Sanel Kuljić is an Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n footballer of Bosnian

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

 descent, who plays as a striker. He is playing for Swiss Super League

Swiss Super League

The Swiss Super League or Axpo Super League is the top tier of the Swiss Football League. The Swiss Super League is currently ranked 16th according to UEFA's ranking of league coefficients, which is based upon Swiss team performances in European competitions.-Names:-Participating clubs:The teams...

 side Neuchâtel Xamax

Neuchâtel Xamax

Neuchâtel Xamax Football Club is a Swiss football club, based in Neuchâtel. It was created in 1970 through a merger between FC Cantonal and FC Xamax . The club plays in red shirts, black shorts and red socks and are currently in the Axpo Super League, the highest Swiss football league. They play...

.

His father emigrated to Austria from SR Bosnia and Herzegovina

Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina , known until 1963 under the name of People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was a socialist state that was a constituent country of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...

 in the 1970s.

Club career

Kuljić started his professional career in Salzburg but made his name at Austrian Football First League

Austrian Football First League

The Austrian Football First League is the second highest professional division in Austrian football. It contains 10 teams and is run in the same fashion as the Austrian Bundesliga...

 SV Pasching

SV Pasching

SK Austria Kärnten was an Austrian association football club, from Klagenfurt, Carinthia.- History :The club was formed on 1 June 2007 and took over the license of ASKÖ Pasching to play in the Austrian Football Bundesliga...

 with whom he won promotion to the Austrian Football Bundesliga in 2002. He repeated that feat with SV Ried

SV Ried

SV Ried is an Austrian association football club from Ried im Innkreis. The team plays its home matches at the 7,680 capacity Keine-Sorgen Arena. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga after winning promotion from the Erste Liga in the 2004/05 season...

 in 2005, when he also became 2nd division top goalscorer. In 2006 he became league top goalscorer and subsequently moved abroad to join Swiss side FC Sion

FC Sion

FC Sion is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909, and play their home games at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League twice, and the Swiss Cup in each of their twelve appearances in the final, the most recent being in 2011.The first team also...

 but controversially returned to Austria after one year when he signed for Vienna giants Austria Wien.

Sanel Kuljić left FK Austria Wien for newly formed Austrian second-division side FC Magna Wiener Neustadt

FC Magna Wiener Neustadt

SC Magna Wiener Neustadt is an Austrian association football club based in Wiener Neustadt.-History:FC Magna Wiener Neustadt obtained the right to play in the First League due to the collapse of SC Schwanenstadt caused by financial problems. SC Schwanenstadt's playing licence was taken over by...

 – who are acquiring the playing licence of SC Schwanenstadt

SC Schwanenstadt

SC Schwanenstadt was an Austrian football club from Schwanenstadt, Upper Austria.The club was founded on March 16, 1946, it achieved promotion to the Landeliga in 2000 and to the Regionalliga Mitte one year later, where in 2005 they won the championship and continued their way up to First League...

 for the 2008/09 campaign – and is joined by Austria Wien team-mates Yüksel Sariyar

Yüksel Sariyar

Yüksel Sariyar is an Austrian footballer of Turkish descent who plays for FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda.-Club career:...

 and Saso Fornezzi

Sašo Fornezzi

Sašo Fornezzi is a Slovenian professional footballer who currently plays for Orduspor in Turkey's Spor Toto Super Lig.-Club career:...

.

On 25 November, Kuljić scored four goals and his team Wiener Neustadt beat LASK Linz 4:1.

International career

He made his debut for Austria

Austria national football team

The Austria national football team is the association football team that represents the country of Austria in international competition and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association ....

 in an August 2005 friendly match against Scotland

Scotland national football team

The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...

 and has earned 20 caps, scoring 3 goals. Kuljic had become a regular in the national teams squad but was surprisingly overlooked for EURO 2008.

Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (1):
  • 1997
• Austrian Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (1):
  • 2006

External links

• Player profile – FC Magna Wiener Neustadt
• Profile – Austria Archiv
• Career stats – National Football Teams