Cup Leumit: 2016–17

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