Omar-Šarif Sijarić (born 2 November 2001) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for Croatian club

Rijeka Rijeka (; Fiume ( �fjuːme in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Ba ...

. Born in Germany, he represented Montenegro internationally on junior levels.

Club career

Sijarić was born in

Pfullendorf Pfullendorf is a small town of about 13,000 inhabitants located north of Lake Constance in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was a Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire for nearly 600 years. The town is in the district of Sigmaringen south o ...

. After playing youth football with

SC Pfullendorf SC Pfullendorf is a German sports club based in Pfullendorf, Baden-Württemberg. The 700-member club is best known for its football department, but also has departments for chess, table tennis and ice stock sport, a winter sport similar to cu ...

and 1. FC Heidenheim, Sijarić joined

Türkgücü München Türkgücü München () is a German association football club from Munich, Bavaria. The club, which is based in the Turkish community of Munich, was formed in 2009 in a merger of Türkischer SV 1975 München and ATA Spor München. Türkischer S ...

in August 2020. He made his debut for the club on 16 October 2020 as a substitute in a 2–0 defeat away to

1. FC Magdeburg 1. FC Magdeburg is a German Association football Football club (association football), club based in Magdeburg. The club was founded in 1965 from the football department of the Sports club (East Germany), sports club ''SC Magdeburg'' and has bee ...

, and scored the first goal of his career on 7 May 2021 with the opening goal of a 2–1 defeat to

SC Verl SC Verl is a German association football club based in Verl, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded on 6 September 1924, and since 1970 has consistently played in the higher echelons of amateur football. The club was promoted to the profe ...

. He scored once in 27 appearances across the 2020–21 season. On 15 July 2021, Sijarić signed for 2. Bundesliga club

Erzgebirge Aue Fußball Club Erzgebirge Aue e.V., commonly known as simply FC Erzgebirge Aue or Erzgebirge Aue (), is a German football club based in Aue-Bad Schlema, Saxony. The former East German side was a founding member of the 3. Liga in 2008–09, ...

on a three-year contract. He made his debut on 25 July 2021 in a 0–0 draw with 1. FC Nürnberg. On 3 June 2025, Sijarić joined

in Croatia on a three-year contract.

International career

He has played for Montenegro at under-19 and under-21 levels.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sijarić, Omar 2001 births People from Pfullendorf Footballers from Tübingen (region) Living people 21st-century German sportsmen 21st-century Montenegrin sportsmen Men's association football wingers German people of Montenegrin descent German men's footballers Montenegrin men's footballers Montenegro men's youth international footballers Türkgücü München players FC Erzgebirge Aue players HNK Rijeka players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Montenegrin expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Croatia