Elvir Melunović (born 17 July 1979) is a Swiss former professional

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who played as a

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. He preferred to play as a left midfielder in the 4-4-2 formation and was a left-footed player. Born in SR Montenegro,

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, he represented the Switzerland U21 national team at international level. Melunović played in Servette as they won in the

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in 1999 and in Grasshoppers when they won in 2003. However, he did not manage to be part of the starting lineup in Grasshoppers. He played in the 2002 European U21 Championship as part of the "Titans" generation, where the Switzerland U21 national team achieved their best results up to that point by making it to the semi-finals. He was supposed to sign with a club from the French league, but this did not materialise. His contract extension with Young Boys was then terminated, and his career in professional football ended in 2007, participating afterwards as a player-coach. His first cup final was with Suhr in 2012 against

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in the Aargau Cup.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Melunovic, Elvir 1981 births Living people Swiss people of Serbian descent Yugoslav emigrants to Switzerland Swiss men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Switzerland men's under-21 international footballers Swiss Super League players Regionalliga players FC Aarau players Servette FC players Grasshopper Club Zürich players BSC Young Boys players US Sambenedettese players FC Schaffhausen players FC Wil players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players Sportfreunde Siegen players FC Lugano players SC Kriens players Swiss expatriate men's footballers Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Place of birth missing (living people)