Tino-Sven Sušić (; born 13 February 1992) is a Bosnian professional

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who plays as an

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. Sušić started his professional career at

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, before joining Genk in 2016. In 2017–18, he had a loan spell with Maccabi Tel Aviv. He then moved to

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in 2018. Later that year he signed with Venlo. After leaving Venlo in 2019, Sušić then joined

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. Sušić left Sarajevo in August 2021. A former Belgian youth international, he made his senior international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2014. Sušić represented the nation at their first major tournament, the

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Club career

Early career

Born in

, Sušić emigrated with his family early in his life to Belgium. He started training with the second-tier

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, before moving to the youth side of Genk. At the age of 16, he moved to Standard Liège. In August 2010, he was called up to the Belgium under-19 side, featuring in two matches as a substitute, playing a friendly match for Standard Liège first team as well. Not breaking through, he continued playing for the team's youth sides.

Hajduk Split

In June 2012 he joined Croatian side

on a four-year contract. He made his debut on 19 July at the age of 20 in a UEFA Europa League qualifier against Skonto. On 31 October, he scored his first goal against city rivals Split. Sušić won his first trophy with the club on 22 May 2013, by beating Lokomotiva in the

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final. In February 2015, Sušić signed a new contract with Hajduk expiring in June 2018. Sušić won the

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for the 2015–16 season, which is given to the best player in the league.

Genk

On 29 August 2016, he rejoined his once youth club Genk in a transfer worth approximately €2 million. He made his first appearance for Genk against Standard Liège on 11 September. Sušić scored his first goal for the club against

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group game. On 7 August 2017 Sušić joined Maccabi Tel Aviv on a one-year loan deal in order to get more minutes.

Antwerp

After falling to get regular first-team football, his loan spell at Maccabi Tel Aviv was ended in January 2018. Consequently, Sušić terminated his contract with Genk and signed for

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until June 2019. He had to wait for over two months on his official debut, which came in a league game against St. Truiden.

Venlo

In July 2018, Sušić signed a one-year contract with Dutch club Venlo, with an option for additional year. He debuted in a competitive game on 11 August against Willem II. On 26 August, he scored his first goal for the club against

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TSV Hartberg

On 19 October 2019, Sušić signed a one-year contract with Austrian club

. After playing only two league matches for Hartberg, he was released by the club in January 2020.

Sarajevo

On 1 February 2020, Sušić joined

club

, signing a two-year contract with the club. He made his official debut and scored his first official goal for Sarajevo in a 6–2 league win against

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on 22 February 2020. Sušić won his first league title with Sarajevo on 1 June 2020, though after the 2019–20 Bosnian Premier League season was ended abruptly due to the

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and after which Sarajevo were by default crowned league champions for a second consecutive time. In the

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season, he won his second trophy with the club, winning the

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after beating

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in the

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. After playing a few games at the start of the 2021–22 season, Sušić decided to terminate his contract with Sarajevo and leave the club in August 2021.

Kuban Krasnodar

On 2 October 2021, Sušić signed with second-tier Russian Football National League club Kuban Krasnodar. On 17 March 2022, his contract was terminated by mutual consent.

Tabor Sežana

In April 2022, he joined Slovenian PrvaLiga side Tabor Sežana for the remainder of the 2021–22 season, utilizing the new transfer rules that allowed footballers playing in Russia to sign for other teams due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

International career

Holding

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, Sušić was eligible to represent three nations on senior level:

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and

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, having played for Belgium at various youth levels. In October 2013, he confirmed that he would play for Bosnia and Herzegovina. He received his first senior call-up in February 2014, for a

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game against

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, and debuted in that game on 5 March. Later that year Sušić was named in Bosnia and Herzegovina's squad for the

, which was the country's first major tournament. He made his competition debut against

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on 22 June.

Personal life

Tino-Sven was born in Sarajevo to

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father and Croat mother. He is the son of the former

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international

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and the nephew of

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. His mother Irena hails from Podgora. On 14 June 2019, Sušić married his long-time girlfriend Glenis Jankov.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Hajduk Split *

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Maccabi Tel Aviv *

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: 2017–18 Sarajevo *

: 2019–20 *

Individual

Awards * SN Yellow Shirt Award: 2015–16

References

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