Zlatan Azinović (born 31 January 1988) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
 Azinović playing for Kalmar FF in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zlatan Azinović | ||
| Date of birth | 31 January 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Kalmar, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1998 | Persnäs AIF | ||
| 1998–2005 | Kalmar FF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2011 | Kalmar FF | 3 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Trelleborgs FF (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2012 | Trelleborgs FF | 12 | (0) |
| 2012 | Malmö FF | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | Kalmar FF | 0 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Malmö FF | 5 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Ängelholms FF (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 23 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Sweden U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Sweden U19 | 14 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Sweden U21 | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editKalmar FF
editAzinović started his professional career at his home town club Kalmar FF in 2005. He was the second choice behind Petter Wastå and made three appearances for the club in Allsvenskan. In 2010 both Azinović and Wastå were outrivaled by Etrit Berisha.
Trelleborgs FF
editIn the middle of the 2011 season Azinović went to fellow Allsvenskan club Trelleborgs FF on loan from Kalmar. He made three appearances in his first season at the club. In 2012 Trelleborg decided to fully contract Azinović following his release from Kalmar FF and Trelleborg letting their first choice goalkeeper Viktor Noring go on loan to Malmö FF.
Malmö FF
editOn 22 August 2012 it was announced that Azinović would transfer to Allsvenskan club Malmö FF with a short-term contract for the rest of the 2012 season.[2] Azinović made no first team appearance for Malmö FF before the end of the season when it was announced that the club would not extend his contract.[3] After a brief spell back at Kalmar Azinović returned to Malmö FF and signed a two-year contract on 9 January 2014.[4] Azinović made two appearances for Malmö FF during the season, in the home fixture against Örebro SK on 13 August 2014 and the final game of the season against Åtvidabergs FF on 1 November 2014.[5] He announced his retirement from professional football in the summer of 2016 following a serious injury.[6]
Coaching career
editIn August 2016, Azinović was hired as goalkeeper coach at BK Höllviken.[7] Later in September 2016, when the club's manager got fired, Azinović got also the role as assistant manager.[8]
Career statistics
edit- Updated 4 July 2016.[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kalmar FF | 2005 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2007 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2008 | Allsvenskan | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Allsvenskan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2011 | Allsvenskan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Trelleborgs FF | 2011 | Allsvenskan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 2012 | Superettan | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Malmö FF | 2012 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kalmar FF | 2013 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Malmö FF | 2014 | Allsvenskan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2015 | Allsvenskan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Ängelholms FF | 2016 | Superettan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
Honours
edit- Malmö FF
References
edit- ^ "Zlatan Azinovic". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "Zlatan Azinovic till Malmö FF". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 22 August 2012. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "KLART: Zlatan Azinovic nobbas – Malmö FF flyttar upp Sixten Mohlin". fotbolltransfers.com (in Swedish). 13 November 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
- ^ "Officiellt: Zlatan Azinovic klar för Malmö FF". fotbolltransfers.com (in Swedish). 9 January 2014. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Zlatan Azinović". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ "Känslofyllda avskedet – målvakten lägger av". Expressen. July 2016.
- ^ "Zlatan Azinovic till FC Höllviken – blir målvaktstränare". fotbolltransfers.com (in Swedish). 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017.
- ^ "MFF-profiler tar över när Höllvikens tränare kliver av". sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). 5 September 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017.
External links
edit- Zlatan Azinovic at Malmö FF at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 September 2012) (in Swedish)
- Zlatan Azinovic at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Zlatan Azinović club team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
- Zlatan Azinovic national team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
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