Amar Dedic

Amar Dedić
Dedić playing for Red Bull Salzburg in 2023
Personal information
Full name Amar Dedić
Date of birth (2002-08-18) 18 August 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Zell am See, Austria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Red Bull Salzburg
Number 70
Youth career
2008–2012 LUV Graz
2012–2015 Sturm Graz
2015–2019 Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Red Bull Salzburg 40 (4)
2019–2021 → Liefering (loan) 50 (2)
2021–2022 → Wolfsberger AC (loan) 32 (2)
National team‡
2018–2019 Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 12 (0)
2019 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 7 (0)
2021 Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 5 (1)
2022– Bosnia and Herzegovina 12 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2023

Amar Dedić (born 18 August 2002) is a Bosnian professional footballer. He plays as defender for Austrian Bundesliga club FC Red Bull Salzburg and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Club career

Red Bull Salzburg

Dedić started playing football at a local club. Then he went to Sturm Graz youth in 2012. In 2015 he moved to Red Bull Salzburg's youth academy. There he played in all ranks. In August 2019 he signed his first contract with Red Bull Salzburg.[2] He made his professional debut playing for Liefering against Amstetten on 26 July at the age of 16.[3] On 19 June 2020, he scored his first professional goal in a triumph over Dornbirn.[4]

He made his debut for Red Bull Salzburg in the cup match against Bregenz on 9 September.[5]

In June 2021, he went on loan to Wolfsberger AC.[6] In June 2022 he came back to Salzburg. In the 2022–23 season he became number 1 as right back. In the UEFA Champions League he played in all six group stage matches.

International career

Dedić represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at all youth levels. He was captain of the under-17 team.[7]

In March 2022 he was called into the senior team for friendly games against Georgia and Luxembourg.[8] He debuted against Luxembourg on 29 March.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 November 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Austrian Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liefering (loan) 2019–20 2. Liga 24 2 – – 24 2
2020–21 2. Liga 26 0 – – 26 0
Total 50 2 – – 50 2
Red Bull Salzburg 2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 27 1 3 2 8[a] 0 38 3
2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga 13 3 3 2 4[b] 0 20 5
Total 40 4 7 4 12 0 59 8
Wolfsberger AC (loan) 2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 32 2 5 1 – 37 3
Career total 122 8 12 5 12 0 146 13
  1. ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 16 November 2023[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2022 3 0
2023 9 1
Total 12 1
Scores and results list Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dedić goal.[11]
List of international goals scored by Amar Dedić
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 23 March 2023 Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina 4  Iceland 3–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg[10]

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ "Amar Dedic". redbullsalzburg.at (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Gračanlija potpisao profesionalni ugovor sa Red Bull Salzburgom!". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 1 August 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Amar Dedić sa 16 godina debitovao u seniorskom fudbalu". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 26 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "Amar Dedić je sa 17 godina zabio svoj prvi gol u seniorskoj karijeri". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 19 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "Naš talentovani reprezentativac debitovao za Salzburg". avaz.ba (in Bosnian). 10 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Supertalentovani Amar Dedić će narednu sezonu igrati u austrijskoj Bundesligi". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Dedić: Zahvalio sam se Austrijancima i rekao im da želim igrati samo za BiH". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 22 February 2021. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Petev objavio spisak: Dedić i Miličević novi igrači". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Zmajevi na Bilinom polju protiv Luksemburga prekinuli crni niz". radiosarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "A. Dedić". soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Amar Dedić". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 November 2023.