Amar Dedić

Amar Dedić (Bosnian pronunciation: [ǎmaːr dêːditɕ]; born 18 August 2002) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Austrian Second League club Liefering, on loan from Red Bull Salzburg and the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national team.

Amar Dedić
Dedić playing for Liefering in 2019
Personal information
Full name Amar Dedić
Date of birth (2002-08-18) 18 August 2002
Place of birth Zell am See, Austria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Liefering
(on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
Number 7
Youth career
2008–2012 LUV Graz
2012–2015 Sturm Graz
2015–2019 Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Red Bull Salzburg 0 (0)
2019– → Liefering (loan) 36 (2)
National team‡
2018–2019 Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 12 (0)
2019 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

Dedić started his professional career at Red Bull Salzburg, who assigned him to Liefering in 2019.

Club career

Red Bull Salzburg

Dedić started playing football at a local club, LUV Graz, before joining Sturm Graz' youth setup in 2012. In October 2015, he moved to Red Bull Salzburg's youth academy. He signed his first professional contract with the club in August 2019.[1] Dedić made his professional debut playing for Red Bull Salzburg's feeder team, Liefering, against Amstetten on 26 July 2019 at the age of 16.[2] On 19 June 2020, he scored his first professional goal against Dornbirn.[3]

In July 2020, he extended his deal until June 2024.[4]

Dedić made his competitive debut for Red Bull Salzburg in a cup game against Bregenz on 9 September.[5]

International career

Dedić represented Bosnia and Herzegovina on various youth levels. He also served as captain of the under-17 team.[6]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 13 December 2020[7]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liefering (loan) 2019–20 Austrian Second League 242––242
2020–21 Austrian Second League 120––120
Total 362––362
Red Bull Salzburg 2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 00100010
Career total 3621000372


References
  1. "Amar Dedić potpisao profesionalni ugovor sa Red Bull Salzburgom". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 1 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  2. "Amar Dedić sa 16 godina debitovao u seniorskom fudbalu". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 26 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  3. "Amar Dedić postigao prvi gol u seniorskoj karijeri". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 19 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  4. "RB Salzburg produžio ugovor s mladim bh. fudbalerom: Jako se dobro razvio s našom filozofijom". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  5. "Osamnaestogodišnji Amar Dedić debitovao za Salzburg". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  6. "Kapiten kadetske reprezentacije BiH debitovao u seniorskom fudbalu". oslobodjenje.ba (in Bosnian). 26 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  7. "A. Dedić". soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
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