Amir Hadžiahmetović (; born 8 March 1997) is a Bosnian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Beşiktaş and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Hadžiahmetović started his professional career at Željezničar, before joining

Konyaspor Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club) is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya. They are better known as Konyaspor. In 1922 Konyaspor were founded with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and have played at their current home stadium ...

in 2016. Seven years later, he moved to Beşiktaş. A former youth international for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hadžiahmetović made his senior international debut in 2020, earning over 20

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since.

Club career

Željezničar

Hadžiahmetović started playing football at his hometown club Nexø Boldklub, before joining the youth academy of Željezničar in 2009. In July 2014, he signed his first professional contract with the team. He made his professional debut against Olimpic on 2 August at the age of 17. On 13 May 2015, he scored his first professional goal in a triumph over Mladost Velika Obarska.

Konyaspor

In February 2016, Hadžiahmetović was transferred to Turkish outfit

for an undisclosed fee. He made his official debut for the side in a

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game against Beşiktaş on 10 February. Seven weeks later, he made his league debut against Gençlerbirliği. On 19 November, he scored his first goal for the team in a defeat of

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. He won his first title with Konyaspor, club's first trophy ever, on 31 May 2017, by beating İstanbul Başakşehir in the

final. Hadžiahmetović played his 100th match for the team against

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on 21 June 2020. In July 2021, he extended his contract with the side until June 2024.

Beşiktaş

In February 2023, Hadžiahmetović moved to Beşiktaş on a deal until June 2027. He made his competitive debut for the club on 4 February against Sivasspor. On 30 April, he scored his first goal for Beşiktaş in a victory over

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International career

Hadžiahmetović represented

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at all youth levels. In August 2020, he received his first senior call-up, for

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games against

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and

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. He debuted against the former on 4 September.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Konyaspor *

: 2016–17 *

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