Sanel Jahić (born 10 December 1981) is a Bosnian football coach and former

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who currently works as a coach in the youth team of

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club Željezničar. Throughout his playing career, he was best known for being a utility player, capable of playing a wide number of positions. Although largely employed as a centre-back on club level, he has also played on the side of the field as a wingback for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, and has filled in as a defensive midfielder and as a right midfielder. Jahić has also had success as a striker, for a moment leading the Bosnian Premier League's scoring charts in the 2006–07 season. Jahić began his senior career with

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. In 2001 he moved to Željezničar where he stayed for two years. Later, he played for

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and Mérida in Spain. Jahić then returned to Željezničar in 2006, before joining Greek club

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in January 2008. Two years later he was transferred to

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. In the summer of 2011, Jahić signed with Cypriot club

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. With APOEL he participated in the

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group stages for the first time in his career and he helped his team to reach the last 16 of the competition. In January 2012, he moved to Turkish club Karabükspor. After Karabükspor, Jahić played for St Johnstone, Grasshopper and

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, before finishing his career at Željezničar in 2017.

Club career

Early career

Jahić was born in Strasbourg. He grew up there and started playing football also. He played for youth squads of Strasbourg and

before moving to Bosnia and Herzegovina and joining Željezničar in 2001.

Return to Željezničar

Following two stints in Spain with

and Mérida, Jahić returned to Željezničar. In one year at the club he scored 19 goals in 37 matches.

Aris Thessaloniki

In January 2008, Jahić moved to

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in Greece signing a two-year contract.

AEK Athens

In 2009, Jahić joined Aris's league rivals

. After two years, the termination of his contract was agreed.

APOEL

On 22 June 2011, Jahić signed a two-year contract with Cypriot club

. During his spell with APOEL, he helped his team to win the 2011

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and reach the

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of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League. He appeared in four

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matches and in all six

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matches on APOEL's way to the

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of the Champions League, mainly as a substitute.

Karabükspor

In January 2012, Jahić moved to Turkish club Karabükspor for a transfer fee of €300,000, signing a two-and-a-half year contract with the club. Jahić left Karabükspor at the end of the

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season.

St Johnstone

Jahić trained with

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club St Johnstone in October 2013. He signed a short-term contract with the club after they lost defenders Steven Anderson and

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to injury and suspension respectively. On 6 January 2014, Jahić left St Johnstone after his contract expired.

Grasshopper

On 6 February 2014, Jahić joined Swiss Super League side Grasshopper on a half-year deal.

Levadiakos

On 1 September 2015, Jahić joined

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side

on a year deal for an undisclosed fee.

Second return to Željezničar and retirement

On 28 June 2016, Jahić returned to and signed a two-year contract with Željezničar. After making only five league appearances, his contract was officially terminated by the club on 24 July 2017. Jahić retired from football shortly after.

International career

From 2001 until 2002, Jahić was a regular member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national team. In November 2007, he was called up to the senior team by

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for the last game in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying match against

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. He did not play in the game but the call itself was a great honour and fulfillment of his childhood dreams. Jahić made his debut for

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in a March 2008

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against Macedonia and then became a standard member of the national team and was even a scorer of the crucial second goal (leading his country to 1–2) in Bosnia's great victory away at

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(2–4) on 28 March 2009. He also played against

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in the qualification play-offs for the

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and got his chance once again against Portugal during qualification play-offs for

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, thanks to good form while playing in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League for

. He has earned a total of 23 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a May 2012 friendly against

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Coaching career

On 7 July 2020, it was announced that Jahić had become a new coach in the youth team of former club Željezničar.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Player

Sochaux * Ligue 2: 2000–01 Željezničar *

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: 2002–03 *

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: 2001 AEK Athens *

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APOEL *

: 2011

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