Sead Kolašinac
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Kolašinac with Schalke 04 in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Sead Kolašinac | ||
| Date of birth | 20 June 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Karlsruhe, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Schalke 04 | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2009 | Karlsruher SC | ||
| 2009–2010 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | ||
| 2010 | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| 2011–2012 | Schalke 04 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Schalke 04 II | 8 | (2) |
| 2012– | Schalke 04 | 78 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011 | Germany U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Germany U19 | 11 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Germany U20 | 2 | (1) |
| 2013– | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:48, 3 December 2016 (UTC). | |||
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Sead Kolašinac (German pronunciation: [ˈsɛ.ad ˈkɔ.la.ʃɪ.nats], Bosnian pronunciation: [ˈse.ad ko.laˈʃi.nat͡s]; born 20 June 1993) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a left back for German club Schalke 04 and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
Club career
Kolašinac began his career in his hometown club, Karlsruher SC.[2] After eight years of playing for Kalsruhe, Kolašinac joined TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, where he played a season, afterwards being bought by VfB Stuttgart.[2] Kolašinac's stay at Stuttgart was short-lived, and a season later, he joined Schalke 04.[2]
Schalke 04
After spending a season with the youth team, Kolašinac was promoted to the second team, Schalke 04 II, in one of the German lower leagues, Regionalliga West. After playing seven matches and scoring two goals for Schalke 04 II, he was promoted to the first team. On 15 September 2012, he made his Bundesliga debut in a 2–0 win over Greuther Fürth.[3] In December 2012, he played in his first game in European competitions, which was a 1–1 draw against Montpellier, in the UEFA Champions League.
In June 2013 Kolašinac extended his contract with Schalke to June 2017.[4] At the beginning of the following season Kolašinac tore the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee and was out for approximately six months.[5]
International career
Kolašinac has a German passport and after playing his youth career for Germany, Kolašinac switched allegiance to his parents' homeland Bosnia and Herzegovina and received a call-up for the country's senior national team in 2013. His father stated in an interview that was always the player's first choice to play for the Bosnian national team.[6] On 18 November 2013, Kolašinac made his debut for Bosnia in the 2–0 friendly loss against Argentina.[7] He was named in Bosnia's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[8] In the third minute of the team's opening group match, Kolašinac scored an unfortunate own goal, the fastest in World Cup history, as Argentina ran out 2–1 winners at the Estádio do Maracanã.[9]
Personal life
Kolašinac was born in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, to Bosniak parents.[10] His father, Faik, works at a Mercedes factory. Faik was born in Nikšić, SR Montenegro, to parents from Plav, SR Montenegro; the family moved to Čapljina, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1969, where Faik met his wife.[10] The family, including Sead, are practising Muslims.[10]
As well as having a German passport Kolašinac was given a Bosnian passport in 2013 and decided to play for the Bosnian national team.[10]
Style of play
Kolašinac is regarded as a defensive all-rounder which means that he can be deployed in multiple defensive positions.[11] In Kolašinac's Schalke 04 II career, he was deployed mostly as a centre back or defensive midfielder.[11] Schalke head coach Jens Keller has primarily deployed Kolašinac as a left full-back; a playing position in which Kolašinac has received praise.[11] Kolašinac is deemed to be physically strong and tough in his physique, clever defensively on the pitch and defensively consistent in winning one-on-one duels against his opponents.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 1 May 2016.[12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Schalke 04 II | 2011–12 | Regionalliga Nord | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | Regionalliga Nord | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | ||||
| 2014–15 | Regionalliga Nord | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | 8 | 2 | |||||
| Schalke 04 | 2012–13 | Bundesliga | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | Bundesliga | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| Total | 67 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | 85 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 75 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | 93 | 3 | |||
International
- As of match played 16 November 2015.[13]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 0 | |
References
- ↑ "Sead Kolasinac Schalke profile".
- 1 2 3 Aleksandar Holiga (9 June 2014). "Meet the Bosnian defender hoping to stop Messi and Aguero". fourfourtwo.com. FourFourTwo. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ↑ "Greuther Fürth Schalke 04 0–2".
- ↑ "FC Schalke 04 extend Sead Kolasinac's contract through 2017". SB Nation. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ "Sead Kolasinac Sidelined For Six Months". BHDragons. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ↑ "Otac Seada Kolašinca: On je uvijek želio igrati za BiH" [My father Sead Kolašinca: He always wanted to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina]. klix.ba. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
- ↑ "Argentina Bosnia 2–0".
- ↑ "Bosnia-Herzegovina 2014 World Cup Squad". The Telegraph. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ↑ "Arg 2–1 BiH". BBC. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 "Sead Kolašinac je bježao iz škole kako bi išao u mekteb" [Sead Kolasinac ran away from school to go to Mosque school]. sport.ba. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Schalke-Talent Kolasinac verteidigte in Istanbul knallhart und clever" [Schalke talent Kolasinac defended tough and clever in Istanbul]. derwesten.de (in German). Funke Mediengruppe. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ↑ "Sead Kolasinac". soccerway.
- ↑ Sead Kolašinac at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sead Kolašinac. |
- Sead Kolašinac profile at Fussballdaten
- Schalke Profile
- Sead Kolašinac – FIFA competition record
- Sead Kolašinac at National-Football-Teams.com
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