Anel Ahmedhodžić

Anel Ahmedhodžić (Bosnian pronunciation: [ǎnel ǎxmedxodʒitɕ]; born 26 March 1999) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Allsvenskan club Malmö FF and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Anel Ahmedhodžić
Personal information
Full name Anel Ahmedhodžić
Date of birth (1999-03-26) 26 March 1999
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Malmö FF
Number 15
Youth career
2004–2016 Malmö FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Nottingham Forest 1 (0)
2019– Malmö FF 30 (2)
2019–2020 → Hobro IK (loan) 19 (1)
National team‡
2014–2016 Sweden U17 24 (0)
2016–2018 Sweden U19 16 (3)
2019 Sweden U21 7 (0)
2020 Sweden 1 (0)
2020– Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2020

Ahmedhodžić started his professional career at Nottingham Forest, before joining Malmö FF in 2019. Later that year, he was loaned to Hobro IK.

A former Swedish youth international, Ahmedhodžić even made his senior international debut for Sweden, only to switch his allegiance to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2020.

Club career

Early career

Ahmedhodžić came through youth academy of his hometown club Malmö FF, which he left in January 2016 to join Nottingham Forest.[2] He made his professional debut against Newcastle United on 30 December at the age of 17.[3]

Malmö FF

On 28 January 2019, Ahmedhodžić returned to Malmö for an undisclosed transfer fee.[4] He made his competitive debut for the team against Helsingborg on 2 June.[5]

In July 2019, Ahmedhodžić was sent on a season-long loan to Danish side Hobro IK, but was recalled in January 2020.[6] On 21 July, he scored his first professional goal against Esbjerg.[7]

In April 2020, Ahmedhodžić extended his contract until December 2023.[8] On 5 August, he scored his first goal for Malmö FF.[9] Ahmedhodžić won his first trophy with the club on 8 November, when they were crowned league champions.[10]

International career

After representing Sweden on all youth levels, Ahmedhodžić made his senior international debut in a friendly match against Moldova on 9 January 2020.[11] However, in August, he decided that he would play for Bosnia and Herzegovina in the future.[12]

In September, his request to change sports citizenship from Swedish to Bosnian was approved by FIFA.[13] Later that month, he received his first senior call-up, for UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs against Northern Ireland and 2020–21 UEFA Nations League games against Netherlands and Poland.[14] Ahmedhodžić debuted against Northern Ireland on 8 October.[15]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 6 December 2020[16]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nottingham Forest 2016–17 Championship 1000–10
Malmö FF 2019 Allsvenskan 10200030
2020 Allsvenskan 2926060412
Total 3028060442
Hobro IK (loan) 2019–20 Danish Superliga 19100–191
Career total 5038060643

International
As of match played 14 October 2020[17]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
202020
Total20

Honours

Malmö FF[16]

References
  1. "Anel Ahmedhodzic". mff.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. "Ahmedhodžić potpisao za bivšeg prvaka Evrope: Biće uzbudljivo, imam dobar osjećaj". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 15 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  3. "Anel Ahmedhodžić debitovao za nekadašnjeg prvaka Evrope". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 30 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  4. "Anel Ahmedhodžić novi igrač Malmöa, potpisao ugovor do 2022. godine". avaz.ba (in Bosnian). 28 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  5. "Anel Ahmedhodžić debitovao za Malmö, dobio najveću ocjenu". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 2 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  6. "Officielt: Hobro-svensker tager hjem til Malmö". bold.dk (in Danish). 4 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  7. "Hobro-helt: Peter Sørensen var meget streng". bold.dk (in Danish). 21 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  8. "Anel Ahmedhodžić potpisao novi ugovor sa švedskim velikanom: Ovo je moj dom". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 4 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  9. "Ahmedhodžićev prvijenac za Malmö, igrao i Nalić". faktor.ba (in Bosnian). 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  10. "Anel Ahmedhodžić s Malmöm osvojio titulu prvaka Švedske". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 8 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  11. "Osveta Šveđanima: Oni su nama uzeli Zlatana, a sada BiH uzima Anela". oslobodjenje.ba (in Bosnian). 5 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  12. "Anel Ahmedhodžić poručio: Srce je odlučilo, igrat ću za Bosnu i Hercegovinu". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 20 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  13. "FIFA dala odobrenje Anelu Ahmedhodžiću da igra za BiH". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  14. "Bajević objavio spisak za baraž, nekoliko novih imena". avaz.ba (in Bosnian). 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  15. "BiH ponovo nećemo gledati na Euru: Sjeverna Irska nakon penala bolja od Zmajeva". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 8 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  16. "A. Ahmedhodžić". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  17. "Anel Ahmedhodžić". eu-football.info. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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