Haris Seferovic ( bs, Seferović, ; born 22 February 1992) is a Swiss professional

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who plays as a striker for

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club

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, on loan from Portuguese club Benfica, and the Switzerland national team. Seferovic made his professional debut at

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in April 2009. Shortly after, in January 2010, he was signed by Italian club

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. Much of his time at the latter club was spent out on

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, with a successful spell at

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, followed by a transfer to

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of Spain in 2013. A year later, he joined German club

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, with whom he spent three seasons before a transfer to Benfica in Portugal. He made over 180 appearances and scored over 70 goals for the club, winning the Bola de Prata for top scorer as the team won the

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in 2018–19. A full international since 2013, Seferovic represented Switzerland at the

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and

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, and the

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and

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, earning over 90 caps.

Club career

Early career

Seferovic began his career in 1999 on FC Sursee's youth team and after five years signed in the summer of 2004 for

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. After three years in their youth teams, he was scouted by

, and on 26 April 2009, he made his debut in the

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against

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. In January 2010, he was named as the Youth Player of the Year in the canton Lucerne.

Fiorentina

On 29 January 2010, Italian

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club

signed Seferovic from Grasshopper for a €2.1 million transfer fee. One day later, ''La Viola'' announced the deal was completed. The youngster was assigned to Fiorentina's ''primavera'' team. On 4 August 2011, Seferovic was loaned to Swiss Super League club Neuchâtel Xamax. On 27 January 2012, Seferovic was loaned to Serie A club

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during the January transfer window. He spent the second half of the 2012–13 season with

, scoring 10 goals in 18 matches, all as a starter. He scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 win over

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on 17 April as Novara eventually finished in the play-offs.

Real Sociedad

On 11 July 2013, Seferovic completed a move to Spanish

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club

on a four-year contract for a €2 million transfer fee. He made his La Liga debut on 16 August 2013, and scored with a chip against

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, securing a 2–0 home victory. Four days later, he scored a volley as Real Sociedad beat

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2–0 away from home in the play-off qualification round for the

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. He played in 24 league matches in his first season, only nine as a starter, and scored his only other league goal as a substitute for

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, wrapping up a 5–0 win over

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on 2 November. On 18 December, he scored Sociedad's third goal as the club defeated third-tier

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4–0 in the

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's round of 32. Seferovic was signed to partner Vela and

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in Real Sociedad's attacking line. He had a difficult relationship with the fans, for posing with a whisky bottle after a draw with

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in September, and for celebrating a goal by telling his team's fans to be quiet in November 2013. He spent the night of his 22nd birthday in February 2014 in a police cell after a late-night argument with his girlfriend, with both being released without charges. He arrived with comparisons to

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, a league runner-up with Real Sociedad in 2003, but did not capitalise on his early goals to cement a spot in the team.

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 1 August 2014, Seferovic completed a move to German

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club

, signing a three-year contract. The club said, "We intentionally chose a young player who already has a relatively high degree of experience, but who still has plenty of room for improvement." He made his debut on 16 August, scoring the opening goal in the ninth minute as Frankfurt defeated fourth-tier Viktoria Berlin 2–0 away in the first round of the

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. One week later, he made his first Bundesliga debut and scored the only goal from Frankfurt's first attack of the game to defeat

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at the Waldstadion. In Frankfurt's 4–5 home defeat to

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on 25 October, Seferovic was sent off for a second yellow card. In the

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, Seferovic scored only three times in 29 games as Frankfurt came 16th and were confined to a play-off against 1. FC Nürnberg to maintain their spot in the top flight. After a 1–1 draw in the first leg at home, he scored the only goal in the second to maintain his club's place. Seferovic received a three-match ban in February 2017 for striking

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during a 2–0 loss in

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. It was Frankfurt's sixth dismissal of the season and he was also fined an undisclosed amount which was donated to charity. He played four matches in the team's runner-up DFB-Pokal campaign, and scored the winning goal at

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in the round of 16.

Benfica

On 2 June 2017, Seferovic signed a five-year contract with Portuguese champions Benfica. He debuted on 5 August in the

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, starting alongside

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and scoring the second goal in a 3–1 win over

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. Four days later, he made his

debut in a 3–1 home win over

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. In October that year, he was praised by former Benfica footballer

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as a valuable player for the team. In his first season with Benfica, Seferovic scored six times across all competitions, with every goal being scored in the first half of the season, after which he lost his role of supporting Jonas to

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. Despite starting the 2018–19 season as the fourth attacking option of manager

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, Seferovic became the team's top scorer on 11 January 2019, under the guidance of

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. Most notably, in the league season, Seferovic scored the winning goal in a 1–0 home victory over

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, netted the winner against

away (0–1), scored the first goal in a 4–2 away win over

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, and netted a brace in a 10–0 thrashing of

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. Internationally, he scored yet another winner, this time in a 2–1 win over

in the UEFA Europa League round of 32 on 14 February, helping Benfica seal their first victory in Turkey. With this goal, his 17th overall that season, he temporarily became the top scorer across all leagues in the world in 2019, with a 10-goal tally. His 23 league goals earned him the Bola de Prata, making him the second Swiss player (after

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) to be the top goalscorer in a foreign league. After his title-wininng season, Seferovic signed a new contract lasting until 2024, and increasing his

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to €60 million. In 2019–20, his starts and goals decreased due to the dominance of the Brazilian

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. The following year, with the Brazilian loaned to

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, Seferovic returned to the forefront and scored 22 goals, one fewer than top scorer Pedro Gonçalves of Sporting. In 2021–22, Seferovic was limited by persistent muscular injuries throughout the season, including an absence of 13 games between January and March.

Loan to Galatasaray

On 19 June 2022, Seferovic joined

on a season-long loan for €1 million, with an option to make the move permanent for €2.5 million. He made his debut as a starter on 7 August as the

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began with a 1–0 win at

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. He scored his first goal on 19 October in a

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third round 7–0 win over

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, and added another in the next round on 8 November as the

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side came from behind to beat Ofspor 2–1.

International career

With the Swiss under-17 national team, Seferovic won the

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in Nigeria and was the top scorer of the tournament. He scored five goals at the tournament, including the winning goal in the final against hosts

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. In 2013, ahead of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team's match against

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, Seferovic claimed he wanted to play for the country of his parents' birth. However, he later accepted a call-up from

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, and made his debut in a friendly against

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on 6 February 2013, where he replaced

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for the last 20 minutes of the 0–0 away draw. On his third

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, on 8 June 2013, he replaced Josip Drmić for the last 15 minutes, and in injury time, scored the only goal of a home 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against

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. On 2 June 2014, Seferovic was named in Switzerland's

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squad by head coach

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. In the team's first match, on 15 June in

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against

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, he replaced Drmić for the last 15 minutes and scored the winner in the third minute of stoppage time. In

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for

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, Seferovic scored three goals, including two in the first half of a 4–0 win away to

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that was Swiss' first victory of the campaign. Manager

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chose him in the 23-man squad for the finals in France. Seferovic added four more goals as the Swiss qualified for the

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, with two in a 3–0 win over

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on 31 August 2017. Petković named him for the squad to compete in the finals in Russia. On 18 November 2018, Seferovic scored a

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as the Swiss came from 0–2 down to defeat

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5–2 in the

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to top their group and qualify for the

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. In May 2019, he played in

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, where his team finished 4th. Seferovic played in

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. On 28 June 2021, he played in the last 16 game against

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and scored two headers, as the team drew 3–3 and won on penalties. The following 12 June, he headed the only goal in 57 seconds as the team beat leaders

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in the Nations League. He made three brief substitute appearances at the

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in Qatar, where the Swiss were eliminated by the Portuguese in the last 16.

Personal life

Seferovic's family is from

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(then in

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); his parents Hamza and Šefika Seferović immigrated to Switzerland in the late 1980s. He is of

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origin. In 2009, he described himself as a

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

but said that he did not practice all rules of the religion: "I have already eaten pork. But I am a believer, and that gives me strength". He fasts for

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, but only outside of the football season.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Seferovic goal.''

Honours

Eintracht Frankfurt *

runner-up: 2016–17 Benfica *

: 2018–19 *

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Switzerland *

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Individual *

Bola de Prata: 2018–19 *Bosnian U19 Football Player of the Year: 2009 * Swiss Player of the Year: 2019 *Primeira Liga Team of the Year: 2018–19,

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at Swiss Football League * {{DEFAULTSORT:Seferovic, Haris 1992 births Living people People from Sursee District Swiss people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Swiss footballers Association football forwards FC Luzern players Grasshopper Club Zürich players ACF Fiorentina players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players U.S. Lecce players Novara F.C. players Real Sociedad footballers Eintracht Frankfurt players S.L. Benfica footballers Galatasaray S.K. footballers Swiss Super League players Serie A players Serie B players La Liga players Bundesliga players Primeira Liga players Süper Lig players Switzerland youth international footballers Switzerland under-21 international footballers Switzerland international footballers 2014 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2016 players 2018 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2020 players 2022 FIFA World Cup players Swiss expatriate footballers Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Italy Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Spain Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Turkey Sportspeople from the canton of Lucerne