Sulejman Smajić (born 13 August 1984) is a Bosnian retired professional

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and sporting director of First League of FBiH club

NK Metalleghe-BSI Nogometni klub Metalleghe-BSI ( en, Football Club Metalleghe-BSI), formerly known as Nogometni klub Maestral-BSI ( en, Football Club Maestral-BSI) is a professional association football club from the city of Jajce that is situated in Bosnia and He ...

. As a player, he also played for the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national team and the

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and ...

full national team.

Club career

Smajić was a very creative midfielder whose career began in

NK Iskra Bugojno NK Iskra, commonly known as Iskra Bugojno or just Iskra (meaning "spark" in Bosnian) is a professional association football club from the town of Bugojno that is situated in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. Iskra plays its home matches on the J ...

, there he was spotted by

HŠK Zrinjski Mostar HŠK Zrinjski Mostar ( hr, Hrvatski športski klub Zrinjski Mostar, lit=Croat Sports Club Zrinjski Mostar) is a professional football club, based in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...

who he joined in 2001. In 2003 he was transferred to Iskra on a season long loan. After coming back from his loan, he managed to win the championship title with Zrinjski in the

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina The m:tel Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, m:tel Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine / м:тел Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), also known as Liga 12, is the top tier football league in Bosnia and He ...

in 2005 and three years later, in 2008, the Bosnian Cup. After seven years at Zrinjski, he left the club and joined FCV Dender in the summer of 2008. On 7 July 2009,

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then signed Smajić from Dender on a three-year deal. In 2011, Smajić signed with Bosnian cup winners

FK Željezničar Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Željezničar Sarajevo ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Жељезничap Сарајево; English: Football Club Željezničar Sarajevo), commonly referred to as Željo, is a professional football club, based in Saraje ...

. During his time with Željezničar, he won two Premier League titles and one cup. In June 2013, he joined

FK Olimpik Fudbalski klub Olimpik Sarajevo ( en, Football Club Olimpik Sarajevo), commonly referred to as just Olimpik, was a professional football club from Sarajevo, based in the part of the city which is called Otoka. Being one of the first teams to be ...

. He won the Bosnian Cup with Olimpik in 2015. In 2016, Smajić left Olimpik and joined

. In January 2019, Smajić decided to end his football career while at Metalleghe.

International career

Smajić has played for the Under-21 team and made one senior appearance for

, coming on as a late substitute for Mirko Hrgović in an October 2006 European Championship qualification match away against

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Honours

Player

Club

Zrinjski Mostar *

Bosnian Premier League The m:tel Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, m:tel Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine / м:тел Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), also known as Liga 12, is the top tier football league in Bosnia and He ...

: 2004–05 * Bosnian Cup: 2007–08 Željezničar Sarajevo *

: 2011–12,

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* Bosnian Cup: 2011–12 Olimpik Sarajevo * Bosnian Cup: 2014–15

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Sulejman Smajić
at Football-Lineups 1984 births Living people People from Jajce Association football wingers Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina under-21 international footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina international footballers HŠK Zrinjski Mostar players NK Iskra Bugojno players F.C.V. Dender E.H. players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players FK Olimpik players NK Metalleghe-BSI players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Belgian Pro League players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Belgium {{BosniaHerzegovina-footy-bio-stub