Saša Kajkut (

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: Саша Кајкут; born 7 July 1984) is a Bosnian former professional

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who played as a striker.

Club career

As a teenager, Kajkut played for hometown team Omladinac Banja Luka, after which he moved to Borac Banja Luka where he started his professional career. After that, Kajkut played for Croatian 2. HNL teams

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and Pomorac. One of his remarkable memorable moment in his career is connected to the 2nd leg match for Sheriff Tiraspol against a team from Andorra in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. He first passed the ball to Wilfried Balima for scoring Sheriff's lead of 0–1 in the 68th minute (just 3 minutes after he entered the game), and then scored his first goal for the new team in the 77th minute. Kajkut created history in just 12 minutes, as he became the first ever player from

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scoring in an official Champions League match. With this extraordinary performance he became one of the favourite players for Sheriff fans though he only stayed there for one single season after that game. After Sheriff, Kajkut went back to Borac, after which he played for

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, again for Borac and Čelik Zenica. On 31 December 2013, he signed with

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permanently after a successful trial. On 18 August 2015,

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, for who Kajkut played at the time, was dismissed by

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for fake shareholds transfers. The club got relegated to

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and Kajkut was eventually released by the club. He was approached directly

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and agreed to join it on 19 August 2015. His yearly wages at Veria were €100,000. Kajkut was officially announced as Veria's player on 28 August 2015. He debuted on 12 September 2015, in a 3–0 home defeat against

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. He scored his first goal for Veria with a penalty kick in a

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match against Atromitos. After Varia, Kajkut once again went back to Bosnia and played for Krupa, Zrinjski Mostar and Željezničar. In June 2018, for a fourth time in his career, Kajkut signed with Borac. In the 2018–19 First league of RS season, with Borac, he won the league title and got promoted back to the

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. Kajkut finished his career at Borac in January 2021.

International career

Kajkut made his first and only international appearance for

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on 1 June 2009, a 0–0 away

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draw against

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, coming in as a 46th minute substitute for Emir Hadžić.

Honours

Sheriff Tiraspol * Divizia Națională: 2007–08 *

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: 2007 Borac Banja Luka * First League of RS: 2018–19 South China *

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: 2013–14 Zrinjski Mostar *

: 2016–17 Željezničar * Bosnian Cup: 2017–18 Individual * Bosnian Premier League Player of the Season: 2012–13

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