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Zlatan Azinović
	Azinović playing for Kalmar FF in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Zlatan Azinović
Date of birth	31 January 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Kalmar, Sweden
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–1998	Persnäs AIF
1998–2005	Kalmar FF
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2011	Kalmar FF
2011	→ Trelleborgs FF (loan)
2012	Trelleborgs FF
2012	Malmö FF
2013	Kalmar FF
2014–2016	Malmö FF
2016	→ Ängelholms FF (loan)
Total
International career
2004–2005	Sweden U17
2005–2007	Sweden U19
2008–2009	Sweden U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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] He announced his retirement from professional football in the summer of 2016 following a serious injury.^[6]

Coaching career

In August 2016, Azinović was hired as goalkeeper coach at BK Höllviken.^[7] Later in September 2016, when the club's manager got fired, Azinović got also the role as assistant manager.^[8]

Career statistics

Updated 4 July 2016.^[5]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kalmar FF	2005	Allsvenskan	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2006	Allsvenskan	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2007	Allsvenskan	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2008	Allsvenskan	1	0	—		1	0	2	0
	2009	Allsvenskan	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2010	Allsvenskan	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
	2011	Allsvenskan	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		3	0	2	0	1	0	6	0
Trelleborgs FF	2011	Allsvenskan	3	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2012	Superettan	12	0	0	0	—		12	0
	Total		15	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
Malmö FF	2012	Allsvenskan	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Malmö FF	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kalmar FF	2013	Allsvenskan	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Kalmar FF	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malmö FF	2014	Allsvenskan	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
	2015	Allsvenskan	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
	Total		5	0	2	0	2	0	9	0
Ängelholms FF	2016	Superettan	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Ängelholms FF	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			23	0	4	0	3	0	30	0

Honours

Malmö FF

References

^ "Zlatan Azinovic". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
^ "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.
^ "KLART: Zlatan Azinovic nobbas – Malmö FF flyttar upp Sixten Mohlin". fotbolltransfers.com (in Swedish). 13 November 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Zlatan Azinović". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
^ "Känslofyllda avskedet – målvakten lägger av". Expressen. July 2016.
^ "Zlatan Azinovic till FC Höllviken – blir målvaktstränare". fotbolltransfers.com (in Swedish). 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017.
^ "MFF-profiler tar över när Höllvikens tränare kliver av". sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). 5 September 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017.