Vahid Selimović

Vahid Selimović
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-04-03) 3 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Hermannstadt
Number 2
Youth career
–2005 Jeunesse Esch
2005–2015 Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Metz B 37 (3)
2017–2019 Metz 13 (0)
2019–2020 Apollon Limassol 21 (0)
2020–2022 OFI 27 (1)
2023 Gorica 8 (0)
2023–2024 Željezničar 14 (1)
2024– Hermannstadt 9 (0)
International career‡
2015 Luxembourg U15 2 (0)
2016 Serbia U19 1 (0)
2019– Luxembourg 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024

Vahid Selimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Вахид Селимовић; born 3 April 1997) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga I club Hermannstadt and the Luxembourg national team.

Born in Luxembourg, Selimović was a youth international for Serbia, but represents Luxembourg at the senior level.

Club career

Selimović joined the Metz academy at the age of 8 in 2005, and spent his entire youth years with them, signing his first professional contract eleven years later on 4 July 2016. He made his professional debut for Metz in a 1–0 Coupe de la Ligue loss to Angers on 12 December 2017, and his Ligue 1 debut in a 3–1 win over Montpellier four days later.

In January 2019, Selimović signed a two-year contract with Apollon Limassol. On 8 August 2020, it was announced that he had moved to OFI in Greece. After OFI, he played for Slovenian side Gorica in the second part of the 2022–23 season.

On 13 September 2023, Selimović signed a two-year contract with Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar. He was sent off after a straight red card in his debut for Željezničar in a 2–0 away loss to Igman Konjic on 27 October 2023. On 26 November 2023, Selimović scored his first goal for the club, an equaliser 4 minutes into stoppage time against Posušje, helping his team to narrowly escape defeat in a 1–1 home draw. On 10 March 2024, he scored an own goal in a 2–1 away defeat to Zvijezda 09. Selimović mutually terminated his contract with Željezničar and left the club at the end of the 2023–24 season.

International career

Selimović was born in Luxembourg and is of Bosniak and Serbian descent. He made his debut for the Serbia under-19 team in a 2–0 friendly win over Bulgaria in February 2016.

Selimović switched his national allegiance to Luxembourg in 2019, receiving his first call-up for the senior matches in June of that year.

Career statistics

International

As of match played 8 June 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Luxembourg 2019 2 1
2020 5 0
2021 3 0
2022 1 0
2023 0 0
2024 1 0
Total 12 1
Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Selimović goal.
List of international goals scored by Vahid Selimović
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2 June 2019 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Madagascar 2–3 3–3 Friendly

References

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