Semir Štilić

Semir Štilić
Štilić pictured as a Gaziantepspor player in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-10-08) 8 October 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Željezničar (scout)
Youth career
2001–2005 Željezničar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Željezničar 49 (17)
2008–2012 Lech Poznań 106 (18)
2012–2013 Karpaty Lviv 22 (1)
2013–2014 Gaziantepspor 6 (1)
2014–2015 Wisła Kraków 52 (16)
2015–2016 APOEL 16 (3)
2017 Wisła Kraków 14 (1)
2017–2019 Wisła Płock 39 (4)
2019–2024 Željezničar 104 (25)
Total 408 (86)
International career
2007–2008 Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 8 (1)
2007 Bosnia and Herzegovina Olympic[2][3] 1 (0)
2008–2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Semir Štilić (born 8 October 1987) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Besides his homeland, he also played in Poland, Ukraine, Turkey and Cyprus.

A former youth international for Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, Štilić made his senior international debut in 2008, earning 7 caps until 2015.

Club career

Early career

Born in Sarajevo, Štilić began his playing career with hometown club Željezničar in 2005. After three seasons with Željezničar, he moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing a 4-year contract with Polish club Lech Poznań in June 2008.[4]

On 23 July 2012, Štilić joined Karpaty Lviv,[5] He stayed in Ukraine for only one season, as he left for Turkish club Gaziantepspor in August 2013.[6][7]

On 23 January 2014, Štilić went back to Poland and signed one-and-a-half-year deal with Wisła Kraków.[8]

APOEL

On 13 June 2015, Štilić signed a three-year contract with Cypriot First Division club APOEL.[9] He made his APOEL debut on 21 July 2015, in his team's 1–1 away draw against Vardar in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League.[10] He scored his first goal for APOEL on 22 August 2015, in his team's 5–1 away victory over Ermis Aradippou in a league match.[11] On 26 August 2015, Štilić scored from a long-range free kick against Astana at the GSP Stadium, in APOEL's 1–1 draw in the play-off round of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.[12]

On 19 September 2016, his contract with APOEL was mutually terminated.[13]

Wisła Płock

On 4 September 2017, Štilić moved from Wisła Kraków to Ekstraklasa club Wisła Płock.[14] In May 2019, almost two years after signing with Wisła Płock, he decided to leave the club.[15]

Return to Željezničar

On 2 August 2019, eleven years after leaving the club, Štilić returned to Željezničar, signing a three-year contract.[16] His first match back at Željezničar was a 5–2 home league, Sarajevo derby win against Sarajevo on 31 August 2019.[17] Štilić scored his first goal since his return to Željezničar on 25 September 2019, in a 6–0 home league win against Zvijezda 09.[18] He was named man of the match in Željezničar's 3–1 away league win against Sarajevo in the derby on 30 November 2019, scoring two goals and earning an assist.[19]

Štilić scored his first goal for the club in the 2020–21 season on 7 August 2020 in a league win against Radnik Bijeljina.[20] He scored his first goal of the 2021–22 season against Posušje on 3 April 2022.[21] On 15 June 2023, he extended his contract with Željezničar until June 2024.[22]

Štilić left the club after the end of the 2023–24 season and announced his retirement from professional football following his contract expiration.[23]

International career

Štilić playing for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2015

Štilić represented the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national team eight times, scoring one goal. On 15 December 2007, he represented the Bosnia and Herzegovina Olympic team, coming on as an 89th-minute substitute in the country's 0–1 friendly defeat to Poland.[2][3]

Štilić made his senior international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina on 30 January 2008, in a friendly game against Japan, coming on as an 83rd-minute substitute in 0–3 away defeat.[24]

Post-playing career

On 14 August 2024, Željezničar announced the hiring of Štilić as a new scout for the club.[25]

Personal life

Semir is the son of former footballer and current football manager Ismet Štilić.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[26][27][28]
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Željezničar 2004–05 Bosnian Premier League 1 0 — — — 1 0
2005–06 Bosnian Premier League 6 0 3 0 — — 9 0
2006–07 Bosnian Premier League 17 7 3 0 — — 20 7
2007–08 Bosnian Premier League 25 10 6 2 — — 31 12
Total 49 17 12 2 — — 61 19
Lech Poznań 2008–09 Ekstraklasa 29 9 7 3 12[b] 3 1[c] 0 49 15
2009–10 Ekstraklasa 26 2 1 0 4[d] 0 1[e] 0 32 2
2010–11 Ekstraklasa 28 6 6 2 14[f] 1 1[e] 0 49 9
2011–12 Ekstraklasa 23 1 4 1 — — 27 2
Total 106 18 18 6 30 4 3 0 157 28
Karpaty Lviv 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League 22 1 2 2 — — 24 3
Gaziantepspor 2013–14 Süper Lig 6 1 2 3 — — 8 4
Wisła Kraków 2013–14 Ekstraklasa 16 7 0 0 — — 16 7
2014–15 Ekstraklasa 36 9 0 0 — — 36 9
Total 52 16 0 0 — — 52 16
APOEL 2015–16 Cypriot First Division 16 3 6 0 8[g] 1 1[h] 0 31 4
Wisła Kraków 2016–17 Ekstraklasa 14 1 0 0 — — 14 1
Wisła Płock 2017–18 Ekstraklasa 27 4 0 0 — — 27 4
2018–19 Ekstraklasa 12 0 3 2 — — 15 2
Total 39 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 42 6
Željezničar 2019–20 Bosnian Premier League 14 8 3 1 — — 17 9
2020–21 Bosnian Premier League 26 8 3 1 1[d] 0 — 30 9
2021–22 Bosnian Premier League 12 1 0 0 — — 12 1
2022–23 Bosnian Premier League 30 6 6 3 — — 36 9
2023–24 Bosnian Premier League 22 2 1 0 1[i] 0 — 24 2
Total 104 25 13 5 2 0 — 119 30
Career total 408 86 56 20 40 5 4 0 508 111
  1. ^ Includes Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup, Polish Cup, Ukrainian Cup, Turkish Cup, Cypriot Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. ^ Appearance in Ekstraklasa Cup
  4. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ a b Appearance in Polish Super Cup
  6. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  7. ^ Three appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  8. ^ Appearance in Cypriot Super Cup
  9. ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[29]
National team Year Apps Goals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2008 1 0
2009 1 0
2010 1 0
2011 3 0
2015 1 0
Total 7 0

Honours

Lech Poznań[26]

APOEL[26]

Individual

References

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