Elvir Koljić

Elvir Koljić (Bosnian pronunciation: [ělʋir kôːʎitɕ]; born 8 July 1995) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I club Universitatea Craiova and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Elvir Koljić
Personal information
Full name Elvir Koljić
Date of birth (1995-07-08) 8 July 1995
Place of birth Valladolid, Spain
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Universitatea Craiova
Number 19
Youth career
2005–2011 NK Ključ
2011–2013 Maribor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Triglav 1 (0)
2014–2015 Krupa 5 (0)
2015–2016 Borac Banja Luka 29 (2)
2016–2018 Krupa 59 (38)
2018 → Lech Poznań (loan) 5 (0)
2018– Universitatea Craiova 40 (25)
National team‡
2018– Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 October 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2020

Koljić started his professional career at Triglav, before joining Krupa in 2014. A year later, he moved to Borac Banja Luka. The following year, he went back to Krupa, who loaned him to Lech Poznań in 2018. Later that year, he signed with Universitatea Craiova.

Koljić made his senior international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2018.

Club career

Early career

Koljić started playing football at a local club NK Ključ, before joining Maribor's youth academy in 2011. He made his professional debut playing for Triglav in 2013 at the age of 18.[2]

In the summer of 2014, he signed with Krupa.[3]

In February 2015, he moved to Borac Banja Luka.[4] On 25 April 2015, he scored his first professional goal against Radnik Bijeljina.[5]

In January 2016, Koljić returned to Krupa.[6] On 29 November 2017, Koljić scored his first career hat-trick against Rudar Prijedor.[7] In February 2018, he was loaned to Polish side Lech Poznań until the end of season, with an option to make the transfer permanent.[8]

Universitatea Craiova

On 31 August 2018, Koljić was transferred to Romanian outfit Universitatea Craiova for an undisclosed fee.[9] The following day, he scored on his competitive debut for the club in a win over Dinamo București.[10]

In July 2020, he extended his contract until June 2025.[11]

International career

In January 2018, Koljić received his first senior call-up to Bosnia and Herzegovina, for friendly games against United States and Mexico.[12] He debuted in a goalless draw against former on 28 January.[13]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 2 October 2020[14]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Triglav 2013–14 Slovenian PrvaLiga 1000–10
Krupa 2014–15 First League of RS 50––50
Borac Banja Luka 2014–15 Bosnian Premier League 15240–192
2015–16 Bosnian Premier League 14020–160
Total 29260–352
Krupa 2015–16 First League of RS 1111––1111
2016–17 Bosnian Premier League 261310–2713
2017–18 Bosnian Premier League 15635–1811
2018–19 Bosnian Premier League 7800–78
Total 593845–6343
Lech Poznań (loan) 2017–18 Ekstraklasa 50––50
Universitatea Craiova 2018–19 Liga I 191321–2114
2019–20 Liga I 1563000186
2020–21 Liga I 66001076
Total 402551104626
Career total 139651561015571

International
As of match played 7 September 2020[15]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
201820
201910
202010
Total40

Honours

Krupa[14]

References
  1. "Elvir Koljic". ucv1948.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  2. "Elvir Koljić: Pauza zbog korona krize mi je pomogla da se u potpunosti oporavim od povrede". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 25 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  3. "Elvir Koljić: Životna želja mi je da obučem dres BiH". fokus.ba (in Bosnian). 15 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  4. "Koljić i Redžić pojačavaju Borac". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 23 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  5. "Radnik se nadigravao u Banja Luci i zasluženo osvojio bod". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 25 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  6. "Krupa se ne šali: Dojčinović i Koljić novi igrači". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 27 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  7. "Krupa potvrdila nastup u polufinalu Kupa BiH". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 29 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  8. "Zvanično: Elvir Koljić potpisao za Lech Poznań". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 5 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  9. "Zvanično: Elvir Koljić napustio Krupu i potpisao za novi klub". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 30 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  10. "Koljić strijelac i asistent na debiju za Craiovu". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 1 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  11. "Elvir Koljić stavio potpis na ugovor do 2025. godine!". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 15 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  12. "Prosinečki objavio širi spisak nogometaša za utakmice sa SAD-om i Meksikom". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 9 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  13. "Prosinečki debitovao remijem: Zmajevi bez golova protiv SAD". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 29 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  14. "E. Koljić". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  15. "Elvir Koljić". eu-football.info. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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