Armin Gigović

Armin Gigović (born 6 April 2002) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Russian club FC Rostov. Born in Sweden, Gigović is of Bosnian descent.

Armin Gigović
Gigović with FC Rostov in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-04-06) 6 April 2002
Place of birth Lund, Sweden
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Rostov
Number 8
Youth career
2013–2017 Landskrona BoIS
2017–2019 Helsingborgs IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Helsingborgs IF 34 (1)
2020– Rostov 8 (0)
National team‡
2019 Sweden U17 7 (0)
2019– Sweden U19 3 (1)
2020– Sweden U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2020

Career

Early career

Gigović started his football career in Landskrona BoIS. When he as 15 years old he moved to the rival club Helsingborgs IF and played in the youth teams.

Helsingborgs IF

In the beginning Gigović played for the academy in HIF and in the summer 2018 he played SM for 16 year olds in Gothenburg, which was arranged by Gothia Cup. Almost exactly one year later, on 15 July 2019 he played his debut for the senior Helsingborgs IF team. [1] He got subbed in at the 75th minute against David Boysen, and HIF won the match against IK Sirius with 1–0. In August 2019 Armin extended his contract with HIF until the end of 2021. Already back then there was a big interest from other clubs in Europe about him, among them Genoa, Wolves, CSKA Moscow and Amiens.

On 15 October 2020, the Swedish newspaper Sport Expressen revealed that Gigović and Pontus Almqvist were going to the Russian club Rostov. Later that evening the transfer got confirmed from Helsingborgs IF and Rostov. The transfer fee was one of the biggest in HIFs history and according to rumours it gave the club roughly 2.9 million euros, which the club desperately needed.

Rostov

On 15 October 2020, he signed a five-year contract with Russian Premier League club Rostov.[2]

Personal life

Gigović's father, Almir, was a footballer from Bosnia and Herzegovina.[3]

On 24 August 2020, Armin Gigović tested positive for COVID-19.[4]

References
  1. "Helsingborg vs. Sirius – 15 July 2019 – Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
  2. "Армин Гигович — игрок «Ростова»" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 15 October 2020.
  3. "Svenske 17-åringen jagas av storklubbar". www.expressen.se (in Swedish).
  4. "Jättetalangen testades positivt för coronavirus". www.expressen.se (in Swedish).
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