Vedad Ibiševic
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Vedad Ibišević is a Bosnian
footballer playing as striker
for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the German Bundesliga
and the Bosnian national team
. He has also played in Switzerland
, the USA and France
. In 2008 he was awarded Idol Nacije
(Idol of the people) in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the best Bosnian player in 2008.
, then a republic within SFR Yugoslavia. He and his family left Bosnia and Herzegovina
in 2000, moving to Switzerland
where Ibišević was signed by FC Baden
in Canton Aargau. However, his family left Switzerland
after only ten months, moving to St. Louis
in the United States
. In St. Louis, Ibišević flourished as one of the region's most promising football players, and after his senior season in 2002, was named by Soccer America
as one of the nation's top 25 recruits. He played his high school career at Roosevelt High School.
Vedad signed to play college soccer
in his adopted hometown at one of the nation's most respected football establishments, Saint Louis University
. He quickly established himself in his freshman
year, registering 18 goals and 4 assists in 22 games for the Billikens
, while leading a strong SLU team deep into the NCAA Tournament. For his achievements, Ibišević was named the NCAA Freshman of the Year, as well as a first team All-American
. During his college years he also played in the USL Premier Development League
with both the St. Louis Strikers
and Chicago Fire Premier
.
During training with the team, he was spotted by Paris Saint-Germain F.C.'s Bosnian and Herzegovinian manager Vahid Halilhodžić
, who quickly signed him to play for the renowned French
team for the coming season. Vedad initially saw little action, and was loaned to French second division club Dijon FCO
. In 2005, he signed a two year contract with Dijon.
and on 12 July 2007 he moved to another German club, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
Vedad Ibišević kicked off the 2008–09 Fußball-Bundesliga season in good fashion, scoring two goals in Hoffenheim's first ever appearance in the Fußball-Bundesliga
against Energie Cottbus with the game ending 3-0 in Hoffenheim's favor. He scored another goal on his second game against Borussia Mönchengladbach
. In his third game for the club in the Fußball-Bundesliga
, he scored his fourth goal of the season against Bayer Leverkusen but his side lost 5-2. He scored another two goals in Hoffenheim's 4-1 win over Borussia Dortmund
. During the first half of Hoffenheim's debut season in the top flight, Ibišević recorded 18 goals and 7 assists in 17 games, making him the league's top scorer before he was injured. He was voted Bundesliga Player of the Month for October 2008. On 14 January 2009, during the Bundesliga's winter break, Ibišević was injured in a training match against Hamburger SV
in Spain. The final examination confirmed an anterior right cruciate ligament rupture
, which took him out of action for the rest of the 2008–09 season. He returned at the beginning of 2009–10 season. Ibišević was scoreless until the seventh play day, he scored a hat-trick against Hertha Berlin in Bundesliga for a remarkable come back. This became the second-fastest hat-trick in Bundesliga history and the fastest goal scored this season, which landed in the 47th second. After the season, he signed a contract extension that will keep him at Hoffenheim until the end of the 2012–13 season.
Bosnians
Bosnians are people who reside in, or come from, Bosnia and Herzegovina. By the modern state definition a Bosnian can be anyone who holds citizenship of the state. This includes, but is not limited to, members of the constituent ethnic groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniaks, Bosnian Serbs and...
footballer playing as striker
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the German Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
and the Bosnian national team
Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team
The Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team is the national football team of Bosnia and Herzegovina, governed by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
. He has also played in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, the USA and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. In 2008 he was awarded Idol Nacije
Idol Nacije
Idol Nacije is a soccer award show held in Bosnia-Herzegovina every year to award players, coaches and clubs in different categories. The show is organized by website SportSport.ba and is broadcast on NTV Hayat...
(Idol of the people) in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the best Bosnian player in 2008.
Club career
Ibišević was born in SR Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia 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...
, then a republic within SFR Yugoslavia. He and his family left Bosnia and Herzegovina
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...
in 2000, moving to Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
where Ibišević was signed by FC Baden
FC Baden
FC Baden is a Swiss football club based in Baden, Canton Aargau which is a short distance from Zürich. It was founded in 1897. FC Baden has a total of 22 different teams at age levels, including 5 women's teams. They currently play in the Swiss 1. Liga, the third tier of Swiss...
in Canton Aargau. However, his family left Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
after only ten months, moving to St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. In St. Louis, Ibišević flourished as one of the region's most promising football players, and after his senior season in 2002, was named by Soccer America
Soccer America Magazine
Soccer America Magazine is a national American magazine devoted to soccer founded in the early 1970s and is still being published. Its primary focus is soccer in the United States, but it also covers the international game extensively. It was begun by publisher Clay Berling during a period of...
as one of the nation's top 25 recruits. He played his high school career at Roosevelt High School.
Vedad signed to play college soccer
College soccer
College soccer is a term used to describe association football played by teams who are operated by colleges and universities as opposed to a professional league operated for exclusively financial purposes...
in his adopted hometown at one of the nation's most respected football establishments, Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University is a private, co-educational Jesuit university located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1818 by the Most Reverend Louis Guillaume Valentin Dubourg SLU is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River. It is one of 28 member institutions of the...
. He quickly established himself in his freshman
Freshman
A freshman or fresher is a first-year student in secondary school, high school, or college. The term first year can also be used as a noun, to describe the students themselves A freshman (US) or fresher (UK, India) (or sometimes fish, freshie, fresher; slang plural frosh or freshmeat) is a...
year, registering 18 goals and 4 assists in 22 games for the Billikens
Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer
The Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Saint Louis University. The Billikens compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I...
, while leading a strong SLU team deep into the NCAA Tournament. For his achievements, Ibišević was named the NCAA Freshman of the Year, as well as a first team All-American
Division I First-Team All-American (soccer)
The Division I First-Team All-Americans are the best eleven U.S. college soccer players as selected by the NCAA.-1970–1983:From 1970 to 1983 the NCAA only named defenders and forwards in addition to one goalkeeper.-1983–present:...
. During his college years he also played in the USL Premier Development League
USL Premier Development League
The USL Premier Development League is the amateur league of the United Soccer Leagues in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda, forming part of the American Soccer Pyramid...
with both the St. Louis Strikers
St. Louis Strikers
St. Louis Strikers were an American soccer team, founded in 2003, and was a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2004, when the team left the league and the franchise was terminated.The Strikers played their home...
and Chicago Fire Premier
Chicago Fire Premier
Chicago Fire Premier is an American soccer team based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 2001, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Great Lakes Division of the Central Conference.The team plays its home games at...
.
During training with the team, he was spotted by Paris Saint-Germain F.C.'s Bosnian and Herzegovinian manager Vahid Halilhodžić
Vahid Halilhodžic
Vahid "Vaha" Halilhodžić is a former Bosnian football player and now a manager, currently managing the Algeria national football team....
, who quickly signed him to play for the renowned French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
team for the coming season. Vedad initially saw little action, and was loaned to French second division club Dijon FCO
Dijon FCO
Dijon Football Côte d'Or is a French association football club based in Dijon. The club was founded in 1998 as a result of a merger between two local clubs in the city and currently competes in Ligue 1 after gaining promotion for the first time ever in the 2010-11 season.The club president is...
. In 2005, he signed a two year contract with Dijon.
Hoffenheim
In May 2006, he signed a 3-year deal with Alemannia AachenAlemannia Aachen
Alemannia Aachen is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three-year turn in the top flight in the late 1960s and, after a successful 2005–06 campaign, returned to first division play...
and on 12 July 2007 he moved to another German club, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
Vedad Ibišević kicked off the 2008–09 Fußball-Bundesliga season in good fashion, scoring two goals in Hoffenheim's first ever appearance in the Fußball-Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
against Energie Cottbus with the game ending 3-0 in Hoffenheim's favor. He scored another goal on his second game against Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...
. In his third game for the club in the Fußball-Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
, he scored his fourth goal of the season against Bayer Leverkusen but his side lost 5-2. He scored another two goals in Hoffenheim's 4-1 win over Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...
. During the first half of Hoffenheim's debut season in the top flight, Ibišević recorded 18 goals and 7 assists in 17 games, making him the league's top scorer before he was injured. He was voted Bundesliga Player of the Month for October 2008. On 14 January 2009, during the Bundesliga's winter break, Ibišević was injured in a training match against Hamburger SV
Hamburger SV
Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...
in Spain. The final examination confirmed an anterior right cruciate ligament rupture
Anterior cruciate ligament injury
An injury to the anterior cruciate ligament can be a debilitating musculoskeletal injury to the knee, seen most often in athletes. Non-contact tears and ruptures are the most common causes of ACL injury....
, which took him out of action for the rest of the 2008–09 season. He returned at the beginning of 2009–10 season. Ibišević was scoreless until the seventh play day, he scored a hat-trick against Hertha Berlin in Bundesliga for a remarkable come back. This became the second-fastest hat-trick in Bundesliga history and the fastest goal scored this season, which landed in the 47th second. After the season, he signed a contract extension that will keep him at Hoffenheim until the end of the 2012–13 season.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paris St. Germain | 2003–04 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dijon FCO Dijon FCO Dijon Football Côte d'Or is a French association football club based in Dijon. The club was founded in 1998 as a result of a merger between two local clubs in the city and currently competes in Ligue 1 after gaining promotion for the first time ever in the 2010-11 season.The club president is... |
2004–05 Ligue 2 season 2004-05 The Ligue 2 season 2004/2005, organised by the LFP was won by AS Nancy and saw the promotions of AS Nancy, Le Mans UC72 and Troyes AC, whereas Angers SCO and SC Bastia were relegated to National.-20 participating teams:-Final table:-Recap:... |
12 | 4 | ? | – | – | 12 | 4 | ? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 Ligue 2 season 2005-06 The Ligue 2 season 2005/2006, organised by the LFP was won by Valenciennes FC and saw the promotions of Valenciennes FC, CS Sedan Ardennes and FC Lorient, whereas AC Ajaccio, RC Strasbourg and FC Metz were relegated from Ligue 1.-20 participating teams:... |
21 | 6 | ? | – | – | 21 | 6 | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 33 | 10 | ? | |– | 33 | 10 | ? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alemannia Aachen Alemannia Aachen Alemannia Aachen is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three-year turn in the top flight in the late 1960s and, after a successful 2005–06 campaign, returned to first division play... |
2006–07 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 27 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 2007–08 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 34 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–09 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 19 | 19 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–10 2009–10 Fußball-Bundesliga The 2009–10 Fußball-Bundesliga was the 47th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season commenced on 7 August 2009 with the traditional season opening match involving the defending champions VfL Wolfsburg and VfB Stuttgart. The last games were played on 8 May 2010... |
34 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | – | 38 | 13 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–11 2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga The 2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga was the 48th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on the weekend of 21 August 2010 with the traditional season opening match involving the defending champions and ended with the last games on 14 May 2011. The winter... |
29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 31 | 10 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 111 | 43 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | Career total | 172 | 59 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina 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... . On 24 March 2007, he made his debut for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team The Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team is the national football team of Bosnia and Herzegovina, governed by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina... for the Euro 2008 Qualifier against Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... . Unsurprisingly, Ibišević was amongst the 11 starters for the match. On 13 October 2007, Ibišević was called up to play the Euro 2008 Qualifier against Greece in Athens. It was then when Ibišević scored his first international goal, scoring the second and final goal in his side's 3–2 loss. Ibišević was part of the national team for FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifiers 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) The European zone of qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup saw 53 teams competing for 13 places at the finals. The qualification process started on 20 August 2008, after UEFA Euro 2008, and ended on 18 November 2009. The qualification process saw the first competitive matches of... . International goals
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