Sead Hakšabanović

Sead Hakšabanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Сеад Хакшабановић, [seːad hakʃabaːnoʋitɕ]; born 4 May 1999) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Swedish club IFK Norrköping and for the Montenegrin national team. He made his professional debut with Halmstads BK and trained in their youth system.

Sead Hakšabanović
Hakšabanović with Montenegro in 2019
Personal information
Full name Sead Hakšabanović[1]
Date of birth (1999-05-04) 4 May 1999
Place of birth Hyltebruk, Sweden[2]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 IFK Norrköping
Number 99
Youth career
2006–2015 Halmstads BK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Halmstads BK 58 (12)
2017–2020 West Ham United 0 (0)
2018 → Málaga (loan) 2 (0)
2019–2020 → IFK Norrköping (loan) 29 (7)
2020– IFK Norrköping 29 (7)
National team‡
2014–2016 Sweden U17 19 (2)
2016–2017 Sweden U19 5 (0)
2017– Montenegro 10 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:52, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:00, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Halmstad

Hakšabanović represented Halmstads BK as a youth. He made his debut in Allsvenskan on 9 April 2015, coming on as a late substitute for Junes Barny in a 0–3 home loss against IFK Norrköping; at the age of only 15, he became the youngest-ever footballer to debut for Halmstad and the second youngest to debut in Allsvenskan after Nicklas Bärkroth.[3]

In August 2015 Hakšabanović spent a week on trial with Manchester United.[4] He has also been on trials for Liverpool, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Manchester City.[5]

After spending his first senior season with only ten appearances and no goals, Hakšabanović scored his first goal on 4 April 2016, netting his team's only in a 2–1 away loss against IK Sirius Fotboll.

West Ham United

In August 2017, Hakšabanović signed a five-year contract for West Ham United in a £2.7 million transfer from Halmstad.[6] He made his debut for West Ham on 19 September, playing 63 minutes in a 3–0 home victory against Bolton Wanderers in the EFL Cup.

Loan to Málaga

On 6 August 2018, Hakšabanović joined Spanish Segunda División side Málaga CF on loan for one season.[7] On 17 November 2018, he made his debut in a 2-0 win against Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[8] In December 2018, West Ham director Mario Husillos expressed dissatisfaction with Hakšabanović's playing time at Málaga.[9]

Loan to IFK Norrköping

In January 2019, he joined IFK Norrköping on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season.[10] On 2 November 2019, he scored a goal and made an assist in a 2-2 tie against 2019 Allsvenskan champions Djurgårdens IF.[11]

IFK Norrköping

In June 2020, Hakšabanović completed a transfer for an undisclosed fee to IFK Norrköping.[12]

International career

Although born in Sweden and having played in Sweden's youth selection, Hakšabanović opted to play for Montenegro, where his family is from.[13] He made his international senior debut for the Montenegrin national team in a 4–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification victory over Armenia, on 10 June 2017.[14] On 19 November 2019, he scored his first international goal in a 2-0 friendly win over Belarus.[15][16]

Career statistics
As of match played 1 November 2020 [17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Halmstads BK 2015[17] Allsvenskan 10020——120
2016[17] Superettan 30840—2[lower-alpha 1]0368
2017[17] Allsvenskan 18441——225
Total 5812101—207013
West Ham United U23 2017–18[18] —4[lower-alpha 2]040
West Ham United 2017–18[18] Premier League 001010—20
2018–19[19] 000000—00
2019–20[20] 00———00
Total 0010100020
Málaga CF (loan) 2018–19 Segunda División 2000000020
IFK Norrköping 2019[21] Allsvenskan 29630005[lower-alpha 3]2378
2020 297210000318
Total 58135100526816
Career total 118251621011214629
  1. Appearances in the Superettan promotion play-offs
  2. Appearance in the EFL Trophy
  3. Appearance in the Europa League

International
As of match played 19 November 2019
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Montenegro 201720
201800
201941
Total61

International goals
As of match played 19 October 2019. Montenegro score listed first, score column indicates score after each Haksabanovic goal.
International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 19 November 2019Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro Belarus2–02–0Friendly

References
  1. "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. "West Ham sign Montenegro international Sead Haksabanovic". West Ham United F.C. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  3. "Här går 15-åringens dröm i uppfyllelse..." (in Swedish). aftonbladet.se. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  4. "Man United-stjärnans råd till HBK-talangen" (in Swedish). expressen.se. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. "Jan Jönsson om super(ettan)talangen: "Väldigt mycket locktoner från utlandet"" (in Swedish). fotbolldirekt.se. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  6. "Sead Haksabanovic: West Ham sign teenager from Halmstads BK". BBC Sport. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. "Sead Haksabanovic joins Malaga on season-long loan | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  8. Danilo Mitrović (November 19, 2018). "Povratak Hakšabanovića: Debitovao za Malagu, ostavio dobar utisak". Vijesti (in Serbian).
  9. "Husillos, su salida y el escenario de Haksabanovic" (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 13 December 2018.
  10. "Sead Haksabanovic klar för IFK Norrköping" [Sead Hakšabanović ready for IFK Norrkoping] (in Swedish). IFK Norrköping. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  11. "Hakšabanović strijelac i asistent, Norčeping remizirao sa šampionom". Vijesti (in Serbian). 2 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  13. "Hakšabanović: Moja porodica je iz Crne Gore, osjećam ljubav prema Crnoj Gori" (in Bosnian). cg-fudbal.com. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  14. FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - Matches — Montenegro-Armenia — FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  15. "Montenegro 2-0 Belarus - Sead Haksabanovic 13'". trollfootball.me. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  16. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  17. Sead Hakšabanović at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  18. "Games played by Sead Hakšabanović in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  19. "Games played by Sead Hakšabanović in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  20. "Games played by Sead Hakšabanović in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  21. Loan
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