Muamer Svraka (born 14 February 1988) is a Bosnian football coach and former professional

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who played as a

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. He is currently the coach of the Željezničar U19 team.

Club career

Svraka started his career in his hometown club Željezničar. He played for the youth selections of that club until the summer of 2008 when he was promoted, at age 20, to the first team of Željezničar. In his first season, 2008–09, he played six games in the first half-season for Željezničar and, in the second half-season, he played three matches for

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, where he was loaned. After returning from the loan, before the start of the 2009–10 season, he became one of the most standard players for Željezničar. In 2014, Svraka left Željezničar after six years, winning the

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three times and the Bosnian Cup two times during that period. After leaving Željezničar, he signed a contract with

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n club Paykan. After a year in

, Svraka became the new player of

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n club Istra 1961. In 2016, Svraka signed with

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club Semen Padang. He then came back to

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and joined Olimpik. After a half of a year he signed for another Croatian club Rudeš. In January 2018, Svraka became the new player of

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n club Levadia. With Leavdia he won the

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and

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. On 31 December 2018, he left Levadia and signed with

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club

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While at Birkirkara, on 2 February 2019, Svraka was loaned out to

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club Triglav Kranj for the remainder of the season. After returning from his loan at Triglav to Birkikara, Svraka had to leave the club in July 2019 after his contract with Birkikara expired. In January 2020, he joined Kosovo Superleague club Gjilani. On 15 September 2020, Svraka returned to the Bosnian Premier League, signing a contract until the end of the 2020–21 season with Krupa. He made his official debut for Krupa four days later, on 19 September, in a league match against his former club Željezničar. Only three months after joining Krupa, Svraka terminated his contract with the club on 21 December 2020. He joined Zvijezda 09 in February 2021. Svraka finished his career at Famos Hrasnica in 2024.

International career

Svraka played for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team between 2012 and 2013. He played in six games and scored two goals. He made his international debut on 31 May 2012, in a

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against

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. Svraka scored his first international goal on 14 November 2012, in a 1–0 away win in a friendly against

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. His final international was a February 2013 friendly away against

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Coaching career

In February 2025, Svraka was appointed head coach of the Željezničar under-19 side.

Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first.''

Honours

Željezničar *

: 2009–10, 2011–12,

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* Bosnian Cup:

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, 2011–12 Levadia *

: 2017–18 *

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