Edvin Hodžić (29 November 1994 – 10 July 2018) was an Austrian professional

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who played as a

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Career

Hodžić played at youth level for

LASK Linz Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as LASK (), or Linzer ASK, is an Austrian professional football club based in Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club in that region, and plays in the Austrian Football Bundes ...

from 2002 to 2010. He then played for various clubs in Austria -

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SV Wallern SV Wallern is a football team based in Austria. It currently plays in the 4th tier OÖ Liga The OÖ Liga (whose official Sponsor (commercial), sponsor name is ''Radio OÖ Liga'', and still colloquially known as the ''Oberösterreich-Liga'') is th ...

, SC Ritzing, ATSV Stadl-Paura,

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and

Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberger SV is an Austrian association football club from Kapfenberg, Styria. They won the 2007–08 Austrian Football First League and were promoted to the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1919 as ''Kapfenberger SC''. The nam ...

. At the time of his death he had been contracted to German club SV Schalding-Heining for five weeks.

Death

Hodžić died on 10 July 2018, at the age of 23. At the time of his death he was contracted to German club SV Schalding-Heining, and had played in a friendly game for the team two days before his death. The new season was due to start a few days after his death, but was cancelled.

References

1994 births 2018 deaths Austrian men's footballers LASK players FC Juniors OÖ players SV Wallern players SC Ritzing players ATSV Stadl-Paura players FC Kärnten players Kapfenberger SV players SV Schalding-Heining players Austrian Regionalliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Men's association football midfielders Austrian expatriate men's footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany 21st-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-footy-midfielder-stub