Envera Hasanbegović (born 7 March 1996) is a Bosnian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

and has appeared for the Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national team.

Career

Hasanbegović's love for football grew when she started playing with men, her sister

Melisa Hasanbegović Melisa Hasanbegović (born 13 April 1995) is a Bosnian football defender who plays for SC Braga in the Campeonato Nacional Feminino in Portugal. Previously she played for SFK 2000, IK Grand Bodø, SK Slavia Praha. Ferencváros. and Sporting CP ...

and her used to play with men. She however began playing professionally when she joined

SFK 2000 SFK 2000 Sarajevo ''(BIH)'' is a women's professional football club from the city of Sarajevo that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club competes in the highest level of women's football in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnia and Herzego ...

in the year 2000, aged 15. Hasanbegović has been capped for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, appearing for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle.

Personal Life

She is the younger sister of

and older brother of Eldin Hasanbegović. They are both professional football players as well, playing at

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional foot ...

and

FK Tuzla City Fudbalski klub Tuzla City ( en, Football Club Tuzla City), formerly known as Fudbalski klub Sloga Simin Han ( en, Football Club Sloga Simin Han), is a professional football club based in Simin Han, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in ...

respectively. Her parents are Enver and Muris, whom she cites as her role models and inspiration along with her siblings. She has stated that men react strangely when she tells them she plays football but however that is changing and the Women's Game is rising. She states that it is also possible to be a full time football player in

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

due to the high standards of football present there. She also is a trainer at the Asmir Begović Academy and, holds both a UEFA coaching license and a UEFA goalkeeping license

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* * * 1996 births Living people Bosnia and Herzegovina women's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina women's international footballers Women's association football goalkeepers {{BosniaHerzegovina-women-footy-bio-stub