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Zlatan Muslimović
	Muslimović playing for PAOK in May 2010
Personal information
Date of birth	6 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Banja Luka, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Habo IF
	Husqvarna FF
	IFK Göteborg
	Udinese
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2007	Udinese
2001–2002	→ Perugia (loan)
2002	→ Pistoiese (loan)
2002–2003	→ Ascoli (loan)
2003–2004	→ Padova (loan)
2004–2005	→ Rimini (loan)
2005–2006	→ Messina (loan)
2006–2007	→ Parma (loan)
2007–2008	Atalanta
2008–2011	PAOK
2012–2014	Guizhou Renhe
2015	Zavrč
2016–2017	Koper
Total
International career
2001–2002	Bosnia and Herzegovina U21
2006–2011	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zlatan Muslimović (Bosnian pronunciation: [zlǎtan muslǐːmoʋitɕ]; born 6 March 1981) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Early career

As a teenager, Muslimović played for the Swedish teams Habo IF and Husqvarna FF.^[1] He went on to play for the Swedish team IFK Göteborg youth team in 1998 and 1999, before coming to Italy in 2000.

Muslimović was also a goalkeeper for the Brandstorps IF floorball club's team for boys' born in 1981 during the 1994–95 season.^[2]

Club career

Italy

Muslimović signed his first professional contract with Udinese. During the 2004–05 season, he was the top scorer of Serie C1/A side Rimini, with 15 goals in 32 matches, helping his team in winning the league and being promoted to Serie B. In 2006–07 he was loaned to Parma. In June 2007, he signed for Serie A side Atalanta (in a direct swap with Marco Motta) but suffered from lack of playing time under head coach Luigi Delneri.

PAOK

On 22 July 2008, Muslimović signed with Greek club PAOK on a three-year deal.^[3] He instantly became a fan favourite and largely contributed to PAOK's successful run in the 2008–09 season. He scored his first goal for PAOK in a friendly against Udinese and his first league goal in a home game against AEK Athens. He received the nickname "Alani" by the Gate 4 fans.

During the 2009–10 season, however, he began facing many injury problems and managed to score only four times while his playing time kept diminishing. His most memorable goal was in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League play-offs, when he netted a 101st minute 1–1 equalizer against Fenerbahçe, sending PAOK through to the group stages. After another disappointing season, however, it was decided that his contract would not be renewed; his last official game for PAOK was against Olympiakos Volou on 25 May 2011, where he also scored.

Guizhou Renhe

On 20 February 2012, after being without a club for nine months, Muslimović signed with Chinese Super League side Guizhou Renhe.^[4] On 8 April, scored his first goal for the senior Guizhou Renhe side.^[5]

International career

Muslimović has made 30 appearances for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team^[6] since making his debut in August 2006 in a friendly match against France as a second-half substitute. He also played for the team in their UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying matches against Malta (twice), Hungary, Norway and Turkey. Against Croatia, he scored a hat-trick.

One of Muslimović's most memorable games was the encounter with Norway in Oslo. He and midfielder Zvjezdan Misimović scored early goals in the first half giving Bosnia a night to remember on 24 March 2007 with a 2–1 victory. He turned in another solid performance in the match against Turkey by slotting home a pass from Misimović past Rüştü Reçber to level the score at 1–1. Bosnia went on to win the game 3–2 with 89th-minute substitute Adnan Čustović heading in from a corner.

Muslimović is one of only six national players (with Elvir Bolić, Elvir Baljić [who scored four goals in one game], Zvjezdan Misimović, Vedad Ibišević and Edin Džeko) to ever score a hat-trick for Bosnia, doing so during a friendly against Croatia.^[7]

In the qualifying rounds for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa in November 2009, Bosnia was eliminated by Portugal; Muslimović's shot hit the goalpost during the match in Lisbon.^[8]

His final international was a September 2011 European Championship qualification match away against Belarus.^[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 February 2021

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Udinese	2000–01	Serie A	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Perugia (loan)	2001–02	Serie A	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Pistoiese (loan)	2001–02	Serie B	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1
Ascoli (loan)	2002–03	Serie B	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
Padova (loan)	2003–04	Serie C	30	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	6
Rimini (loan)	2004–05	Serie C	32	15	3	2	0	0	2	3	37	20
Messina (loan)	2005–06	Serie A	25	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	4
Parma (loan)	2006–07		29	3	3	2	3	0	0	0	35	5
Atalanta	2007–08		10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2
PAOK	2008–09	Super League Greece	25	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	29	7
	2009–10		24	8	1	0	3	1	0	0	28	9
	2010–11		21	2	4	0	7	2	0	0	32	4
	Total		70	17	9	0	10	3	0	0	89	20
Guizhou Renhe	2012	Chinese Super League	28	13	5	1	0	0	0	0	33	14
	2013		23	4	6	3	6	1	0	0	35	8
	2014		5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	7	1
	Total		56	17	11	4	7	1	1	1	75	23
Zavrč	2015–16	Slovenian PrvaLiga	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	1
Koper	2015–16		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	2016–17		14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	2
	Total		21	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	2
Career total			304	68	30	8	20	4	3	4	357	84

International

International goals


Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 September 2006	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali	Malta	4–1	5–2	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
2	24 March 2007	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo	Norway	2–0	2–1
3	2 June 2007	Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo	Turkey	1–1	3–2
4	6 June 2007		Malta	1–0	1–0
5	22 August 2007		Croatia	1–2	3–5	Friendly
6				2–2
7				3–4
8	10 September 2008	Bilino Polje, Zenica	Estonia	4–0	7–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	15 October 2008		Armenia	3–0	4–1
10	15 October 2008			4–1	4–1
11	5 September 2009	Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan		2–0	2–0