Mehmed Alispahić (born 24 November 1987) 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 ...

who plays as an

attacking midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Club career

Alispahić began his career with Iskra Bugojno in the First League of FBiH. He then joined Croatian

1. HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva H ...

club

Šibenik Šibenik () is a historic city in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is a political, educational, transport, industrial and tourist center of Šibenik-Knin County, and is also the ...

in 2008. In May 2011, Alispahić agreed to a transfer to

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinam ...

, where he stayed for a year and a half, before moving on a free transfer to

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Prim ...

in late December 2012. After a short spell at

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajev ...

, he returned to Šibenik. On 1 June 2016, he and Jamilu Collins missed their penalties in a penalty shoot-out against Istra 1961 and Istra gained promotion, while Šibenik remained in the second tier. After leaving Šibenik in the summer of 2018, he signed with

Bosnian Premier League The m:tel Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, m:tel Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine / м:тел Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), also known as Liga 12, is the top tier football league in Bosnia and Herz ...

club

Sloboda Tuzla Fudbalski klub Sloboda Tuzla ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Слободa Tyзла; English: Football Club Sloboda Tuzla) is a Bosnian professional football club based in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The English translation of the team ...

in June of that same year. After only one season of playing for the club, Alispahić left Sloboda in June 2019. On 20 June 2019, he signed a two year contract with Željezničar. Alispahić made his official debut for Željezničar on 20 July 2019, in a 0–0 home league draw against Borac Banja Luka. He scored his first goal for Željezničar in a thrilling 5–2 home league match, Sarajevo derby win against his former club Sarajevo on 31 August 2019. Alispahić left Željezničar on 2 July 2021.

International career

After an impressive finish to the 2009–10 season with Šibenik, including some spectacular goals, he received his first call-up to the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team in May 2010 for the friendly matches against Sweden and

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

. He made his debut against Sweden, coming on as a substitute in the second half, and has earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a May 2012 match against

Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

Personal life

Alispahić's younger brother Sabit is also a professional footballer who plays as a

left-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for First League of FBiH club Igman Konjic.

Career statistics

Club

International

International caps and goals

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb *

: 2011–12 * Croatian Cup: 2011–12 Rijeka * Croatian Cup: 2013–14 Sarajevo *

: 2014–15

References

External links

*
Mehmed Alispahič
at Sofascore * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alispahic, Mehmed 1987 births Living people People from Bugojno Association football midfielders Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina international footballers NK Iskra Bugojno players HNK Šibenik players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players HNK Rijeka players FK Sarajevo players Al-Ahli Club (Manama) players FK Sloboda Tuzla players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Croatian Football League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players First Football League (Croatia) players Bahraini Premier League players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate footballers in Bahrain Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain