Eldar Šehić (; born 28 April 2000) is a Bosnian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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on loan from

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and the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national team. Šehić started his professional career at Željezničar, who loaned him to TOŠK Tešanj in 2019.

Club career

Željezničar

Šehić started playing football at his hometown club

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, which he left in February 2016 to join Olimpic's youth setup. In July, he joined Željezničar's youth academy. On 17 July 2018, he signed his first professional contract with the team. He made his professional against Čelik Zenica on 29 July at the age of 18. In February 2019, Šehić was sent on a six-month loan to TOŠK Tešanj. In July, his loan was extended for an additional season, but he was recalled in November. On 15 September, he scored his first professional goal against Metalleghe-BSI. In June 2021, Šehić left Željezničar. On 21 August 2024, Šehić joined

on a one-year loan deal without option.

Personal life

Eldar is the younger brother of

Benjamin Benjamin ( ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twe ...

who currently plays for First League of BH club Radnik Hadžići.

International career

Šehić has represented

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at various youth levels.

Career statistics

Club

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