Sulejman Smajić (born 13 August 1984) is a Bosnian retired professional

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and sporting director of First League of FBiH club NK Metalleghe-BSI. As a player, he also played for the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national team and 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 ...

full national team.

Club career

Smajić was a very creative midfielder whose career began in

NK Iskra Bugojno NK Iskra, commonly known as Iskra Bugojno or just Iskra (meaning "spark" in Bosnian) is a professional association football club from the town of Bugojno that is situated in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. Iskra plays its home matches on the ...

, there he was spotted by

HŠK Zrinjski Mostar HŠK Zrinjski Mostar (), colloquially referred to as Zrinjski Mostar or simply Zrinjski, is a Herzegovinian professional Association football, football club, based in Mostar. The club plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and wit ...

who he joined in 2001. In 2003 he was transferred to Iskra on a season long loan. After coming back from his loan, he managed to win the championship title with Zrinjski in the

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 ...

in 2005 and three years later, in 2008, the Bosnian Cup. After seven years at Zrinjski, he left the club and joined FCV Dender in the summer of 2008. On 7 July 2009,

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then signed Smajić from Dender on a three-year deal. In 2011, Smajić signed with Bosnian cup winners

FK Željezničar Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Željezničar Sarajevo ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Жељезничap Сарајево; English language, English: Football Club Željezničar Sarajevo), commonly referred to as Željo, is a professional Association fo ...

. During his time with Željezničar, he won two Premier League titles and one cup. In June 2013, he joined

FK Olimpik Fudbalski klub Olimpik Sarajevo () was a professional football club from Sarajevo, based in the part of the city which is called Otoka. Being one of the first teams to be formed in independent Bosnia and Herzegovina, they started off playing in ...

. He won the Bosnian Cup with Olimpik in 2015. In 2016, Smajić left Olimpik and joined NK Metalleghe-BSI. In January 2019, Smajić decided to end his football career while at Metalleghe.

International career

Smajić has played for the Under-21 team and made one senior appearance for

, coming on as a late substitute for

Mirko Hrgović Mirko Hrgović (born 5 February 1979) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player currently working as an assistant coach for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Club career Široki Brijeg Hrgović has played for Posušj ...

in an October 2006 European Championship qualification match away against

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Honours

Player

Zrinjski Mostar *

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 ...

: 2004–05 * Bosnian Cup: 2007–08 Željezničar Sarajevo * Bosnian Premier League: 2011–12,

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* Bosnian Cup: 2011–12 Olimpik Sarajevo * Bosnian Cup: 2014–15

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