Haris Seferović

Haris Seferović

Seferović with Switzerland in 2014
Personal information
Full name Haris Seferović[1]
Date of birth (1992-02-22) 22 February 1992
Place of birth Sursee, Switzerland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Eintracht Frankfurt
Number 9
Youth career
1999–2004 Sursee
2004–2007 Luzern
2007–2009 Grasshopper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Grasshopper 3 (0)
2010–2013 Fiorentina 8 (0)
2011–2012 → Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) 10 (2)
2012 → Lecce (loan) 5 (0)
2013 → Novara (loan) 18 (10)
2013–2014 Real Sociedad 24 (2)
2014– Eintracht Frankfurt 71 (15)
National team‡
2007–2010 Switzerland U17 11 (9)
2010–2011 Switzerland U19 12 (8)
2011–2012 Switzerland U21 11 (3)
2013– Switzerland 38 (8)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2016

Haris Seferović (born 22 February 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays for Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt and the Switzerland national team, as a striker.

He made his professional debut at Grasshopper and was signed by Serie A club Fiorentina in January 2010. Much of his time at the club was spent out on loan, with a successful spell at Novara in Serie B followed by a transfer to Real Sociedad in 2013.

A full international since 2013, he represented Switzerland at the 2014 FIFA World Cup[3] and UEFA Euro 2016.

Early life

His family is from Sanski Most, Bosnia and Herzegovina, (then SFR Yugoslavia), who immigrated to Switzerland in the late 1980s.[4] Seferović is of Bosniak origin.[5][6][7]

Club career

Seferović began his career in 1999 on FC Sursee's youth side and after five years signed in the summer of 2004 for FC Lucerne.[8] After three years in their youth teams he was scouted by Grasshopper Club Zürich, and on 26 April 2009 made his debut in the Swiss Super League against Neuchâtel Xamax.[9] In January 2010 he was named as the Youth Player of the Year in the canton Lucerne.[10] On 29 January 2010, ACF Fiorentina signed Seferović from Grasshopper for €2.1 million transfer fee.[11][12] One day later La viola announced the deal was completed.[13] The youngster was assigned to Fiorentina's primavera team.[14] On 4 August 2011, Seferović was loaned to Swiss Super League side Neuchâtel Xamax.[15]

On 27 January 2012, Seferović was loaned to Serie A side Lecce during the January transfer window.[16] He spent the second half of the 2012-13 season with Novara of Serie B, scoring 10 goals in 18 games, all as a starter. He scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 win over Livorno on 17 April as Novara eventually finished in the play-offs.[17]

Real Sociedad

On 11 July 2013, Seferović completed his move to Real Sociedad on a four-year deal for a €2 million transfer fee.[18][19]

He started his La Liga debut on 16 August 2013, and scored with a chip against Getafe, securing a 2–0 home victory.[20] Four days later, he scored a volley as Real Sociedad beat Lyon 2–0 away from home in the play-off qualification round for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League.[21] He played 24 league games in his first season, only nine as a starter, and scored his only other league goal as a substitute for Carlos Vela, wrapping up a 5–0 win over Osasuna on 2 November.[22] On 18 December, he scored Sociedad's third goal as they defeated third-tier Algeciras CF 4–0 in the Copa del Rey Round of 32.

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 1 August 2014, Seferović completed a move to Eintracht Frankfurt, signing a three-year contract with the Bundesliga club. The club said "We intentionally chose a young player who already has a relatively high degree of experience, but who still has plenty of room for improvement."[23] He made his debut on 16 August, scoring the opening goal in the 9th minute as Frankfurt defeated fourth-tier FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin 2–0 away in the first round of the DFB-Pokal.[24] A week later he played his first Bundesliga match, and scored the only goal from Frankfurt's first attack of the game to defeat SC Freiburg at the Waldstadion.[25]

In Frankfurt's 4–5 home defeat to VfB Stuttgart on 25 October, he was sent off for a second yellow card.[26]

International career

Seferović has won with the Swiss under-17 national team the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria[27] and was the top scorer of the tournament.[28] He scored five goals at the tournament, including the winning goal in the final against the host nation Nigeria.[29]

In 2013, ahead of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team's match against Slovenia, Seferović claimed he wanted to play for the country of his parents' birth.[30] However, he later accepted a call-up from Switzerland, and made his debut in a friendly game against Greece on 6 February 2013, where he replaced Mario Gavranović for the last 20 minutes of a 0–0 away draw.[31] On his third cap, on 8 June 2013, he replaced Josip Drmić for the last 15 minutes, and in injury time scored the only goal of a home World Cup qualifier against Cyprus.[32]

On 2 June 2014, Seferović was named in Switzerland's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad by national coach Ottmar Hitzfeld.[33] In the team's first match, on 15 June in Brasília against Ecuador, he replaced Drmić for the last 15 minutes and scored the winner in the third minute of stoppage time.[34]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 March 2016[35][36]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grasshopper 2009–10 3000–000030
Total 300000000030
Fiorentina 2010–11 14000–6000200
2011–12 70101090–180
2012–13 20000000–30
Total 38330408000533
Real Sociedad 2013–14 24271–8100394
Total 24271008100394
Eintracht Frankfurt 2014–15 321021–––3411
2015–16 23320–––253
Total 5513410010005914
Career Total 1131450402200014314

International goals

Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 8 June 2013 Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland  Cyprus
1–0
1–0
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 15 June 2014 Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil  Ecuador
2–1
2–1
2014 FIFA World Cup
3. 14 October 2014 San Marino Stadium, Serravalle  San Marino
1–0
4–0
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
4.
2–0
5. 27 March 2015 Swissporarena, Lucern, Switzerland  Estonia
3–0
3–0
6. 17 November 2015 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria  Austria
0-1
1–2
Friendly
7.
1-2
8. 7 October 2016 Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary  Hungary
1–0
3–2
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

International

Switzerland

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 30. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/teams/player=250002548/index.html
  3. ↑ "Balkan imports hitting big time as Switzerland establish themselves as World Cup regulars". The National. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Viole sve dogovorile s Grasshopperom
  5. ↑ http://m.magazinduayeni.com/haber/16231/arnavut-futbolcu-seferovic-avrupaya-ders-verdi
  6. ↑ https://sports.yahoo.com/news/swiss-striker-seferovic-moves-frankfurt-143034184--sow.html
  7. ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28085070
  8. ↑ Haris Seferovic, der rosa Bomber!
  9. ↑ Das Bild, das Seferovics Leben verändert
  10. ↑ REGIOfussball.ch – Fussball in der Region Luzern – Zentralschweiz: Haris Seferovic erhält Nachwuchspreis
  11. ↑ Movimentazione Diritti Pluriennali alle Prestazioni di Calciatori Professionisti nell'esercizio 2010 al 31/12/2010 in ACF Fiorentina S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2012, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
  12. ↑ Paukenschlag: Seferovic wechselt in die Serie A
  13. ↑ "Acquisito Seferovic" (in Italian). ACF Fiorentina. 2010-01-30. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  14. ↑ Accordo per Seferovic
  15. ↑ "Seferovic al Neuchatel Xamax" [Seferovic to Neuchatel Xamax] (in Italian). ACF Fiorentina. 4 August 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  16. ↑ Nuovi Acquisti: Blasi, Seferovic, Miglionico
  17. ↑ "Seferovic, dal Novara al gol Mondiale con la Svizzera [Seferovic, from Novara to a World Cup goal for Switzerland]". La Stampa (in Italian). 15 June 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  18. ↑ "La Real Sociedad ficha a Haris Seferovic" [Real Sociedad sign Haris Seferovic] (in Spanish). Realsociedad.com. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  19. ↑ ACF Fiorentina S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2012, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
  20. ↑ "Winning start for Sociedad". Sky Sports News. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  21. ↑ "Seferovic, de volea, confirma que una estrella ha llegado a Anoeta [Seferovic, from his volley, confirms that a star has arrived at Anoeta]". Marca. 20 August 2013.
  22. ↑ "Five-star Sociedad blitz Osasuna". Sky Sports News. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  23. ↑ "Transfer news: Eintracht Frankfurt sign Switzerland forward Haris Seferovic from Real Sociedad". Sky Sports News. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  24. ↑ "Joker Meier bringt Chancen und das 2:0 ins Spiel". kicker.de (in German). 16 August 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  25. ↑ "German Bundesliga: Frankfurt make winning start". Sky Sports News. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  26. ↑ "Stuttgart edges Eintracht in nine-goal thriller". Fox News. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  27. ↑ Haris Seferovic: «Es gibt nur die Schweizer Nati ... – FACTS 2.0
  28. ↑ Goldener Schuh von adidas (Top-Torschütze)
  29. ↑ "Haris SEFEROVIC". FIFA. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  30. ↑
  31. ↑ "Greece v Switzerland". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  32. ↑ "Switzerland v Cyprus". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  33. ↑ "Switzerland World Cup 2014 squad". The Telegraph. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  34. ↑ "Switzerland 2-1 Ecuador". BBC Sport. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  35. ↑ "Pajtim Kasami". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  36. ↑ "P. KASAMI". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  37. ↑ SEFEROVIĆ ODUŠEVLJEN NAGRADOM
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