Edin Džeko (; born 17 March 1986) is a Bosnian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
striker for and
captains both
Süper Lig
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club
Fenerbahçe and the
Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. He is the
all-time top goalscorer and most capped player of the Bosnian national team. Džeko was named
Bosnian Footballer of the Year for three years in a row. He has been nicknamed "the Bosnian Diamond" () or simply "Diamond" (''Dijamant'') by football fans and journalists in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Prior to joining Fenerbahçe, he played for
Manchester City
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,
Roma and
Inter Milan
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, but he made a name for himself while playing for German club
VfL Wolfsburg, with whom he won the
Bundesliga
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in the
2008–09 season. He was the second-highest goalscorer with
26 goals. In the
2009–10 season, Džeko was the top scorer with
22 goals. He also registered ten assists in both seasons. During the
2011–12 Premier League season, Džeko scored four goals in one game for Manchester City against
Tottenham Hotspur at
White Hart Lane
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.
On the final day of that season, he scored an equaliser against
Queens Park Rangers
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in the 92nd minute, before
Sergio Agüero
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won it for City with seconds to go, ensuring the team won a league title for the first time in 44 years.
Džeko finished as the
top scorer of
Serie A
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in the
2016–17 season, scoring
29 goals for Roma. On 3 March 2018, he scored his 50th league goal for the club, thus becoming the first player ever to score 50 goals in three of
Europe's top five major leagues.
A former youth international for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Džeko made his senior international debut in 2007, earning over 140
caps and scoring over
65 goals since. Džeko became the highest Bosnia and Herzegovina goalscorer of all time on 7 September 2012 in a game against
Liechtenstein
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, scoring a hat-trick to surpass
Zvjezdan Misimović and
Elvir Bolić. On 11 September 2018, in a game against
Austria
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, he played his 95th game for Bosnia and Herzegovina and surpassed
Emir Spahić to become the country's most-capped player. His ten goals in the qualifying campaign helped his national team qualify for its first international tournament, the
2014 FIFA World Cup
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.
On 14 June 2022, by playing against
Finland
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in a
2022–23 UEFA Nations League B game, he became his country's oldest player at 36 years and 2 months, beating
Samir Muratović's record.
On 7 September 2024, by scoring a goal against
Netherlands
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in an
2024–25 UEFA Nations League A game, he became
Bosnia and Herzegovina's oldest goalscorer at 38 years and 5 months, surpassing
Emir Spahić's record.
Club career
Early career
Džeko began his career at
Željezničar, playing as a midfielder between 2003 and 2005, but with little success playing in that position. He was widely regarded as too tall, and with poor technical abilities.
Džeko's coach at the time though,
Jiří Plíšek, saw his potential and when Plíšek returned home, he advised
Teplice
Teplice (, until 1948 Teplice-Šanov; , ''Teplitz-Schönau'') is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 51,000 inhabitants. It is the most populous Czech spa town, followed by Karlovy Vary. The historic city cen ...
to buy him. Željezničar accepted a bid of just €25,000 for Džeko, one of Željezničar's directors saying years later, "
ethought we won the lottery".
Džeko had a
loan
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The document evidencing the deb ...
spell with
Ústí nad Labem
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...
in 2005, during which he scored six goals in 15 games. Later that year, he moved back to Teplice, staying there until 2007. With 13 goals in 30 games, he was the second-top goalscorer of the
Czech League in the
2006–07 season. Due to his performances,
VfL Wolfsburg manager
Felix Magath signed him for €4 million.
VfL Wolfsburg
After moving to Wolfsburg, Džeko scored five goals and recorded three assists in his first 11 games: he was named by ''Sportal'' as the best striker in the first half of the 2007–08
Bundesliga
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season. During his first season in Germany, Wolfsburg finished in fifth place, qualifying for a
UEFA Cup
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spot for the following season. Džeko finished the
2007–08 season with eight goals and seven assists in 17 games started.
After Wolfsburg acquired fellow Bosnian international
Zvjezdan Misimović in July 2008, Džeko's performances improved significantly. During the first half of the
2008–09 Bundesliga season Džeko scored five goals and added seven assists, but after the winter break he added 21 goals and three more assists. This upturn was especially visible during their ten-game winning streak from 7 February to 26 April, in which he scored 11 goals and added an assist. In May 2009 Džeko scored a
hat-trick
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Origin
The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three Wick ...
against
Hoffenheim, and did so again two weeks later against
Hannover 96
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, contributing 26 goals and 10 assists overall in 32 league matches. His goal tally was second only to teammate
Grafite, with whom he formed the most successful strike duo in Bundesliga history;
Misimović, the team's main assist and key pass provider, himself broke a longstanding Bundesliga record for assists by setting up 20 goals,
the three players becoming known as ''"the magic triangle"''.
Wolfsburg ended the season as
Bundesliga champions for the first time in the club's history; they finished two points clear of
Bayern Munich, the key match being the meeting between them on the 26th matchday which finished 5–1,
Džeko and Grafite scoring two goals each in an impressive performance (the latter added his second and the team's fifth with a memorable dribble and
backheel).
At that point Wolfsburg, in third at the start of the day, gained the lead in the table for the first time
and retained the position for the rest of the season to take the title.
In the
DFB-Pokal
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, Džeko scored six goals in two matches, and in the
UEFA Cup
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, four goals and two assists in eight matches. These performances resulted in him being given the Bundesliga ''Players' Footballer of the Year'' award. Despite attracting interest from
A.C. Milan Džeko decided to stay, renewing his contract until June 2013.
He scored his first
UEFA Champions League
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goal on 30 September 2009 against
Manchester United
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in a 2–1 defeat at
Old Trafford
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. He was one of 30 players nominated for the
2009 Ballon d'Or. He was the Bundesliga top scorer in the
2009–10 season with 22 goals.
On 28 August 2010, Džeko became the top league scorer in Wolfsburg's history with 59 goals in 96 appearances, surpassing
Diego Klimowicz who scored 57 in 149 games. At the winter break stage of the
2010–11 Bundesliga
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season, Džeko had scored 10 goals in 17 matches.
Manchester City
After heavy speculation,
Roberto Mancini, manager of
Manchester City
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, confirmed on 3 January 2011 that a fee of £27 million (€32 million) had been agreed with Wolfsburg for Džeko, which was City's second highest transfer figure, after
Robinho's £32.5 million (€42.5 million) move from
Real Madrid
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in 2008. The transfer fee was the sixth highest in the
Premier League
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history at the time. Also, the sum broke the Bundesliga record departure transfer fee, Bosnian record transfer fee, as well as that of any player from
former Yugoslavia
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at the time.
The previous ex-Yugoslav record stood for more than a decade – the transfer fee paid by Real Madrid to
Fenerbahçe for
Elvir Baljić in 1999 (€26 million).
In August 2014 he signed a new four-year deal with the club, taking his contract up to 2018.
2010–11 season

Following his medical examination in London, he travelled to Manchester on 5 January, and on 7 January, Džeko was confirmed as a Manchester City player, joining the club on a four-and-a-half-year deal.
He made his debut for the club in a 4–3 win over
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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on 15 January in which he set up
Yaya Touré
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Touré aspired to be a striker during h ...
for the third goal of the match. Džeko marked his
FA Cup
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debut on 30 January 2011 with the equalising goal in Manchester City's fourth round match against
Notts County which ended in a 1–1 draw.
In the replay on 20 February, Džeko again scored, helping Manchester City progress to the next round with a 5–0. Džeko scored twice against
Aris Thessaloniki
Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki (), is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club founded on 25 March 1914 in Thessaloniki.
Nicknamed ''God of War'', Aris was one of the strongest Greek clubs during t ...
within four and a half minutes at the
Etihad Stadium in the second leg of the last 32 of the
UEFA Europa League
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on 24 February 2011.
On 25 April 2011, Džeko scored his first Premier League goal with a right footed finish against
Blackburn Rovers at
Ewood Park. This was the only goal of the game in a 1–0 win for Manchester City
His last goal was against
Bolton Wanderers
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on the final day of the season and guaranteed City third place in the
Premier League
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over
Arsenal
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and automatic qualification into the group stage of the
2011–12 UEFA Champions League
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.
On 14 May 2011, Džeko was an unused substitute in Manchester City's 1–0 win over
Stoke City the
2011 FA Cup Final, winning his first trophy with the club.
2011–12 season

Džeko started his second season with City by scoring the team's second goal in a
2–3 defeat against
Manchester United
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in the
FA Community Shield
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. In his third
Premier League
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game of this season, Džeko
scored four goals against
Tottenham
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.
In this game, Džeko broke another record by becoming the first Manchester City player to score four goals in one Premier League match. His tally of six league goals in three games won him the
Premier League Player of the Month award for August.
Further on, he grabbed some important goals such as a header against
Wigan Athletic
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Founded in 1932, they have p ...
that sealed a 1–0 win for City and extended their lead over title rivals Manchester United to three points, and a goal that put Manchester City 2–0 up against
Porto
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in the
Europa League, as they won 6–1 on aggregate. He also scored a headed goal against Blackburn Rovers, which put Manchester City 3–0 up, and sealed the game, this subsequently maintained City's narrow two-point margin over Manchester United.
Bosnia and Herzegovina national manager
Safet Sušić
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urged Džeko to leave City at the end of the season because of lack of first-team football towards the end of the season, with the likes of
Juventus
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and
Bayern Munich interested. On the final day of the season, Džeko scored a 92nd-minute equaliser before
Sergio Agüero
Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo (born 2 June 1988), also known as Kun Agüero, is an Argentine former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. He is regarded as one of th ...
scored in the 94th minute to beat
Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional association football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English f ...
3–2 and secure the
Premier League title, the club's first in 44 years.
Following his goal that helped win the championship, his 19th goal and 40th appearance in all competitions, Džeko's agent denied reports that the striker would leave City saying it was all media speculation.
2012–13 season

Džeko began the new
2012–13 season with an equalising goal against
Southampton
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in a 3–2 win. He scored another goal against Queens Park Rangers taking his tally to two goals in the opening three games. He then scored the first goal of City's
Champions League campaign against
Real Madrid
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at the
Santiago Bernabéu. On 29 September, he scored an 87th-minute winner away at
Fulham
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, one minute after appearing as a substitute. On 20 October, he came off the bench in the 79th minute to score a minute later. He scored a second goal two minutes into stoppage time to seal a comeback win for 10-man City against
West Bromwich
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. On 11 November, Džeko scored another late winning goal as a substitute with a left-footed volley in the 88th minute against Tottenham Hotspur. On 29 December 2012, he scored two goals against
Norwich City
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in a 4–3 victory.
He finished the season with 14 goals in the
Premier League
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and 15 overall.
2013–14 season
On the opening day of the
2013–14 Premier League
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season, Džeko was selected to start by a new manager
Manuel Pellegrini
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against
Newcastle United
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at the
City of Manchester Stadium
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. He scored his first goal in a 3–2 defeat at
Cardiff City. Džeko scored his 50th goal in England with an only goal of the game against
Crystal Palace on 28 December 2013.
On 25 March 2014, Džeko scored twice in a 3–0
Manchester Derby
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win against Manchester United. His first goal came after just 43 seconds, making it the fastest away goal scored at
Old Trafford
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in Premier League history. On 27 April, he scored City's first goal of a 2–0 defeat of Crystal Palace at
Selhurst Park
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, closing the gap on league leaders Liverpool to three points with a game in hand.
He scored a brace in City's match at
Everton on 3 May, helping City to a 3–2 win and lift the club to the top of the table with two matches left. His second goal of the game was Man City 150th goal in all competitions. In City's penultimate game of the season against
Aston Villa
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, Džeko scored two second-half goals as City won 4–0, ensuring that the club would be crowned champions with a draw against
West Ham United
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at home on the final day, which City eventually won.
2014–15 season
On 17 August 2014, Džeko assisted
David Silva
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for Manchester City's first goal of the
2014–15 season in a 2–0 defeat of Newcastle United. On 20 August, Džeko signed a new four-year contract with the club, tying him to Manchester City until 2018.
On 24 September, Džeko scored his first two goals of the season as Manchester City beat
Sheffield Wednesday
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Formed in 1867 as an off ...
7–0 in the third round of the
Football League Cup
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Orga ...
. On 27 September, he again scored twice in Manchester City's 4–2 win away to Hull City to record his first goals of the
Premier League
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season.
On 21 February 2015, Džeko ended a run of 15 matches without a goal by scoring Manchester City's third goal in a 5–0 home victory against Newcastle United.
Roma
After months of speculation during the 2015 summer transfer market, Džeko officially signed for
Serie A
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outfit
Roma on 12 August 2015, on a €4 million loan with an €11 million option to buy that would become mandatory after certain performance related goals were met. These clauses were activated on 1 October 2015, making Džeko a permanent member of Roma.
2015–16 season
He made his
Serie A
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debut ten days after his move from Manchester City, playing the entirety of a 1–1 draw at
Hellas Verona
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, and in his second appearance on 30 August, he scored the winning goal in the 79th minute to defeat reigning champions
Juventus
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2–1 at the
Stadio Olimpico
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. On 21 February 2016, he scored his first
brace for Roma, scoring the first and last goals in a 5–0 win over
Palermo
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.
2016–17 season
After a relatively disappointing first season with the club, in which Džeko scored only 8 Serie A and 10 goals in all competitions for Roma, he started the
2016–17 season with 12 goals in 15 games, 17 goals in 20 overall, thus equaling the start of the season that
Gabriel Batistuta
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had, in which he won the league title with Roma. On 24 November 2016, he scored a
hat-trick in the Europa League, in a 4–1 win over
Viktoria Plzeň. On 16 February 2017, he also scored a hat-trick in the first leg of a Europa League match against
Villarreal, which Roma won 4–0. On 12 March 2017, he became the fourth Roma player to reach 30 goals in all competitions in a season.
On 1 April 2017, Džeko became the first Roma player ever to reach 33 goals in a season in all competitions, surpassing the previous record of 32 goals jointly held by
Rodolfo Volk and
Francesco Totti
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. He ended the season with a tally of 39 goals in all competitions of which his 29 goals in Serie A made him the
Capocannoniere
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for that season becoming the first Bosnian player to do so.
2017–18 season
Džeko started his third season at the Roman club with six goals in first five league games. He scored his first goal of the season against
Inter Milan
Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football ...
on 26 August 2017, which Roma lost 1–3. In the next two games, he scored two braces, against
Verona
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and
Benevento
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. He continued his goalscoring form by opening the score against
A.C. Milan on 1 October, in a 2–0 win away at
San Siro
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. On 9 October, Džeko was one of 30 players to be nominated for the
2017 Ballon d'Or prize by French newspaper ''
France Football
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''. Džeko then scored a brace against
Chelsea at
Stamford Bridge on 19 October. The game ended in a 3–3 draw. His next big game of the season came against
Napoli
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, in which he scored a brace and helped his team to a 4–2 victory. Džeko also helped Roma reach
UEFA Champions League quarter-finals by scoring the winning goal against
Shakhtar Donetsk. Džeko was instrumental in Roma's qualification to
UEFA Champions League semi-finals, their first in over 30 years. He scored in both quarter-final legs against
Barcelona
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, which Roma won on away goals. In the semi-finals, Džeko scored in both legs, but it wasn't enough, as Roma were eventually eliminated by
Liverpool
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6–7 on aggregate. Džeko ended the season with 24 goals, 16 of which he scored in Serie A, making him club's best goalscorer in the league and joint sixth overall. He also added 8 goals in Champions League, which meant he ended as competition's fifth best goalscorer.
2018–19 season
Džeko started his fourth season with Roma by scoring a winning goal away at
Torino
Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...
on 19 August. Džeko scored his first
UEFA Champions League hat-trick on 2 October when he again put three past
Viktoria Plzeň, in the
2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage. He became the first Bosnian to score a hat-trick in the top European club competition.
On 13 April 2019, Džeko scored his 8th goal in the league against
Udinese in the 68th minute, giving Roma a win. He scored his 9th league goal for Roma on 12 May 2019, in a 2–0 home win against league champions
Juventus
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in the 90+3rd minute.
2019–20 season
During pre-season of the
2019–20 season, Džeko extended his contract with Roma until June 2022 on 16 August 2019. He scored his first official goal for the club in the new season on 25 August 2019, in a 3–3 home league draw against
Genoa
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. On 22 September 2019, Džeko scored a 93rd minute goal in Roma's 1–2 away league win over
Bologna
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.
In a game against
Cagliari
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on 6 October 2019, Džeko fractured his
zygomatic bone (cheekbone), needing to go get
surgery
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and afterwards wear a protective mask in some of his first games after the recovery. He scored his 5th goal in the season for Roma in the club's 2–1 home league win against
Milan
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on 27 October 2019. With a goal in a
UEFA Europa League
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game against
Wolfsberg on 12 December 2019, which Roma drew 2–2, Džeko helped his team qualify for the
last 16 of the
2019–20 UEFA Europa League
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Sevilla FC, Sevill ...
season.
He made his 200th appearance for the club in Roma's 3–1 home league win against
S.P.A.L. on 15 December 2019.
Inter Milan
2021–22 season
On 14 August 2021, Džeko joined
Serie A
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club
Inter Milan
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, but without being officially introduced he played a
friendly match
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against Ukrainian club
Dynamo Kyiv
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after being named in the starting line-up, and scored his side's second goal during a 3–0 home win. Later that day, Inter announced that he had signed a two-year deal. He scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 win against Genoa.
In his first season with the club, he scored 13 goals in 36 Serie A matches, and totally 17 goals and assisted 10 more in all competitions in 49 matches.
2022–23 season
On 4 January 2023, Džeko scored the only goal of the match against championship leaders Napoli, giving them their first league defeat for the 2022–23 season. Fourteen days later, he scored in the 3–0 win over Milan in the
2022 Supercoppa Italiana and was named Man of the Match; with this goal he became the oldest goalscorer (36 years and 307 days) of the competition, breaking the previous record set by
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for and Captain (association football), captains both Saudi Pr ...
(35 years and 350 days) in
2020
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.
On 10 May 2023, Džeko scored a volley in a 2–0 win over Milan in the
Champions League semifinals, and in doing so at the age of 37 years and 54 days, he became the second oldest player to score in the semifinals of the UCL, after
Ryan Giggs
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(37 years and 148 days in April 2011). On 3 June 2023, Džeko played his 100th Inter match in all competitions in a 1–0 away win over
Torino
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in the last matchday of Serie A. On 10 June, he was in the starting eleven in Inter's
UEFA Champions League final
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against his former side Manchester City. Džeko was substituted for
Romelu Lukaku
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Lukaku began h ...
in the 57th minute. City eventually beat Inter 1–0 at the
Atatürk Olympic Stadium in
Istanbul
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to win the Champions League.
Later that month, it was confirmed that Džeko would leave the club after two seasons, during which he won four trophies, scored 31 goals and assisted 15 more in all competitions.
Fenerbahçe
2023–24 season
On 22 June 2023,
Süper Lig
The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...
side
Fenerbahçe announced that Džeko arrived in Istanbul to complete his transfer to Turkey. He signed a two-year contract on the same day. A month later, on 26 July, he made his debut for the club as the captain, in which he scored a goal and provided two assists in their 5–0 win over
Zimbru Chișinău in the
Europa Conference League second qualifying round, becoming at 37 years Fenerbahçe oldest player and goalscorer in European competitions.
On 13 August, he made his Süper Lig debut against
Gaziantep
Gaziantep, historically Aintab and still informally called Antep, is a major city in south-central Turkey. It is the capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Medi ...
at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, scoring both goals in a 2–1 win for Fenerbahce. On 29 October, he scored his first Süper Lig hat-trick in a 5–0 away win against Pendikspor. He concluded his debut season as Fenerbahçe's top scorer with 21 goals, ranking second in the league, just behind Mauro Icardi.
2024–25 season
In his second season with the club, he made a very strong start with new coach José Mourinho. On 23 July 2024, he made his season debut against FC Lugano, Lugano in an
UEFA Europa League
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second qualifying round away game, scoring a hat-trick in a 4–3 win for Fenerbahce.
International career

Džeko's first appearance for his home country came with the Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-19 football team. He was also part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-21 football team, under-21 team who played in the play-offs for UEFA European Under-21 Championship hosted by the Netherlands in 2007. Bosnia's first challenges in this competition were Armenia national under-21 football team, Armenia under-21 and Norway national under-21 football team, Norway under-21. They beat Armenia 3–2 and drew with Norway 1–1, qualifying for the playoff against the Czech Republic national under-21 football team, Czech Republic under-21. In the first leg, Bosnia lost 2–1; in the second, the game ended in a 1–1 draw. Džeko scored one goal in the tournament.
He made his senior debut against Turkey national football team, Turkey on 2 June 2007. It was a memorable debut for the player, scoring a volleyed goal during the first half stoppage time. The goal levelled the score at 2–2 and Bosnia went on to win 3–2.
On 28 March 2009, Bosnian sports commentator, Marjan Mijajlović, named Džeko "the Bosnian Diamond" during a game versus Belgium national football team, Belgium in Genk in which he scored a remarkable goal.
He scored nine goals in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying and finished as the second 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Goalscorers, highest goalscorer in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA), 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, tied with England national football team, England's Wayne Rooney, behind Greek striker Theofanis Gekas' 10 goals.
On 8 September 2012, in an 8–1 win over
Liechtenstein
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, Džeko scored his first
hat-trick
A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three.
Origin
The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three Wick ...
for the national team and at the same time became the leading goal scorer in the history of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team with 24 goals. The record was previously held by
Elvir Bolić who scored 22 goals.
Džeko ended the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign as second-top scorer with ten goals as Bosnia and Herzegovina qualified for the first major tournament in its history.
In June 2014, Džeko was named in Bosnian squad for the
2014 FIFA World Cup
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. He debuted in the team's opening group match, a narrow defeat to Argentina national football team, Argentina at the Maracanã Stadium. On 25 June with the team already eliminated, in the final group match against Iran national football team, Iran, Džeko scored the opening goal to help Bosnia and Herzegovina to their first ever FIFA World Cup win.
In August, following the retirement of
Emir Spahić from the international team, manager
Safet Sušić
Safet "Pape" Sušić (; born 13 April 1955) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He was a gifted midfielder known for his dribbling skills and technical ability, and is strongly reputed to have been one of the finest Eur ...
named Džeko the new Captain (association football), captain.
On 28 March 2015, Džeko netted his second international hat-trick, scoring all of the goals in a 3–0 away win over Andorra national football team, Andorra in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying, their first win in five games of the qualification campaign.
On 13 November 2016, Džeko had an altercation in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA), 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Greece national football team, Greece with Greek player Kyriakos Papadopoulos, in which he pulled down Sokratis Papastathopoulos' shorts while trying to obtain the ball. The subsequent fight between the two teams saw both Džeko and Papadopoulos sent off. It was his first red card in the national jersey.
On 28 March 2017, Džeko became the first Bosnian player to score 50 international goals.
On 23 March 2019, he made his 100th appearance for Bosnia in a 2–1 win over Armenia national football team, Armenia in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group J, UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers.
On 7 June 2025, he scored the only goal in a 1-0 win against San Marino national football team, San Marino, in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H, 2026 World Cup qualification, to become at 39 years, 2 months and 21 days UEFA’s oldest goalscorer in a FIFA World Cup qualification game, beating Andorran Marc Pujol record.
Style of play
Džeko is renowned for his physical presence, strength and aerial ability. Considered by pundits and managers to be one of the best strikers in Europe at his peak, although he is mainly known for his goalscoring abilities, he is also a generous player, who has a penchant for providing a good number of assists in addition to scoring many goals.
He is also known for shooting the ball with both feet equally well. Wherever he played, he posted impressive goalscoring records, playing mainly as a
striker. His former Roma manager Luciano Spalletti once described him as the "perfect prototype" of a striker, noting that he is "strong, tall, fast for his height, combative, aggressive and has good technique."
In his youth, he also played as a midfielder,
and as a Midfielder#Winger, winger.
During his time with Manchester City, he was considered a "super-sub", as he scored many important goals coming off the bench, a label which he himself rejected on several occasions.
Personal life
Džeko was born in Sarajevo, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, at that time part of SFR Yugoslavia, to Midhat and Belma Džeko.
He stated that his family was always supportive throughout his career, especially his father, who took him to training sessions while he was at
Željezničar. His father also played professionally in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Džeko is considered a local superstar in Sarajevo.
Džeko was six years old when the Siege of Sarajevo began, lasting for the next three years. His family home was destroyed, and 15 family members had to live in his grandparents' apartment that measured 35 square metres. He continued to play outside in the neighbourhood of Otoka, Sarajevo, Otoka; on a rare occasion that his mother forbade him to play outside, a missile killed several children on the local football pitch.
Džeko is multilingualism, multilingual, speaking five languages fluently: Bosnian language, Bosnian, Czech language, Czech, German language, German, English language, English and Italian language, Italian. He is a Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Muslim, and has dual citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina nationality law, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatian nationality law, Croatia. Džeko stated that
Milan
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has always been his favourite club, although he played two seasons for city rivals
Inter Milan
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, and Andriy Shevchenko his favourite player.
Džeko is a first cousin of former fellow national team player and captain
Emir Spahić.
In November 2009, Džeko became Bosnia's first UNICEF ambassador. He has since visited schools and children in his home country affected by the Bosnian War. On 6 July 2012, Džeko was accepted to the University of Sarajevo to study sport and physical education. On 10 September 2018, he graduated with a bachelor's degree.
Džeko has been in a relationship with model and actress, Amra Silajdžić since 2011, marrying her in 2014. They have three daughters and a son.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
VfL Wolfsburg
*
Bundesliga
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:
2008–09[
Manchester City
*]Premier League
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: 2011–12 Premier League, 2011–12, 2013–14 Premier League, 2013–14
*FA Cup
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: 2010–11 FA Cup, 2010–11[
*Football League Cup: 2013–14 Football League Cup, 2013–14
*]FA Community Shield
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: 2012 FA Community Shield, 2012
Inter Milan
*Coppa Italia: 2021–22 Coppa Italia, 2021–22, 2022–23 Coppa Italia, 2022–23
*Supercoppa Italiana: 2021 Supercoppa Italiana, 2021, 2022 Supercoppa Italiana, 2022
*UEFA Champions League
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runner-up: 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, 2022–23
Individual
*Bosnia and Herzegovina Sportsperson of the Year, Bosnian Sportsman of the Year: 2009, 2018
*Idol Nacije#Idol Nacije, Bosnian Footballer of the Year: 2009, 2010, 2011
*Castrol Performance Index EDGE Performance of the Month: August 2011
*Bundesliga Players' Player of the Year: 2008–09
*''Kicker (sports magazine), kicker'' Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2008–09, 2009–10
*List of Bundesliga top scorers by season, Bundesliga top scorer (''Torschützenkönig''): 2009–10 Bundesliga, 2009–10
*Capocannoniere, Serie A top scorer: 2016–17[
*]UEFA Champions League
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Squad of the Season: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League#Squad of the season, 2017–18
*UEFA Europa League
The UEFA Europa League (UEL), usually known simply as the Europa League, is an annual association football, football club competition organised since 1971 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European footb ...
List of UEFA Cup and Europa League top scorers, Top Scorer: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, 2016–17
*UEFA Europa League
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Squad of the Season: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League#Squad of the season, 2020–21
* Premier League Player of the Month: 2011–12 Premier League#Monthly awards, August 2011[
* Roma Supporters' Player of the Season: 2017–18 AS Roma season, 2017–18
*List of DFB-Pokal top scorers#Top scorers by season, DFB-Pokal top scorer: 2008–09 DFB-Pokal, 2008–09]
See also
* List of men's footballers with 1,000 or more official appearances
* List of top international men's football goalscorers by country
* List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
* List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals
References
External links
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1986 births
Living people
Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Naturalized citizens of Croatia
Bosniaks of Croatia
Bosnia and Herzegovina Muslims
Croatian Muslims
Footballers from Sarajevo
Men's association football forwards
Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers
21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen
Croatian men's footballers
Bosnia and Herzegovina men's youth international footballers
Bosnia and Herzegovina men's under-21 international footballers
Bosnia and Herzegovina men's international footballers
2014 FIFA World Cup players
FIFA Men's Century Club
FK Željezničar Sarajevo players
FK Teplice players
FK Viagem Ústí nad Labem players
VfL Wolfsburg players
Manchester City F.C. players
AS Roma players
Inter Milan players
Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players
Czech First League players
Czech National Football League players
Bundesliga players
Premier League players
Serie A players
Süper Lig players
Kicker-Torjägerkanone Award winners
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in England
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
UNICEF goodwill ambassadors
Recipients of the Sixth of April Sarajevo Award