Admir Ćatović (Bosnian pronunciation: [tɕaːtoʋitɕ]; born 5 September 1987) is a Bosnian-Swedish footballer who plays as a striker for Assyriska FF.

Admir Ćatović
Ćatović with Khimki in 2017
Personal information
Full name Admir Ćatović
Date of birth (1987-09-05) September 5, 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Gacko, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Assyriska FF
Youth career
1996–1997 Vasalund
1997–1998 Råsunda
1999–2005 AIK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 AIK (1)
2006–2010 Väsby United 76 (23)
2009Syrianska (loan) 2 (0)
2010–2011 AIK 23 (1)
2012–2013 Assyriska FF 48 (12)
2014 KuPS 31 (6)
2015 VPS Vaasa 11 (1)
2015–2016 FC Fredericia 9 (1)
2016 Muharraq Club
2016 Degerfors IF 12 (1)
2017 FC Khimki 12 (0)
2017 IK Frej 9 (0)
2019– Assyriska FF 0 (0)
International career
2014– Sweden Futsal 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2017

Career

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Starting his career in the Vasalunds IF youth system, Ćatović moved on to Råsunda IS and eventually was picked up by AIK.

AIK was relegated to Superettan in 2004, and Ćatović took a place in the senior team prior to the 2005 season. However, his appearance on the field was limited to 2 league matches and 2 cup matches,[2] he scored once against Västra Frölunda IF when he gave AIK the lead after nine minutes in a 3–0 victory.[3]

When AIK was promoted back to Allsvenskan, Ćatović did not follow and was released to AIK's Farm team Väsby United. However the club was relegated immediately to Division 1, where he helped the club back by scoring 10 goals.[4] During the 2008 Superettan he helpt Väsby to a 9th position by scoring 6 goals. He was loaned out to Syrianska FC prior to the 2009 season,[5] but had only limited appearances for the club. In 2010 AIK suffered greatly from poor performance and brought Ćatović back to club,[6] he however ended up in the shadows of first Mohamed Bangura and then Teteh Bangura.[7]

Dissatisfied with his secondary role in the team, Ćatović broke his contract with AIK and signed for Assyriska FF.[8][9] During the season of 2014 he played for KuPs (Kuopio, Finland).[10]

On 28 July 2015, it was confirmed, that Ćatović had signed a season-long contract with Danish 1st Division club FC Fredericia.[11] He left the club in January 2016, when his contract expired.[12]

On 2 February 2017, he moved to the Russian club FC Khimki.[13]

Honours

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Individual

References

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  1. ^ Playerhisty Profile
  2. ^ "Admir Catovic" (in Swedish). aik.se. Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  3. ^ "AIK-Västra Frölunda IF" Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Väsby United säljs – nu återstår bara ruiner" (in Swedish). direktpress.se. 2011-12-02. Archived from the original on 2011-12-06. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  5. ^ "Syrianska föll mot turkiskt ligalag" (in Swedish). lt.se. 2009-04-01. Archived from the original on 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  6. ^ "Admir Ćatović från Väsby till AIK" (in Swedish). aikfotboll.se. 2010-06-28. Archived from the original on 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  7. ^ "I skuggan av Banguras" (in Swedish). sportal.se. 2011-07-18. Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  8. ^ "Officiellt: AIK bryter med Admir Catovic" (in Swedish). fotbolltransfers.com. 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  9. ^ "Admir Catovic till Assyriska" (in Swedish). assyriska.se. 2012-02-25. Archived from the original on 2012-05-06. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  10. ^ "Joukkue » KuPS.fi". Archived from the original on 2014-08-02. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
  11. ^ "FC Fredericia henter ny offensivspiller" (in Danish). FC Fredericia. 28 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  12. ^ "FCF OG CATOVIC GÅR HVER TIL SIT" (in Danish). FC Fredericia. 6 December 2015. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  13. ^ "First newcomer is from Sweden" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 2 February 2017. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  14. ^ KuPSin Admir Catovic Veikkausliigan kesäkuun pelaaja Archived 2014-07-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
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