Asim Zec (born 23 January 1994) is a Bosnian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Zec joined

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from Iskra Bugojno in July 2012. He twice managed to score four goals in one game for the youth team of

in his debut season. He returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina in February 2014 to play for Olimpik. After Olimpik, Zec also played for Čelik Zenica, Velež Mostar,

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and

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. In June 2017, he signed a contract with Željezničar. In May 2018, Zec won the 2017–18 Bosnian Cup with Željezničar. He left Željezničar on 6 February 2020, terminating his contract with the club. Four days after leaving Željezničar, on 10 February, Zec signed a one-and-a-half year contract with Zrinjski Mostar. He made his official debut and scored his first official goal for Zrinjski in a 2–0 league win against his former club Čelik on 23 February 2020. Zec left Zrinjski on 30 September 2020. In October 2020, he returned to Željezničar. Zec played his first official game since his return to the club on 21 October 2020, in a cup game against

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. After his contract with Željezničar expired, on 15 January 2021, he left the club once again.

International career

Zec made

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for the Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 and Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national teams, even scoring one goal for the U19 team. He played for the U19 team in the UEFA European U19 Championship qualification round.

Personal life

Zec's older brother, Ermin, is also a professional footballer who played alongside him at Željezničar.

Honours

Željezničar * Bosnian Cup: 2017–18

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zec, Asim 1994 births Living people People from Bugojno Footballers from Central Bosnia Canton Men's association football wingers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's youth international footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's under-21 international footballers NK Iskra Bugojno players FC Hradec Králové players FK Olimpik players NK Čelik Zenica players FK Velež Mostar players NK Travnik players FK Sloboda Tuzla players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players HŠK Zrinjski Mostar players First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Czech First League players Czech National Football League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic