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Elvir
Elvir is both a given name and a surname. It is the male equivalent to the female name Elvira and holds the same meaninghttps://www.thebump.com/b/elvira-baby-name of happiness, spear, and truth. In the Balkans, Elvir is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslavia, Yugoslav nations, likely due to the popularity of the name Elvira among Bosniak women. By dropping the ''a,'' it becomes the male equivalent, which aligns with the naming conventions in these countries. The name is also written as Alvir in the region. As a surname, Elvir is also popular among Hondurans. Given name *Elvir Baljić (born 1974), Bosnian football manager *Elvir Bolić (born 1971), Bosnian footballer *Elvir Čolić (born 1986), Bosnian retired footballer *Elvir Duraković (born 2000), Bosnian footballer *Elvir Gigolaj (born 1992), Bosnian retired footballer *Elvir Hadžić (born 1999), Bosnian footballer *Elvir Ibišević (born 1998), Bosnian footballer *Elvir Kafedžić (born 1982), Bosnian retired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvira
Elvira is a female given name. It is believed to have first been recorded in medieval Spain, while other sources claim that it is likely of Germanic ( Gothic) origin. In the Balkans, Elvira is popular among Bosniaks, Croats, and Slovenes in the former Yugoslav nations. It is also popular among Albanians. The name is also written as Alvira in the region. The region also has a male equivalent to the name: Elvir (for example, Elvir Hadžić). People Nobility * Elvira Menéndez (died 921), daughter of Hermenegildo Gutiérrez and wife of Ordoño II of León * Elvira of Castile, Queen of León (965–1017) * Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily (c. 1100–1135), wife of Roger II, King of Sicily * Elvira of Castile, Countess of Toulouse (before 1082?–1151) * Elvira of Toro (1038/9–1101), daughter of King Ferdinand I of León * Elvira Menéndez (died 1022), Queen of León (1008–1022), wife of Alfonso V of León * Elvira Ramírez (c. 935–after 986), princess and regent of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvir Koljić
Elvir Koljić (; born 8 July 1995) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I club Rapid Bucureşti. Koljić started his professional career at Triglav, before joining Krupa in 2014. A year later, he moved to Borac Banja Luka. The following year, he went back to Krupa, who loaned him to Lech Poznań in 2018. Later that year, he signed with Universitatea Craiova. Koljić made his senior international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2018. Club career Early career Koljić started playing football at a local club, before joining youth academy of Slovenian team Maribor in 2011. He made his professional debut playing for Triglav against Olimpija Ljubljana on 26 October 2013 at the age of 18. In the summer of 2014, he moved to Krupa. In February 2015, he switched to Borac Banja Luka. On 25 April, he scored his first professional goal against Radnik Bijeljina. In January 2016, Koljić returned to Krupa. He scored his first career hat-trick in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvir Baljić
Elvir Baljić (born 8 July 1974) is a Bosnian-Turkish professional football manager and former player. As a player, Baljić's biggest success was winning the UEFA Champions League with Spanish giant Real Madrid in the 1999–2000 season. Apart from the UEFA Champions League success, he also won the Turkish Süper Lig with Fenerbahçe in the 2000–01 season. After ending his playing career, he became an assistant manager of Safet Sušić at the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, with whom he qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He was then, the manager of back then TFF First League club Karabükspor in 2015. After Karabükspor, Baljić was also an assistant of Sušić at Alanyaspor in 2017 and at Akhisarspor in 2018. On 1 October 2019, he was named the new manager of Bosnian Premier League club Tuzla City, officially taking over that position a day later. He left the club on 9 March 2020, terminating his contract. Club career Early career Born in Sarajevo, SR Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunia Elvir
Dunia Elvir (born June 9, 1973 in La Ceiba, Honduras) is a television journalist, producer, motivational speaker and autism advocate. Early life and education Dunia has 2 brothers Orlando and Carlos Elvir. She is the oldest, Orlando is 5 years younger, and Carlitos (as Dunia calls her younger brother) is 8 years younger than her. Her mother took under her care two cousins, Claudia and Maricela, who became the sisters Dunia always wanted to have. Growing up in Barrio La Isla in La Ceiba, Dunia played soccer and "bate" (baseball) in the street. Dunia was 6 years old when her father bought her first microphone and radio. Dunia enjoyed playing and pretending to be an announcer. At 15 years old, Dunia was sent to Los Angeles, California, to live with her maternal grandmother. She went to Jordan High School (Los Angeles, California), Jordan High School in Los Angeles and earned her high school diploma as an ESL (English as a Second Language) student. Later, she earned her broadcast deg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvir Ibišević
Elvir Ibišević (born 10 February 1998) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He represented Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team at the senior level. Club career Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ibišević grew up in the United States. Ibišević was a star soccer player at Johnston High School, and was a member of the Sporting Kansas City academy. He opted to join the Omaha Mavericks a year early in 2016. Ibišević joined the Des Moines Menace in 2016, and was the youngest member of the team. In July 2018, Elvir officially joined NK Celje in the Slovenian Prva Liga on 3-year deal. He made his official debut for the club in a match against Triglav Kranj on August 18. He scored his first goal for NK Celje on October 27 against Triglav Kranj. In July 2019, NK Celje announced they would be parting ways with Ibišević, leaving him a free agent. He would join Chemie Leipzig. On December 19, the club announced that they would part ways with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvir Omerbegovic
Elvir Omerbegovic (born 1979) is a German entrepreneur of Bosnian descent who is mainly known as the founder and Chief executive officer, CEO of the hip hop label Selfmade Records and as President of Rap of Universal Music Group, Universal Music Germany. He is also the founder of the clothing label ''Pusher Apparel'' and the co-founder of ''Suckit''. Early life and career Omerbegovic was born in Mettmann, West Germany in 1979, the son of Bosnian immigrants. At the age of 12, he began to play streetball and won the German championship with his team several times. From 1993 onwards, he performed his sport semi-professionally, playing for Bayer Giants Leverkusen and BBV Hagen, Brandt Hagen. At the age of 16, he competed against Amateur Athletic Union teams in New York as a member of a selected squad. Prior to finishing high school in Germany, he also played basketball at a high school in Kentucky for one season. Upon graduation, Omerbegovic worked for RTL Television, RTL Newmedia i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvir Bolić
Elvir Bolić (; born 10 October 1971) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his 18-year professional career in Turkey, appearing for seven clubs including Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe. He also played three years in Spain, with Rayo Vallecano. Bolić represented Bosnia and Herzegovina during one full decade. Club career Čelik and Red Star Born in Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, Bolić started playing with local NK Čelik, being one of the players in the club that would later represent the independent Bosnian national team, including Senad Brkić, Mirsad Hibić and Nermin Šabić. In December 1991, Bolić was acquired by Yugoslav powerhouse Red Star Belgrade – defending champions of the European Cup – after impressing managers Vladimir Cvetković and Dragan Džajić. He scored two goals in 11 games in the Yugoslav First League in his only season. In May 2024, he expressed extreme regret for the event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvir Gigolaj
Elvir Gigolaj (; born 30 June 1992) is a Bosnian footballer who plays with Waterloo United in League1 Ontario. Early life Gigolaj was born in Croatia to a Kosovar Albanian father and Bosniak mother from Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was raised in London, Ontario, where his father owns a bakery that carries the family name. Club career Early career He, at one point, played for London City's soccer side who participated in the Canadian Soccer League and with whom he had a good relationship with his coach, Luka Shaqiri. Gigolaj attended St. Mary's University for two years from 2010 to 2012, playing for the Huskies in the 2010 and 2011 varsity seasons, scoring 11 goals in 26 appearances. FC Edmonton In January 2012, after training with the team, Gigolaj officially joined FC Edmonton of the North American Soccer League. Gigolaj then made his debut for FC Edmonton in the NASL on 3 June 2012 in which he came on as an 85th-minute substitute for Yashir Pinto as FC Edmonton we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvir Maloku
Elvir Mehdi Maloku (born 14 May 1996) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a winger for German Oberliga Niedersachsen club BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden. Club career Early career Born in Rijeka into an ethnic Albanian family, Maloku passed through various clubs in his native region where he had started his career with NK Lokomotiva Rijeka in 2004 and moved in 2007 to NK Stari Grad Rijeka, before moving to the youth setup of the local Prva HNL side HNK Rijeka in early 2012. In the 2012–13 season, he was the top scorer of the club's under-17 team, scoring 13 goals in 26 appearances. In February 2013, Maloku had a successful trial at Italian giants Juventus FC but talks over potential signing were ultimately called off. Hajduk Split In the summer of 2013, Maloku moved to HNK Hajduk Split along with his younger brother Trojan. He made his first team debut on 28 August 2013 in his team's 3–1 away win against NK Lokomotiva Zagreb, coming in the 83rd minute for Anton M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Elvir
Jorge Alberto Elvir Cruz is a Honduran politician. Elvir was elected to the National Congress of Honduras in the 2009 general election, as a Christian Democratic Party of Honduras The Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (Spanish: ''Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras),'' known by the abbreviation DC, is a political party in Honduras. At the legislative elections, held on 25 November 2001, DC won 3.7% of the popular ... (DC) candidate from Atlantida. Elvir obtained 4,830 votes (4.9% of the valid votes in the constituency). He alternate deputy was Aldo Farin Acosta Sarmiento. In the parliament Elvir was part of the commission that prepared the proposal for constitutional reform to allow the setting up of ' model cities'. When the DC parliamentary group suffered an internal conflict in early 2011, Elvir was put forth as a candidate for group leader (supported by three out of five DC deputies). In August 2013 Elvir tabled a parliamentary motion seeking to reform article 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvir Ovčina
Elvir Ovčina (born July 16, 1976) is a Bosnian former professional basketball player. He played the center position. College career Ovčina played high school basketball at Sycamore High School in Sycamore, Illinois. After high school, he played college basketball at the Syracuse University, with the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team from 1995 to 1999. Professional career Ovčina played professionally in Slovenia ( Hopsi Polzela, Pivovarlna Laško), Germany (EWE Baskets Oldenburg, RheinEnergie Köln, Gießen 46ers), Greece (Olympiacos), Ukraine ( Khimik), Belgium ( Oostende) and Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Bosna). National team career Ovčina played for the national basketball team of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has played at the EuroBasket 1997, EuroBasket 1999, EuroBasket 2001, EuroBasket 2003 and EuroBasket 2005 The 2005 FIBA European Championship, commonly known as FIBA EuroBasket 2005, was the 34th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvir Rahimić
Elvir Rahimić (born 4 April 1976) is a Bosnian football manager and former player. He is the current sporting director of Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar. Rahimić spent the majority of his career playing for Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow. He made his senior international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2007, earning 40 caps until his retirement from international football in 2013. Club career Born in Živinice, Rahimić started his career at hometown club Slaven. In 1994, he was signed by Bosna Visoko. In 1997, Rahimić moved to Slovenia for Factor Črnuče, then Austrian side Vorwärts Steyr before he moved to Russia. The greatest accomplishment for Rahimić was winning the 2004–05 UEFA Cup by beating Sporting Lisbon 3–1 in the final at Estádio José Alvalade. He also played in the 2005 UEFA Super Cup against Liverpool. Rahimić is one of the most decorated Bosnian players, having won 18 trophies with CSKA Moscow during his 12-year s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
