Admir Salihović (born 15 November 1989) is a Bosnian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays for EDC FC Burnaby in the

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Career

He is a talented, young player who can play on the left or right-hand side of midfield, he joins the Whitecaps after signing a one-year professional contract with the club. He holds dual citizen of Bosnia and Canada, he has received an invite to play for the Bosnia & Herzegovina U-21 side, but the midfielder has so far not taken the opportunity to play for the country of his birth. In the summer of 2005, Salihović trained with Bosnian Premijer Liga club FK Željeznicar, which is based in the Bosnian capital of

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ...

. He moved from his hometown of

Tuzla Tuzla (, , ) is the List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, third-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 110,979 inha ...

with his family to the

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in 2000. The midfielder has been in the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree program at

Langara College Langara College (snəw̓eyəɬ leləm̓ in ''Halkomelem'') is a public degree-granting college in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada which serves more than 19,000 students annually. Langara College started in 1965 as part of Vancouver Community ...

since the fall of 2006, he played 2004 with the Burnaby Selects. Salihović joined than in summer 2009 to

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and signed here 28 June 2009 a contract with

HNK Šibenik Hrvatski nogometni klub Šibenik (), better known as HNK Šibenik or simply Šibenik (), is a Croatian professional association football, football sports club, club based in Šibenik. It competes in the Croatian Football League, SuperSport HNL, t ...

.Šibenik: Poraz na jedanaesterce od Viteza, danas Čelik
/ref> He has just signed to

TSV Hartberg TSV Hartberg, currently known as TSV Egger Glas Hartberg for sponsorship reasons, is an association football club based in Hartberg, Styria, Austria. Founded in 1946, the club competes in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, the top tier of the Aust ...

on January 24, 2012 and has become TSV Hartberg's first signing in the winter transfer window. TSV Hartberg is an Austrian Association Football club based in Hartberg, founded in 1946, which is currently playing in the

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Personal life

His parents are Fikreta and Osman Salihović, and he has an older brother named Alen, who was a former 400 and 800 meters track & field runner with Bosnian club

FK Sloboda Tuzla Fudbalski klub Sloboda Tuzla English: Football Club Sloboda Tuzla) is a Bosnian professional football club based in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The English translation of the team's name is ''Football Club Freedom Tuzla''. The club is a mem ...

References

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Admir Salihović – Hrvatska nogometna liga
{{DEFAULTSORT:Salihovic, Admir Canadian men's soccer players Men's association football midfielders Whitecaps FC Academy players Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players Living people 1988 births Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Canada HNK Šibenik players USL First Division players USL League Two players Langara College people 21st-century Canadian sportsmen