Zlatan Azinović

Zlatan Azinović (born 31 January 1988) is a Swedish former footballer of Bosnian descent who played as a goalkeeper.

Zlatan Azinović
Azinović playing for Kalmar FF in 2008
Personal information
Full name Zlatan Azinović
Date of birth (1988-01-31) 31 January 1988
Place of birth Kalmar, Sweden
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–1998 Persnäs AIF
1998–2005 Kalmar FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2011 Kalmar FF 3 (0)
2011 → Trelleborgs FF (loan) 3 (0)
2012 Trelleborgs FF 12 (0)
2012 Malmö FF 0 (0)
2013 Kalmar FF 0 (0)
2014–2016 Malmö FF 5 (0)
2016 → Ängelholms FF (loan) 0 (0)
National team
2004–2005 Sweden U17 9 (0)
2005–2007 Sweden U19 14 (0)
2008–2009 Sweden U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Kalmar FF

Azinović started his professional career at his home town club Kalmar FF in 2005. He was the second choice behind Petter Wastå and made three appearances for the club in Allsvenskan. In 2010 both Azinović and Wastå were outrivaled by Etrit Berisha.

Trelleborgs FF

In the middle of the 2011 season Azinović went to fellow Allsvenskan club Trelleborgs FF on loan from Kalmar. He made three appearances in his first season at the club. In 2012 Trelleborg decided to fully contract Azinović following his release from Kalmar FF and Trelleborg letting their first choice goalkeeper Viktor Noring go on loan to Malmö FF.

Malmö FF

On 22 August 2012 it was announced that Azinović would transfer to Allsvenskan club Malmö FF with a short term contract for the rest of the 2012 season.[2] Azinović made no first team appearance for Malmö FF before the end of the season when it was announced that the club would not extend his contract.[3] After a brief spell back at Kalmar Azinović returned to Malmö FF and signed a two-year contract on 9 January 2014.[4] Azinović made two appearances for Malmö FF during the season, in the home fixture against Örebro SK on 13 August 2014 and the final game of the season against Åtvidabergs FF on 1 November 2014.[5]

Coaching career

In August 2016, Azinović was hired as goalkeeper coach at BK Höllviken.[6] Later in September 2016, when the club's manager got fired, Azinović got also the role as assistant manager.[7]

Career statistics
As of 4 July 2016.[5]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kalmar FF 2005 00——00
2006 00——00
2007 00——00
2008 10—1020
2009 00—0000
2010 10200030
2011 1000—10
Total 30201060
Trelleborgs FF 2011 3000—30
2012 12000—120
Total 1500000150
Malmö FF 2012 0000—00
Total 00000000
Kalmar FF 2013 0000—00
Total 00000000
Malmö FF 2014 20200040
2015 30002050
Total 50202090
Ängelholms FF 2016 0000—00
Total 00000000
Career total 2304030300

Honours

Club
Malmö FF

References
  1. "Zlatan Azinovic". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. "Zlatan Azinovic till Malmö FF". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 22 August 2012. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  3. "KLART: Zlatan Azinovic nobbas – Malmö FF flyttar upp Sixten Mohlin". fotbolltransfers.com (in Swedish). 13 November 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  4. "Officiellt: Zlatan Azinovic klar för Malmö FF". fotbolltransfers.com (in Swedish). 9 January 2014. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  5. "Zlatan Azinović". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  6. "Zlatan Azinovic till FC Höllviken - blir målvaktstränare". fotbolltransfers.com (in Swedish). 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017.
  7. "MFF-profiler tar över när Höllvikens tränare kliver av". sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). 5 September 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017.


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