Elmin Kurbegović (born 3 June 1987) is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

Bosnia Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

n descent, who currently plays for

IFK Värnamo IFK Värnamo is a Swedish professional Association football, football club located in Värnamo. The club plays in the Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. The most famous player from the club is Jonas Thern, who was captain of the Swede ...

Career

Kurbegović was born in

Kotor Varoš Kotor Varoš ( sr-cyrl, Котор Варош) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013 census, the municipality has a population of 19,710 inhabitants, while the town of Kotor Varoš has a population o ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

. After the war broke out he left for Sweden and started his career at

Elfsborg Idrottsföreningen Elfsborg, more commonly known as IF Elfsborg or simply Elfsborg (), is a professional football club based in Borås, Sweden, and is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund. They play in the Allsvenskan and have spent ...

in 2006. He left Elfsborg after the 2011 season, having not been offered a new contract by the club. After just having played once in

2009 Allsvenskan Allsvenskan 2009, part of the 2009 Swedish football season, was the 85th Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish foot ...

he left for

Novara Novara (; Novarese Lombard, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont (Italy), Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants (on 1 January 2021), it is the second most populous ...

on loan. He was called up to play internationally for Sweden U21 in a friendly match. He's still eligible to represent both

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

and

at the senior level.

References

External links

Profile at Football.it

at Novara
* * 1987 births Living people People from Kotor Varoš Footballers from Banja Luka Region Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Sweden Swedish people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Swedish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Allsvenskan players IF Elfsborg players Novara FC players IFK Värnamo players Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Italy 21st-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-footy-midfielder-stub