Ali Suljić (born 18 September 1997) is a Swedish professional

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 as a defender for Swedish club

Östersund Östersund (; ) is an Urban areas in Sweden, urban area (Stad (Sweden), city) in Jämtland in northern Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-larg ...

Club career

Born in

Motala Motala () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Motala Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with a municipal population of 43,717 inhabitants in 2024. It is the third largest city of Östergötland, following Linköping and N ...

, Suljić started his career with local side

Motala AIF Motala AIF is a Swedish football club located in Motala in Östergötland. Other sports that the club promotes include athletics, orienteering, ice hockey, road cycling, and skiing. Background Since their foundation on 29 August 1907 Motala A ...

before joining English side Chelsea in 2013. Following his release by Chelsea, he returned to Sweden, eventually signing with

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

side

Helsingborg Helsingborg (, , ), is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania County, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, ninth ...

ahead of the 2022 season. On 19 December 2023, Suljić signed a three-year contract with

, beginning in 2024.

International career

Suljić has represented Sweden at youth international level. He remains eligible to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Career statistics

Club

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* 1997 births Living people Swedish people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Division 2 (Swedish football) players Superettan players Ettan Fotboll players Allsvenskan players Motala AIF players Chelsea F.C. players BK Häcken players IF Brommapojkarna players Helsingborgs IF players AFC Eskilstuna players Östersunds FK players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England 21st-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-footy-defender-stub