Dženis Beganović (born 23 March 1996) is a Bosnian professional

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who plays as a

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, for Tajik Club Istiklol.

Club career

Željezničar

Born in

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, Beganović started off his career in the youth team of hometown club Željezničar in 2006. In 2014, he debuted for the first team of Željezničar as a 18 year old. On 16 July 2015, in a 2015–16 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round match against Ferencvárosi, Beganović scored in the 90th minute for Željezničar (Željezničar won 1–0 in Hungary, while in Sarajevo, they won 2–0 and qualified for the third round), securing them qualification to the

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. In January 2017, Beganović was loaned out to Metalleghe-BSI for the remainder of the 2016–17 Bosnian Premier League season. On 18 December 2017, after 3 years playing for the club, he left Željezničar.

Kom

On 21 February 2018, Beganović signed with

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club Kom. On 7 June 2018, not even four months after joining Kom, he left the club.

Znojmo

One month after leaving Kom, in July 2018, Beganović joined

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club

Znojmo Znojmo (; ) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 34,000 inhabitants. Znojmo is the historical and cultural centre of southwestern Moravia and the second most populated town in the South Moravian Region. The hi ...

. He made his league debut for Znojmo on 29 July 2018 against

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in a 2–1 away loss. He scored his first goal for Znojmo on 12 April 2019, in a 1–1 home league draw against

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Tuzla City

On 28 June 2019, after two years Beganović came back to Bosnia and Herzegovina and signed a three-year contract with

Tuzla City Fudbalski klub Tuzla City (), formerly known as Fudbalski klub Sloga Simin Han, is a professional football club based in Simin Han, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club competes in the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...

. He made his official debut for Tuzla City on 10 August 2019, in a 0–1 away league win against Mladost Doboj Kakanj. Beganović scored his first goal for Tuzla City in a 1–0 home league win against Čelik Zenica on 23 November 2019.

Sloboda Tuzla

On 19 August 2020, Beganović signed a contract with Tuzla City's city rivals

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. He made his official debut for Sloboda in a league loss against

Zrinjski Mostar Zrinjski Mostar is a sports association from the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was formed in 1905. Member clubs *Football: **HŠK Zrinjski Mostar *Basketball: **HKK Zrinjski Mostar (men's) ** ŽKK Zrinjski Mostar (women's) *H ...

on 22 August 2020. Beganović scored his first goal for the club on 29 August 2020, in a league win against

Široki Brijeg Široki Brijeg () is a city and the regional capital of West Herzegovina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. the town itself had a population of 6,149 and the municipality of 28,929. Name ...

Return to Željezničar

On 21 June 2022, Beganović returned to Željezničar. He made his second debut for the club on 16 July 2022, in a 1–1 home draw against Leotar. On 19 October 2022, he scored his first goal in the

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season in a

Bosnian Cup The Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kup Bosne i Hercegovine, Куп Босне и Херцеговине) is a knock-out football competition contested annually by clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The winner ...

game against Budućnost Banovići. Beganović left Željezničar after his contract with the club expired in June 2023.

Istiklol

On 13 July 2023,

Tajikistan Higher League The Ligai Olii Tojikiston or Tajikistan Higher League (; ) is the top division of professional association football, football in Tajikistan. It is part of the Tajikistan Football League Organization and Tajikistan Football Federation. It was fou ...

club Istiklol announced the signing of Beganović. On 12 July 2024, Istiklol announced the departure of Beganović after his contract with the club had expired. On 27 January 2025, Istiklol announced the return of Beganović to a one-year contract.

International career

Beganović played for both the Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 and U21 national teams.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Istiklol *

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Tajikistan Cup The Jomi Tojikiston (; ), or Tajikistan Cup, is the top knockout football tournament of Tajikistan. Tajikistan Cup was established in 1992. Now 1xbet is the sponsor and the sponsored name for the cup is 1xbet Çomi Toçikiston. The Cup winner qual ...

Tajik Supercup The Superjomi Tojikiston (; ), or Tajik Super Cup, is a one-match football (soccer), football annual competition. The two participating clubs are holders of the Tajik League champions title and the Tajik Cup. If the Tajik League championship and th ...

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