Eldar Hasanović (; born 12 January 1990) is a

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n professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Hasanović was born in

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, to a family of

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origin. He began his career in the FK Željezničar's youth team. After that, he signed with Slovak club

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and won the

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, but made only one appearance, and left the club at the end of the season, before returning to Bosnia and signed with Velež Mostar. Hasanović started an impressive season, scoring four goals in the first 7 games of the season, then moved to Čelik Zenica during the season. In the summer of 2012, he returned to Željezničar and won the league championship in his first season in the club. On 2 November 2014, he scored his debut goal for the club in a 2-1 loss against fierce city

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. On 1 July 2015, he joined Bnei Sakhnin to compete in the

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. In September 2016 he joined Sloboda Tuzla. In January 2017, he returned to Israel and signed with Maccabi Sha'arayim of the National League. In November 2016, he won the 2016–17 Toto Cup Leumit with Sha'arayim. In June 2017,

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club Dalian Transcendence signed Hasanović. It is believed to be the choice of his former manager, Rusmir Cviko. He scored an amazing header in his first match. After Dalian got relegated to

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(3rd ranked competition in China) in November 2018, Hasanović left the club. On 23 August 2019, he came back to his home country and signed a one-year contract with Radnik Bijeljina. Hasanović made his official debut for Radnik on 31 August 2019, in a 0–1 away league win against Velež Mostar. On 14 January 2020, Hasanović left Radnik and signed a contract with Indonesian Liga 1 club

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. On 20 January 2021, he joined Olimpik.

International career

Hasanović represented

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on various youth levels. Most notably while playing for the under-19 national team.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Žilina *

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: 2009–10 Željezničar *

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: 2012–13 Maccabi Sha'arayim * Toto Cup Leumit: 2016–17

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Eldar Hasanović
at Sofascore {{DEFAULTSORT:Hasanović, Eldar 1990 births Living people Footballers from Sarajevo Men's association football midfielders Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers 21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen Bosnia and Herzegovina men's youth international footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's under-21 international footballers MŠK Žilina players FK Velež Mostar players NK Čelik Zenica players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players Bnei Sakhnin F.C. players FK Sloboda Tuzla players Maccabi Sha'arayim F.C. players Dalian Transcendence F.C. players FK Radnik Bijeljina players Persita Tangerang players FK Olimpik players Sitra Club players Slovak First Football League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Israeli Premier League players Liga Leumit players China League One players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Bahraini Premier League players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in China Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Expatriate men's footballers in Bahrain Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Israel Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in China Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain