:Mustafa Kučuković
{{Short description|German footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mustafa Kučuković
| image = Mustafa Kucukovic.jpg
| caption = Kučuković with 1860 Munich in 2007
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|11|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bosanski Novi, SFR Yugoslavia
| height = 1.93 m
| position = Forward
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1992–1997
| youthclubs1 = SSV Buer
| youthyears2 = 1997–2003
| youthclubs2 = Schalke 04
| youthyears3 = 2003–2004
| youthclubs3 = VfL Bochum
| years1 = 2004–2007
| clubs1 = Hamburger SV
| caps1 = 14
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2004–2007
| clubs2 = Hamburger SV II
| caps2 = 41
| goals2 = 22
| years3 = 2006–2007
| clubs3 = → Greuther Fürth (loan)
| caps3 = 21
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2007–2008
| clubs4 = 1860 Munich
| caps4 = 29
| goals4 = 4
| years5 = 2007–2008
| clubs5 = 1860 Munich II
| caps5 = 13
| goals5 = 4
| years7 = 2009–2010
| clubs7 = Grenoble
| caps7 = 5
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2010–2011
| clubs8 = SønderjyskE
| caps8 = 17
| goals8 = 4
| years9 = 2011
| clubs9 = Energie Cottbus
| caps9 = 5
| goals9 = 1
| years10 = 2011
| clubs10 = Energie Cottbus II
| caps10 = 1
| goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2012
| clubs11 = Olympiakos Nicosia
| caps11 = 13
| goals11 = 2
| years12 = 2013–2015
| clubs12 = Hansa Rostock
| caps12 = 30
| goals12 = 5
| years13 = 2016–2017
| clubs13 = Lüneburger SK Hansa
| caps13 = 11
| goals13 = 0
| years14 = 2017
| clubs14 = Hamm United FC
| caps14 = 7
| goals14 = 0
| totalcaps = 207
| totalgoals = 45
| nationalyears1 = 2004–2005
| nationalteam1 = Germany U19
| nationalcaps1 = 9
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| nationalyears2 = 2005–2007
| nationalteam2 = Germany U20
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 3
| nationalyears3 = 2007
| nationalteam3 = Germany U21
| nationalcaps3 = 1
| nationalgoals3 = 0
}}
Mustafa Kučuković (born 5 November 1986) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Kučuković started his professional career at Hamburger SV in September 2004 and made his Bundesliga debut as a second-half substitute in the club's away match against VfB Stuttgart on 11 September 2004. With an age of 17 years, 10 months and 6 days he was the youngest player who has ever played for Hamburger SV in Bundesliga then. Prior to his professional debut, he spent one season playing for VfL Bochum's amateur squad and was signed by HSV's amateur squad in July 2004. Between 2004 and 2006, he played regularly for HSV's amateurs in the Regionalliga Nord and only occasionally appeared for the club's professional squad in the Bundesliga, making 14 appearances and scoring one goal in two seasons. His first and so far only Bundesliga goal was the 1–1 equaliser that secured one point for HSV in an away match against Werder Bremen on 18 December 2005. He scored the goal only two minutes after entering the match as a substitute. Playing for HSV's amateur squad in the Regionalliga Nord, he made 40 appearances and scored 22 goals in two seasons. In the 2005–06 season, he also made three appearances for HSV in the UEFA Cup.
In August 2006, HSV loaned him to 2. Bundesliga side SpVgg Greuther Fürth for one season, until June 2007. He made his debut for the club in the Second Bundesliga on 27 August 2006 in their 3–1 defeat to Hansa Rostock at home, playing as a second-half substitute. After his return to Hamburg Kučuković was sold to another 2. Bundesliga side, 1860 Munich. after a year he left Munich. He joined on 30 January 2009 French club Grenoble Foot 38. On 31 March 2010, Grenoble Foot 38 released the German forward by mutual consent.{{cite web|url=http://www.gf38.fr/fr/toute-l-actualite-du-gf38.2.0.0.0.html#actu_2269 |title=KUCUKOVIC QUITTE LE GF38 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831054919/http://www.gf38.fr/fr/toute-l-actualite-du-gf38.2.0.0.0.html |archivedate=31 August 2009 }}
On 17 September 2010, he signed with SønderjyskE in the Danish Superliga. On 8 June 2011, he signed a contract with Energie Cottbus,{{cite web | url = http://scsport.ba/v2/tekst.php?ID=20559 | title = Mustafa Kučuković potpisao za Energie Cottbus | language = Bosnian | publisher = scsport.ba | date = 8 June 2011 | accessdate = 30 March 2012 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120324192417/http://scsport.ba/v2/tekst.php?ID=20559 | archivedate = 24 March 2012 | df = dmy-all }} but on 31 January 2012 he moved to the Cypriot club Olympiakos Nicosia.
On 12 July 2013, he joined Hansa Rostock on a two-year contract after having been sidelined for one year due to injuries.{{cite web|title=Kucukovic wechselt an die Ostsee|url=https://www.kicker.de/kucukovic-wechselt-an-die-ostsee-589213/artikel|publisher=Kicker|access-date=23 July 2013|language=German|date=12 July 2013}}
International career
Kučuković has played for Germany at the U-19, U-20 and U-21 level.
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{cite web |title=Mustafa Kučuković » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/mustafa-kucukovic/2/ |publisher=World Football |accessdate=28 September 2019}}{{cite web |title=M. Kucukovic |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/mustafa-kucukovic/20793/ |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |accessdate=28 September 2019}} | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club | rowspan="2"|Season | colspan="3"|League | colspan="2"|Cup | colspan="2"|Continental | colspan="2"|Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Hamburger SV | 2004–05
|9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2005–06
|Bundesliga |5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| rowspan="4"|Hamburger SV II | 2004–05
|20 | 14 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 14 | ||
| 2005–06
|Regionalliga Nord |20 | 8 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 8 | |||
| 2007–08
|Regionalliga Nord |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total | 41 | 22 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 41 | 22 | ||
| Greuther Fürth | 2006–07
|21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 2 | |
| rowspan="3"|1860 Munich | 2007–08
|2. Bundesliga |23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 4 | |
| 2008–09
|2. Bundesliga |6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 2 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total | 29 | 4 | 4 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 6 | |
| rowspan="3"|1860 Munich II | 2007–08 | Regionalliga Süd
|8 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 2 | |
| 2008–09
|Regionalliga Süd |5 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 2 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total | 13 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 4 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Grenoble | 2008–09
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009–10
|Ligue 1 |4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | |
| SønderjyskE | 2010–11
|17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 4 | |
| Energie Cottbus | 2011–12
|2. Bundesliga |5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 1 | |
| Energie Cottbus II | 2011–12
|Regionalliga Nord |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| Olympiakos Nicosia | 2011–12
|13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 2 | |
| rowspan="3"|Hansa Rostock | 2013–14
|21 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15
|3. Liga |9 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 3 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total | 30 | 5 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 5 | ||
| Lüneburger SK Hansa | 2016–17
|Regionalliga Nord |11 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total | 200 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 216 | 47 |
References
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Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Germany
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