Emir Dilaver (; born 7 May 1991) is a Bosnian-Austrian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva H ...

club

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. Dilaver started his professional career at Austria Wien, who loaned him to

Wienerberg Favoriten (; Central Bavarian: ''Favoritn''), the 10th district of Vienna, Austria (german: 10. Bezirk, Favoriten), is located south of the central districts. It is south of Innere Stadt, Wieden and Margareten. Favoriten is a heavily populate ...

in 2009. In 2014, he joined

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. In 2017, he moved to

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional association football, football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation' ...

. The following year, he was transferred to

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

Club career

Early career

Dilaver came through Austria Wien's youth academy. He made his professional debut playing for

in 2009 at the age of 17. Dilaver made his

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debut against

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on 22 October 2013.

Ferencváros

In June 2014, Dilaver moved to Hungarian team

on a three-year contract. He made his debut for the team on 27 July against

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. Dilaver won his first trophy with the club on 20 May 2015, by beating Fehérvár in

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

final. Over a year later, he scored his first goal for Ferencváros against

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Lech Poznań

In June 2017, Dilaver signed a four-year deal with Polish club

. On 16 July, he made his official debut for the side against Sandecja. He scored his first goal for Lech Poznań against

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, which turned out to be the winning goal in the game.

Dinamo Zagreb

On 29 May 2018, Dilaver was transferred to Croatian outfit

for an undisclosed fee. He made his competitive debut for the team on 24 July in UEFA Champions League qualifier against

Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל באר שבע, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Be'er Sheva'') is an Israeli football club from the city of Be'er Sheva, that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The c ...

. A week later, he made his league debut against Istra 1961. Dilaver scored his first goal for Dinamo Zagreb in

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game against

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on 21 February 2019. Dilaver won his first trophy with the club on 19 April, when they were crowned league champions.

International career

Despite representing

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at various youth levels, Dilaver decided to play for

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at senior level.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Austria Wien *

Austrian Bundesliga The Austrian Football Bundesliga (german: Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga, italic=no , "Austrian Football Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Austrian football league system. Th ...

: 2012–13 Ferencváros *

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top level of the Hungarian football league system. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga after its title sponsor OTP Bank. UEFA currently ranks the league 28th ...

: 2015–16 *

: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 *

Ligakupa The Hungarian League Cup ( hu, Magyar Ligakupa) was an annual football tournament contested by clubs in the Hungarian League. It was created in 2007 and the competition only lasted for 8 seasons, being cancelled in 2015/2016. Ligakupa Finals The ...

: 2014–15 *

Szuperkupa The Hungarian Super Cup is an annual association football match between the League (Nemzeti Bajnokság I) champions and the Cup (Magyar Kupa) winners. Winners (*) due to violent incidents during the recent 1997–98 Magyar Kupa Final between ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

Dinamo Zagreb * 1. HNL: 2018–19 *

Croatian Super Cup The Croatian Football Super Cup is a football match between the winners of the Croatian national top league and football cup. The Super Cup is always held at the beginning of a new football season, and is only held when different clubs win the t ...

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dilaver, Emir 1991 births Living people People from Tomislavgrad Sportspeople from Canton 10 Bosnia and Herzegovina refugees Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Austria Naturalised citizens of Austria Austrian men's footballers Austria men's youth international footballers Austria men's under-21 international footballers Austrian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football central defenders FK Austria Wien players Ferencvárosi TC footballers Lech Poznań players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players Çaykur Rizespor footballers HNK Rijeka players Austrian Regionalliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Ekstraklasa players Croatian Football League players Süper Lig players Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Austrian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Austrian people of Turkish descent