Envera Hasanbegović (born 7 March 1996) is a Bosnian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

and has appeared for the Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national team.

Career

Hasanbegović's love for football grew when she started playing with men, her sister

Melisa Hasanbegović Melisa Hasanbegović (born 13 April 1995) is a Bosnian association football, football defender who plays for S.C. Braga (women), SC Braga in the Campeonato Nacional Feminino in Portugal. Previously she played for SFK 2000, IK Grand Bodø, SK Slavi ...

and her used to play with men. She however began playing professionally when she joined

SFK 2000 SFK 2000 Sarajevo ( Bosnian: ŽFK 2000 Sarajevo) is a women's professional football club from the city of Sarajevo that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club competes in the highest level of women's football in Bosnia and Herzegovina, th ...

in the year 2000, aged 15. Hasanbegović has been capped for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, appearing for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle.

Personal life

She is the younger sister of

and older brother of Eldin Hasanbegović. They are both professional football players as well, playing at

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

and

FK 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, ...

respectively. Her parents are Enver and Muris, whom she cites as her role models and inspiration along with her siblings. She has stated that men react strangely when she tells them she plays football but however that is changing and the Women's Game is rising. She states that it is also possible to be a full time football player in

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

due to the high standards of football present there. She also is a trainer at the Asmir Begović Academy and, holds both a UEFA coaching license and a UEFA goalkeeping license

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* * * 1996 births Living people Bosnia and Herzegovina women's footballers 21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportswomen Bosnia and Herzegovina women's international footballers Women's association football goalkeepers {{BosniaHerzegovina-women-footy-bio-stub