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Muamer Tanković (born 22 February 1995) is a Swedish professional
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for
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.


Early life

Muamer Tanković was born to
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parents in
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and grew up in
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, a
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area in the southern part of the city. He started to play football at a young age at the local club Hageby IF, before joining local giants
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in 2005, aged 10.


Club career


Early career

Tanković never made his competitive senior debut for
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in
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, but appeared as an unused substitute in six league games. While at Norrköping, Tanković went on trial with German side
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. Tanković was also linked with Chelsea,
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and
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.


Fulham

In September 2011, he joined
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, aged sixteen, on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He made his Fulham debut as an 87th-minute substitute for compatriot
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in the
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third round replay against
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at
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on 14 January 2014 and his
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debut on 28 January against
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at the
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, replacing
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for the last 7 minutes of a 2–0 defeat. Tanković started his first league match against
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on 9 February 2014 at
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, and was substituted at half-time for
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as the game finished 2–2. Tanković was released by Fulham in May 2014 when his contract expired.


AZ Alkmaar


2014–15

Muamer Tanković signed a five-year deal with the Dutch club AZ on a free transfer in June 2014 At AZ, he linked up with fellow countrymen
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and
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. Tanković scored in his competitive debut for the club on 9 August 2014, in a 3–0 away win against
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. He went on to score two goals and provide three assists during the opening four fixtures of the 2014-15 Eredivisie. On 6 October 2014, in a 2–2 game against
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, coming on as a sub, he sparked some controversy when celebrating a late equalizer by running out to the sideline and taking a seat at the bench. The gesture was meant as a gibe against manager
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, who did not opt to start him in the fixture. In the fourth round of the
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, in December 2014, Tanković scored a brace against
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as AZ won 2–1 and qualified for the quarter-finals. His form declined during the spring of 2015. He eventually finished the season with making 26 league appearances, scoring 5 goals. His last league goal of the season came against
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on 14 December 2014, in a 2–2 draw.


2015–16

Tanković started the season as a rotation player, but soon accelerated into goal scoring form. In late September 2015, Tankovic scored a brace in a KNVB Cup win against
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. He followed it up a week later by scoring one goal and providing one assist in a 3–1 league win against Heracles. He was named as the single best player in the Eredivisie "team of the week" by the football statistics website ''Whoscored''. Tanković appeared in 7 of AZ's games in the 2015–16 Europa League, where the club got knocked out in the group stage after finishing at the foot of the table. He made his continental senior debut in a game against the Turkish side Istanbul Basaksehir on 30 July 2015. Once again, his form declined as the season progressed. Tanković got no to little playing time during the second half of the season, and ended up featuring in 19 league games. His scoring tally remained at 3 goals.


2016–17

During the season, Tanković was used sparingly by manager
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. At times he was made available to play for feeder club
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in the Dutch third tier,
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. His season had a few highlights, however. On 3 December 2016, Tanković scored one goal and provided one assist as AZ drew 1–1 against
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in the league. Weeks later, Tanković scored a long range strike against the
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n outfit
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in a 3–2 win in the 2016–17 Europa League. His decisive goal meant that AZ finished second in their group, thus qualifying for the tournament's round of 32.


Hammarby IF


2017

On 10 August 2017, Tanković transferred to Hammarby, thus returning to his native country. The transfer fee was undisclosed, but reports suggested that he moved on a free. Tanković signed a three-year contract with the
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-based side. He made his debut for the side only a few days later, coming on as a second half sub, in a 2–2 home draw against
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. Tanković scored his first competitive goal for the club on 16 August, in a 3–1 win against Akropolis in round 2 of the
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. During the fall, Tanković struggled to produce points and received heavy criticism from pundit
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, before scoring his first league goal for Hammarby in a 1–3 loss against
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on the ultimate match day of 2017.


2018

In 2018, Tanković played all 30 league games for Hammarby, scoring 7 goals, as the club finished 4th in the table. After the season, Tankovic was voted " Allsvenskan newcomer of the year".


2019

Tanković retained his fine form during the 2019 season, as Hammarby finished 3rd in the league. He scored 14 goals and provided 7 assists in 28 league games. At the end of the year, Tanković was nominated to the prize as "Midfielder of the year" and "Most valuable player in Allsvenskan", eventually missing out on both awards. Tanković reportedly attracted interest from Italian
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club
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and
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club
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ahead of the 2020 international January transfer window.


2020

Tanković started out the 2020 season by scoring 3 goals in the first 10 games of the Allsvenskan campaign. On 31 July, his contract with Hammarby expired and he reportedly attracted interest from clubs such as
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,
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and
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. However, on 22 August, Tanković decided to sign a new two-and-a-half-year contract with Hammarby.


AEK Athens

On 6 October 2020, Tanković signed a four-year deal with the Greek club
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. He had a release clause in his contract with Hammarby IF, which meant that he moved on a free transfer. On 29 October 2020, he scored with a close shot in a 2–1 home defeat against
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for the second game of the Europa League group stage. On 5 November 2020, he scored in a 4–1 away win
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game against
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helping AEK to increase the possibility of qualifying for the next phase of the
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. On 20 December 2020, he scored with a direct corner kick, in a 2–2 home draw against
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, becoming the second player to do so, after Levi García a week earlier. On 10 February 2021, he scored a brace in a 4–2 home win against
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for the first leg of the Greek Cup quarter finals. On 11 April 2021, he scored with a penalty opening the score in a 3–1 away win against
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.


International career

Tanković was called by
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after being watched by the head coach,
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, and made his international debut for
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on 5 March 2014 against
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coming on as a substitute for Jimmy Durmaz in the 67th minute. After a five-year absence, Tanković was called up to the Swedish squad for the training tour in January 2019. He made his return on the pitch in a 2–2 draw against
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. Tankovic made his competitive international debut in a
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game against the
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on 18 November 2019, which Sweden won 3–0.


Personal life

Tanković is of Bosnian descent, and while playing for Sweden in the Euro Under-19 Championship qualifiers against
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, he scored a
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but did not celebrate out of respect for his parents' homeland. He cousin, Armin Tanković, is a fellow professional footballer. He is nicknamed "Mujo".


Style of play

Inspired by his idol
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, Tanković described himself as a "technical player" that he can score and has vision. He also known for "super skills, eye for goal and clever passing". Newspaper ''The Independent'' described Tanković's ability as "effective", due to his main forward position, his key attributes – guile, creativity and vision, as well as, his "excellent movement that it make him hard to track as he operates between the lines."


Career statistics


Club


International

Appearances and goals by national team and year


Honours

Pafos *
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: 2024–25 *
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: 2023–24 Individual *
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Newcomer of the Year:
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References


External links

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