Selver Hodžić (born 12 October 1978) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian and Swiss former professional

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 ...

who played as a defender.

Playing career

Born in

Brčko Brčko ( sr-cyrl, Брчко, ) 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, ...

SR Bosnia and Herzegovina The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Социјалистичка Pепублика Босна и Херцеговина), commonly referred to as Socia ...

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...

, Hodžić came to Switzerland as a war refugee in 1993. He played for

Zug 94 Zug 94 is a Swiss football team based in Zug, in the Canton of Zug which competes in the 1. Liga. It was formed in 1994 after a merger between SC Zug and FC Zug. During the summer of 1983, Ottmar Hitzfeld Ottmar Hitzfeld (; born 12 Januar ...

until 1999, whereupon Hodžić played for a couple of other clubs before signing with

FC Thun Fussballclub Thun 1898 is a Swiss football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun. The club plays in the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league system, following relegation from the Swiss Super League in the ...

in 2002. On 27 September 2005, Hodžić became FC Thun's hero with a dramatic winner in the 89th minute against Czech champions

Sparta Prague ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...

. On 25 June 2007, the player signed a two-year contract with Israeli

Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל בני יהודה תל אביב, ''Moadon Kaduregel Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv''), commonly referred to as Bnei Yehuda (), is an Israeli football club from the Hatikva Quarter of the city of T ...

At the end of the season, he transferred back to Switzerland to

Neuchâtel Xamax , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (Fra ...

Managerial career

Hodzic became a youth coach at Luzern and later manager of his former club

Buochs Buochs is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland. History Buochs is first mentioned in 1124 as ''Boches''. In 1184, it was mentioned as ''Buoches'', then in 1210 as ''Buches'', and in 1229 as ''Buchs''. Geography Buochs has ...

, but left them in 2019.Selver Hodzic wird Buochs verlassen
- Luzerner Zeitung

References

1978 births Living people People from Brčko District Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Switzerland Swiss people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Association football defenders Swiss men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers FC Luzern players FC Baden players FC Thun players Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players FC Lugano players FC Wohlen players Swiss Super League players Israeli Premier League players Swiss Challenge League players Swiss expatriate footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Israel Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Israel Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Israel {{Switzerland-footy-defender-stub