Kenan Muslimović (born 13 February 1997) is an Austrian and Bosnian professional

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who plays as a

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for German amateur club

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Career

Born in Vienna,Kenan Muslimovic profile
at Soccerway he started playing in the youth teams of Austrian clubs FK Austria Wien and

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.Kenan Muslimovic
at Worldfootball In the summer 2014, he joined the senior team of

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, however, he played for the B team. Following summer, in 2015, he moved to Italy and signed for the youth team of

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During the first-half of the season, making three appearances in the youth league. Novara won the race with

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in signing him. During the winter-break of the 2015–16 season, he left Italy and moved to former-Yugoslavia to join Bosnian side

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. playing in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Regarded as a major talent, in summer 2016 he moved to Serbia. Initially, he was about to join FK Partizan's farm-club

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, thus following a family tradition, since his father, who had ended his career prematurely because of illness, had played for the Partizan youth team.Talentovani Kenan Muslimović prešao iz Mladosti u Teleoptik
at klix.ba, 20 June 2016, Retrieved 19 February 2017 However, instead, he ended up joining top-league side FK Novi Pazar. He failed to debut in the SuperLiga during the first half of the 2016–17 season. In December 2016 and January 2017, he was on trials at German club

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. He ended up staying at Novi Pazar, and made his debut in the Serbian SuperLiga on 18 February 2017, in the first round played after winter-break. In August 2017, he left Novi Pazar. Between Summer 2017 and January 2019, Muslimović played in Germany for the second teams of 1. FC Kaiserslautern and

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. On 25 January 2019, he came back and signed with Mladost Doboj Kakanj in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After half a season, on 9 June 2019, Muslimović left Mladost. Ahead of the 2019-20 season, Muslimović returned to Germany and joined FC Pipinsried. After a spell in Bulgaria, he moved back to Germany once more to play for SV Donaustauf.

Personal life

Kenan is the nephew of Bosnian singer

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Honours

Lokomotiv Plovdiv * Bulgarian Cup: 2019–20 * Bulgarian Supercup:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Muslimovic, Kenan 1997 births Living people Footballers from Vienna Austrian men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers Men's association football forwards First Vienna FC players FK Mladost Doboj Kakanj players FK Novi Pazar players 1. FC Kaiserslautern II players SSV Jahn Regensburg II players FC Pipinsried players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players Austrian 2. Landesliga players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Serbian SuperLiga players Bayernliga players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Austrian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria