Filip Uremović (born 11 February 1997) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Croatian Football League The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...

club

Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, the club's home ...

and the Croatia national team.

Club career

Uremović made his

Croatian First Football League The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establishe ...

debut for Cibalia on 17 July 2016 in a game against

. On 4 June 2018, Uremović signed a four-year contract with the

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was establis ...

side

Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (; ) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the Russian Premier League. Founded in 1958, Rubin played its first-ever top flight season in 2003. It has remained there through the 2021–2 ...

. On 13 March 2022, Uremović's contract with Rubin was suspended until 30 June 2022, according to the new

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regulations related to the

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. Those regulations allow foreign players in Russia to suspend their contract and sign with a club outside of Russia temporarily until 30 June 2022. On 24 March 2022, Uremović signed with

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until the end of the season. Rubin Kazan was relegated from the

at the end of the 2021–22 season, and Uremović activated a clause in his contract that allowed him to become a free agent in case of relegation. He then signed a four-year contract with German club

Hertha BSC Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC () or Hertha Berlin, is a German professional football club based in Berlin. Hertha BSC plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football league system, German footbal ...

. On 31 August 2023, a day after terminating his contract with Hertha, Uremović returned to Croatia and joined

on a free transfer.

International career

Uremović made his Croatia national team debut on 8 September 2020 in a

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game against

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. He started the game and played the first 57 minutes of a 4–2 away loss. On 17 May 2021, Uremović was named in the preliminary 34-man squad for the

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, but did not make the final 26.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

;Olimpija Ljubljana *

Slovenian PrvaLiga The Slovenian PrvaLiga (, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten clubs, it operates on a system of prom ...

: 2017–18 *

Slovenian Football Cup The Slovenian Football Cup (, ) is the top knockout tournament of Slovenian football and the second most important football competition in Slovenia after the Slovenian PrvaLiga championship. The cup was established in 1991 following the breakup o ...

: 2017–18

References

External links

Profile
at the Hertha BSC website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Uremovic, Filip 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Požega, Croatia Footballers from Požega-Slavonia County Men's association football central defenders Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers Croatia men's international footballers HNK Cibalia players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players GNK Dinamo Zagreb II players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) players FC Rubin Kazan players Sheffield United F.C. players Hertha BSC players HNK Hajduk Split players Croatian Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Russian Premier League players English Football League players Bundesliga players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in England Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Germany 21st-century Croatian sportsmen