Elvir Duraković (born 7 February 2000) is a Bosnian professional

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 ...

who plays as a

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for

Bosnian Premier League The Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (; ; sr-Cyrl, Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), officially known as the Wwin League of Bosnia and Herzegovina for sponsorship purposes, is the top tier football leagu ...

club

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ...

Club career

Tuzla City

After starting his senior career with NK Bratstvo Gračanica, Duraković signed with

side

FK Tuzla City Fudbalski klub Tuzla City (), formerly known as Fudbalski klub Sloga Simin Han, is a professional football club based in Simin Han, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club competes in the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...

in July 2020. He made his debut in a league match against

Široki Brijeg Široki Brijeg () is a city and the regional capital of West Herzegovina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. the town itself had a population of 6,149 and the municipality of 28,929. Name ...

Mladost Doboj Kakanj

In June 2021 Duraković signed with Mladost Doboj Kakanj of the

First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Prva liga Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine, Прва лига Федерације Босне и Херцеговине), officially known as the WWin First League of the ...

Igman

In June 2022 he signed with

side Igman Konjic on a two-year deal, quickly establishing himself as a first team regular and being named best left-back of the 2022-23 season in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Sarajevo

On 3 June 2023 Duraković signed a three-year deal with

FK Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Sarajevo ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Сарајево; , English language, English: Sarajevo Football Club), is a professional Association football, football Sports club, club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosn ...

which will keep him at the

Koševo City Stadium Koševo Stadium (Bosnian language, Bosnian: Stadion Koševo), also Koševo Olympic Stadium or Stadium Asim Ferhatović - Hase (''Stadion Asim Ferhatović Hase'') is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Koševo neighborhood of Sarajevo, Bosnia a ...

until the summer of 2026.

International career

On 31 May 2023, Duraković was called up to the

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 ...

preliminary squad for the

UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying The UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying tournament was a football competition that was played from March 2023 to March 2024 to determine the 23 UEFA member men's national teams that would join the automatically qualified host team Germany in the UEFA Eur ...

ties against

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and

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Igman Konjic * First League of the FBiH: 2021–22 Sarajevo * Bosnian Cup: 2024–25

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