Nedim Halilović (born 1 July 1979) is a Bosnian former professional

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er who played as a forward. He made 14 appearances for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Club career

Halilović was born in

Brčko Brčko ) is a city and the administrative seat of Brčko District, in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies on the banks of Sava river across from Croatia. As of 2013, it has a population of 39,893 inhabitants. De jure, the Brčko District b ...

. He played for NK Varteks in the Croatian First League. Prior to this, Halilović was active in the

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for FK Sloboda Tuzla. Although Halilovic does not get many starts for the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina because of his struggling lately he is quickly getting more impressive. He currently plays for the Swedish club

Örebro SK Örebro Sportklubb, more commonly known as Örebro SK, Örebro or (especially locally) ÖSK, is a Swedish professional football club based in Örebro. The club are affiliated to Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Behrn ...

and will leave for

HNK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka (), commonly referred to as HNK Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka competes in Croatia's top division, Croatian First Football League, Supersport HNL, o ...

when the transfer window opens again. On 6 June 2008, it was reported that he left Örebro SK for Croatian HNK Rijeka. At the end of August 2008, Halilovic decided to follow his last coach at NK Rijeka,

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to Dinamo Tirana, in Albania, where he signed a contract for the next two years with the 2007–08 Albanian champions. In early 2009, he signed a two-year contract with Swedish Div II side, Dalkurd FF, playing in the fourth tier of the Swedish league, guiding the club to promotion in his first season. He finished his career in the Austrian lower leagues.

International career

Halilović made his debut for

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 ...

in a June 2001

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against

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and has earned a total of 14 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a May 2006 friendly against

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