Sead Hakšabanović ( cnr, Сеад Хакшабановић, ; Albanian: Sead Hakaj; born 4 May 1999) is a professional

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who plays as a winger for Scottish club

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. He made his professional debut with

Halmstads BK Halmstads Bollklubb, also known simply as Halmstad () or (especially locally) HBK or Bollklubben, is a Swedish Association football, football club located in Halmstad in the county of Halland. The club, formed 7 February 1914 and approved members ...

and trained in their youth system. Born in

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, he played for that country as a youth international but represents

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at senior level, making his debut in 2017.

Club career

Halmstad

Hakšabanović represented

as a youth. He made his debut in

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on 9 April 2015, coming on as a late substitute for

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in a 3–0 home loss against

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play their ...

; at the age of only 15, he became the youngest-ever footballer to debut for Halmstad. In August 2015 Hakšabanović spent a week on trial with

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. He has also been on trials for

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and

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. After spending his first senior season with only ten appearances and no goals, Hakšabanović scored his first goal on 4 April 2016, netting his team's only in a 2–1 away loss against

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West Ham United

In August 2017, Hakšabanović signed a five-year contract for

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in a £2.7 million transfer from Halmstad. He made his debut for West Ham on 19 September, playing 63 minutes in a 3–0 home victory against

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in the

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Loan to Málaga

On 6 August 2018, Hakšabanović joined Spanish

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side

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on loan for one season. On 17 November 2018, he made his debut in a 2–0 win against

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. In December 2018, West Ham director

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expressed dissatisfaction with Hakšabanović's playing time at Málaga.

Loan to IFK Norrköping

In January 2019, he joined

on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season. On 2 November 2019, he scored a goal and made an assist in a 2–2 tie against

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champions

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IFK Norrköping

In June 2020, Hakšabanović completed a transfer for an undisclosed fee to IFK Norrköping. During his time in IFK Norrköping he made 36 appearances, in which he produced 7 goals and 16 assists.

FC Rubin Kazan

On 27 May 2021, Hakšabanović moved to Russian club

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, in a transfer that IFK Norrköping described as their biggest sale ever. Rubin signed a 5-year contract with him and he was assigned shirt number 99. Following the temporary suspension of his contract with Rubin Kazan, due to the

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, Hakšabanović joined

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until 30 June 2022.

Celtic

On 25 August 2022, Hakšabanović joined

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side

on a five-year deal. Six days later, he would make his debut for the club as a late substitute for

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in a 4-1 away win against Ross County in the

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. On 6 September 2022, Hakšabanović made his

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debut against

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where he came on as a 82nd minute substitute for

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in a 3-0 defeat. On 14 September 2022, he started the second group stage match of Celtic's 2022-23 Champions League campaign against

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...

in the

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, where Celtic drew with Shakhtar 1-1. On 5 November 2022, Hakšabanović scored his first goal and brace for Celtic as they beat

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4-2 at home in the Scottish Premiership. His form would see him awarded with the Premiership Player of the Month for November.

International career

Despite being born in Sweden and having played in Sweden's youth selection, Hakšabanović opted to play for Montenegro, where his family is from. He made his international senior debut for the Montenegrin national team in a 4–1

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victory over

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, on 10 June 2017. On 19 November 2019, he scored his first international goal in a 2–0 friendly win over

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''As of match played 19 November 2019. Montenegro score listed first, score column indicates score after each Haksabanovic goal.''

Honours

Celtic *

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Individual *

Top assist provider:

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