Edin Hamidović (born 27 November 1993) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

Hamidović started playing football at age six. He played for IFK Öxenhaga and

IK Tord IK Tord is a Swedish football club located in Rosenlund in Jönköping. The club was formed on 10 September 1919 and has specialised in football and baseball. Background Since their foundation IK Tord has participated mainly in the middle divis ...

before he moved to Jönköping Södra when he was 15. He made his senior debut for the club on 24 August 2013 in a game against

Ängelholms FF Ängelholms FF is a football (soccer), football club based in Ängelholm, Sweden. The club is affiliated to Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Ängelholms IP. The club was formed in 1976 as a merger between Ängelholms IF and Sk ...

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. In his second game for the club he scored his first goal, winning the match for Jönköping, in a 1–0 win over

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Division 1

After not getting a renewed contract Hamidović signed for

Skövde AIK Skövde AIK is a Swedish football club from Skövde. It was founded on 21 June 1919. The club plays in the third-tier Ettan Fotboll, Ettan after relegation from Superettan in 2024. Background Skövde AIK was founded on 20 June 1919. The club ...

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, the third tier of Swedish football, ahead of the 2014 season. There he went on to score 11 goals in 23 games but couldn't help his side avoid relegation. On 5 December 2014 Hamidović signed for

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. There he played mainly as an

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and scored 6 and assisted 6 in 22 games but again couldn't save his team from relegation as they finished on last place. In 2016 he signed a two-year contract with

Husqvarna FF Husqvarna FF is a football club in Huskvarna, Sweden. The team is sponsored by the Husqvarna AB. History Husqvarna FF was founded on 3 February 1987 following the merger of the men's association football sections of Husqvarna IF and Huskvarna S ...

and played 17 games and scored 6 goals in his first season as his side finished sixth in the table. The following season Hamidović had scored 11 goals after just 12 games which drew interest from Superettan side GAIS. He signed a two-year deal with the club on 3 August 2017 but wouldn't join them until after the season. Hamidovic went on to score 20 goals in 25 games for Husqvarna that season, becoming the second best goalscorer in the league.

GAIS

He joined GAIS on 1 January 2018. He made his debut for the club against

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side

IF Elfsborg Idrottsföreningen Elfsborg, more commonly known as IF Elfsborg or simply Elfsborg (), is a professional association football, football club based in Borås, Sweden, and is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund. They play in the Alls ...

in the group stage of the

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and scored a goal as he helped his side to an unexpected 3–2 victory. The success continued when he scored two goals in the second match against

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differ ...

in a game that ended 3–3. In the last game GAIS won the group as he scored another two goals in a comfortable 4–0 win over

Vasalunds IF Vasalunds IF is a Swedish football club based in Solna, Stockholm. The club is affiliated with Stockholms Fotbollförbund. History Vasalund was formed in 1934 and play in the Swedish Third Division: Ettan Norra. In 2002 the club merged with Es ...

. Hamidović played the full 90 minutes in the quarter-final in a 1–0 loss against

Östersunds FK Östersunds Fotbollsklubb, commonly known simply as Östersunds FK, Östersund () or (especially locally) ÖFK, is a Swedish professional Association football, football club located in Östersund, Sweden, that plays in the Swedish second tier, S ...

. He became the top scorer of the 2017–18 Svenska Cupen with 7 goals, two of them scored with Husqvarna FF. He scored 11 goals and played all 30 games for GAIS in the

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season where they finished 10th.

Personal life

Born in Sweden, Hamidović is of Bosnian descent.

References

External links

Edin Hamidovic
at fotbollstransfers.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamidovic, Edin 1993 births People from Huskvarna Sportspeople from Jönköping Municipality Footballers from Jönköping County Living people Swedish people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Swedish men's footballers Men's association football forwards IFK Öxnehaga players Jönköpings Södra IF players Skövde AIK players Motala AIF players Husqvarna FF players GAIS players Ankara Keçiörengücü S.K. footballers Utsiktens BK players Aiolikos F.C. players Ettan Fotboll players Superettan players TFF 1. Lig players Super League Greece 2 players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Greece 21st-century Swedish sportsmen