Jasmin Sudić (born 24 November 1990) is a Swedish former

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who played as a

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Club career

He played for FC Malmö,

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, and Heleneholms SK as a youth before he joined

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...

Malmö FF

Sudić made his

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debut for Malmö FF in 2008 against

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, Malmö FF won the match 6–3. In 2009, he got a breakthrough after fellow defender colleague Jimmy Dixon was sold, Sudić played 18 matches as central defender and played impressively well for such a young player. Sudić missed all but 6 league games in the

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season due to a long term knee injury. Sudić managed to recover from the injury but had a backlash when he injured himself again before the

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season started. As a result of this he missed the entire season and focused on recover properly for the

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season. Despite his troubles with injuries, Malmö FF wanted to express their trust in Sudić's talent and offered him a new contract until the end of the 2014 season which he accepted, he was also given the number three shirt as part of the new contract. Sudić was back again from his knee injury in time for the 2012 season. He played 9 games in the league and one cup fixture as he found himself in tough competition for the starting spots. This was Sudić's last matches at the club after being sent on loan for the 2013 season and then being sold to Mjällby AIF in the summer of the 2014 season.

Mjällby AIF

It was announced on 14 January 2013 that Sudić would be on loan to fellow Allsvenskan side

Mjällby AIF Mjällby Allmänna Idrottsförening, also known simply as Mjällby AIF, Mjällby or (especially locally) MAIF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Hällevik in Sölvesborg Municipality. The club is affiliated to Blekinge Fo ...

for the duration of the 2013 season. Sudić quickly became an important player for Mjällby during the pre season and took a place in the starting eleven for the start of the season. He played eleven matches for the club before contracting an injury. It was confirmed on 2 July that the injury was a

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injury, his third injury of this sort in his career. The injury meant that Sudic would miss the remainder of the season and his loan spell at Mjällby. Sudić returned to the club on a permanent basis on 23 July 2014, signing a two-year contract.

BK Häcken

On 9 January 2015, it was announced that Sudić had signed to play for

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Trelleborgs FF

After a two and a half-year stint at Häcken plagued by injuries, Sudić signed a long term-deal with

Trelleborgs FF Trelleborgs Fotbollsförening, more commonly known as Trelleborgs FF or simply Trelleborg, is a Swedish football club located in Trelleborg. Formed 6 December 1926, the club plays in Superettan, the second tier in the Swedish football league s ...

on 13 July 2018.

International career

Sudić represented Sweden at youth international level, and was considered for the Bosnian senior team.

Career statistics

Honours

BK Häcken *

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: 2015–16

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sudic, Jasmin 1990 births Living people Men's association football defenders BK Olympic players Malmö FF players Mjällby AIF players BK Häcken players Trelleborgs FF players Allsvenskan players Swedish men's footballers Swedish people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Sweden men's youth international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Sweden 21st-century Swedish sportsmen