Admir Softić (born 14 May 1986) is a Bosnian retired professional

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who played as a

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Playing career

Softić was born in

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. started his career with

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in Ireland in 2003, having moved there from his native country Bosnia and Herzegovina. Softić had a successful time with Cork City's youth teams and that caught the eye of the senior manager who signed him as a full-time pro at the age of 17. He made a handful of appearances for the first team during his time at Cork, which included three Champions League qualifier games against

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC ( el, Απόλλων Λεμεσού, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Div ...

and

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in ...

respectively. He only made a sub appearance against Apollon in Cyprus, while he played full 90 minutes against Red Star in both legs of the qualifiers. Softić also won the

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'07 with Cork and lost two Cup finals (FAI Cup '05 and Setanta Cup '06) during his time there. In 2008, after

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arrived as the new manager of Cork City, things did not look well for Softić. He only made one appearance in the League Cup against Cobh Ramblers and put in a transfer request in mid-July. Softić left the club after five years and joined one of the biggest clubs in his native country, FK Željezničar in Sarajevo, but in the first month after arriving, he had a horrific injury, breaking his ankle in two places and was sidelined for the next five months. He came back after the injury and finally made his debut in March 2009 away to FK Sloboda. After the season, he parted ways with the club and moved to Denmark where he was playing for Kolding FC, until January 2010. On 28 February 2010, Softić lined-out for Cork City in a pre-season match against Crosshaven FC. He also holds Irish citizenship, so he can play as communitarian in any EU country. He then spent the next years in German lower league football, most prominently with fourth tier side TuS Koblenz. In January 2017 he joined German amateur side SC Vallendar.

Managerial career

After hanging up his boots, Softić became an academy coach at his last club he served as a player, TuS Koblenz.Admir Softic übernimmt die U16
- TuS Koblenz

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Softic, Admir 1986 births Living people Footballers from Sarajevo Men's association football midfielders Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers FK Sarajevo players Cork City F.C. players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players Kolding FC players NK SAŠK Napredak players SV Wilhelmshaven players TuS Koblenz players League of Ireland players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Danish 1st Division players First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Regionalliga players Oberliga (football) players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Germany