Ermin Zec

Ermin Zec (born 18 February 1988) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a forward or as a winger for Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar.

Ermin Zec
Zec playing for Gençlerbirliği in 2014
Personal information
Full name Ermin Zec
Date of birth (1988-02-18) 18 February 1988
Place of birth Bugojno, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward / Winger
Club information
Current team
 Željezničar
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2005 Iskra Bugojno
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Iskra Bugojno 27 (11)
2007–2010 Šibenik 79 (32)
2010–2014 Gençlerbirliği 107 (19)
2014—2015 Rijeka 3 (1)
2015 Balıkesirspor 16 (7)
2015–2016 Gabala 23 (7)
2016–2017 Karabükspor 20 (6)
2017–2018 Gazişehir Gaziantep 13 (1)
2019– Željezničar 26 (8)
National team
2007–2009 Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 5 (0)
2008–2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 December 2020

Club career
Zec playing for Gençlerbirliği in 2011.

In 2007, Zec signed for Šibenik where he quickly established himself in the first team.[2] He was voted best young Bosnian player of the year in 2009 by journalists.[3] In a voting where all the captains in the Croatian League participated, Zec was voted the best player of the league in 2009.[4]

In June 2010, he signed a four-year contract with Turkish club Gençlerbirliği.[5]

After four years in Turkey, in September 2014, Zec returned to Croatia, signing with Rijeka.[6]

At the beginning of 2015, Zec signed for Balıkesirspor on a three and a half year contract.[7]

On 27 July 2015, je signed a one-year contract with Gabala in the Azerbaijan Premier League, with the option of an additional year.[8] On 21 May, Gabala announced that Zec was leaving the club.[9]

On 26 August 2016, Zec signed with Turkish Süper Lig club Karabükspor.[10] During August 2017, he left Karabükspor.[11]

On 25 August 2017, he signed with Gazişehir Gaziantep in the TFF First League.[12] On 10 August 2018, it was announced that Zec left Gazişehir Gaziantep.[13]

On 21 January 2019, he signed a contract with Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar.[14] He scored his first goal for Željezničar on 3 March 2019, in a 2–1 home league win against Mladost Doboj Kakanj.[15] Zec extended his contract with Željezničar for three more years on 18 June 2019, which is due to keep him at the club until June 2022.[16] On 24 August 2020, it was confirmed that he, alongside five other Željezničar teammates tested positive for COVID-19, amid its pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[17] Only four days later, on 28 August, Zec tested negative for the virus.[18]

International career

Zec made his senior international debut on 19 November 2008, in a friendly match against Slovenia.[19]

On 29 May 2010, he scored his first goal for the national team in a 4–2 loss against Sweden.[20]

Personal life

Zec's younger brother, Asim, is also a professional footballer who played with him at Željezničar.[21]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 6 December 2020.[22][23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Šibenik 2007–08 1. HNL 30700–307
2008–09 1. HNL 271400–2714
2009–10 1. HNL 221164–2815
Total 793264–8536
Gençlerbirliği 2010–11 Süper Lig 24484–328
2011–12 Süper Lig 27310–283
2012–13 Süper Lig 29610–306
2013–14 Süper Lig 27610–286
Total 10719114–11823
Rijeka 2014–15 1. HNL 3122–53
Balıkesirspor 2014–15 Süper Lig 16700–167
Gabala 2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League 23743903610
Karabükspor 2016–17 Süper Lig 20643–249
Gazişehir Gaziantep 2017–18 TFF First League 13110–141
Željezničar 2018–19 Bosnian Premier League 64––64
2019–20 Bosnian Premier League 11100–111
2020–21 Bosnian Premier League 931000103
Total 2681000278
Career total 2878129169032697

International
As of match played 6 September 2015.[23]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
200810
200900
201061
201120
201200
201300
201400
201510
Total101

International goals
Scores and results list Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first.
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1. 29 May 2010 Råsunda, Solna, Sweden  Sweden
1–1
2–4
 Friendly

Honours

Rijeka[22]

Individual

Awards

References
  1. "Ermin Zec Gabala profile".
  2. Ivica Medo (21 December 2009). "Ermin Zec najbolji u anketi tportala: 'Šibenik me treba pustiti u inozemstvo'" [Ermin Zec the best in a tportal pool: 'Šibenik should let me go abroad'] (in Croatian). Nacional (weekly). Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Ermin Zec google search
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Bradovski, Mihaela. "Rijeka dobila napadačko pojačanje, bivši igrač Šibenika na Kantridi". hrsport.net. Sportnet. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  7. ERmin Zec to set for Balıkesirspor Archived 2015-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "Qəbələ də yeni hücumçu". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  9. "Zec leaving Gabala". gabalafc.az. Gabala FK. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  10. Ermin Zec potpisao za Karabukspor at klix.ba, 26 August 2016
  11. Zec bez kluba, zainteresovan turski Gaziantep at sportsport.ba, 23 August 2017
  12. Zvanično: Zec potpisao za Gazisehir Gaziantepspor at sportsport.ba, 25 August 2017
  13. Ermin Zec napustio Gaziantep at sportsport.ba, 10 August 2018
  14. Ermin Zec novi nogometaš Željezničara at klix.ba, 21 January 2019
  15. M. Šljivak (3 March 2019). "Prekinut crni niz FK Željezničar: Ermin Zec junak Grbavice!" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  16. E.B. (18 June 2019). "Ermin Zec ostaje u Željezničaru, produžio ugovor na tri godine" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  17. F.Z. (24 August 2020). "Šest nogometaša Željezničara uoči puta u Izrael pozitivno na koronavirus" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  18. "U Izraelu ih proglasili pozitivnim: Trojica fudbalera Željezničara nisu zaraženi koronavirusom" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  19. "Slovenia vs Bosnia".
  20. http://www.sarajevo-x.com/sport/nogomet/clanak/100529078
  21. E. Čaušević (23 January 2019). "Ermin Zec: Nisam ni sanjao da ću igrati zajedno s Asimom" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  22. "E.Zec: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  23. Ermin Zec at National-Football-Teams.com
  24. Ermin Zec ubjedljivo najbolji igrač HNL-a at klix.ba, 21 December 2009
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