Asim Zec

{{short description|Bosnian professional footballer (born 1994)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Asim Zec

| image =

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| fullname = Asim Zec

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|01|23}}

| birth_place = Bugojno, Bosnia and Herzegovina

| height = 1.76 m

| position = Right winger

| currentclub = NK Travnik

| clubnumber = 8

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2010

| youthclubs1 = Iskra Bugojno

| years1 = 2010–2012

| clubs1 = Iskra Bugojno

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2012–2014

| clubs2 = Hradec Králové

| caps2 = 8

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2014–2015

| clubs3 = Olimpik

| caps3 = 9

| goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2015

| clubs4 = Čelik Zenica

| caps4 = 9

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2015–2016

| clubs5 = Velež Mostar

| caps5 = 13

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2016

| clubs6 = Travnik

| caps6 = 10

| goals6 = 5

| years7 = 2016–2017

| clubs7 = Sloboda Tuzla

| caps7 = 27

| goals7 = 9

| years8 = 2017–2020

| clubs8 = Željezničar

| caps8 = 59

| goals8 = 11

| years9 = 2020

| clubs9 = Zrinjski Mostar

| caps9 = 5

| goals9 = 1

| years10 = 2020–2021

| clubs10 = Željezničar

| caps10 = 4

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2021–2022

| clubs11 = Leotar

| caps11 = 14

| goals11 = 4

| years12 = 2022

| clubs12 = Igman

| caps12 = 5

| goals12 = 0

| years13 = 2022–

| clubs13 = Travnik

| caps13 = 13

| goals13 = 6

| nationalyears1 = 2012–2013

| nationalteam1 = Bosnia and Herzegovina U19

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 2016

| nationalteam2 = Bosnia and Herzegovina U21

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| pcupdate = 2 December 2020

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Asim Zec (born 23 January 1994) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for NK Travnik.

Club career

Zec joined Hradec Králové from Iskra Bugojno in July 2012. He twice managed to score four goals in one game for the youth team of Hradec Králové in his debut season.[http://sportsport.ba/ino_fudbal/asim-zec-ponovo-postigao-cetiri-gola/90771 Asim Zec ponovo postigao četiri gola!] He returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina in February 2014 to play for Olimpik. After Olimpik, Zec also played for Čelik Zenica, Velež Mostar, Travnik and Sloboda Tuzla.

In June 2017, he signed a contract with Željezničar.[https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/asim-zec-potpisao-za-zeljeznicar-na-tri-godine/170613111 Asim Zec potpisao za Željezničar na tri godine] at klix.ba, 13 June 2017 In May 2018, Zec won the 2017–18 Bosnian Cup with Željezničar.[https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/zeljeznicar-nakon-sest-godina-osvojio-kup-bosne-i-hercegovine/180509126 Željezničar nakon šest godina osvojio Kup Bosne i Hercegovine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010174716/https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/zeljeznicar-nakon-sest-godina-osvojio-kup-bosne-i-hercegovine/180509126 |date=10 October 2018 }} at klix.ba,9

May 2018 He left Željezničar on 6 February 2020, terminating his contract with the club.{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/zvanicno-asim-zec-napustio-zeljeznicar/200206115|title=Zvanično: Asim Zec napustio Željezničar|date=6 February 2020|accessdate=6 February 2020|language=Bosnian|author=D.B.|publisher=Klix.ba}} Four days after leaving Željezničar, on 10 February, Zec signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Zrinjski Mostar.{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/asim-zec-presao-iz-zeljeznicara-u-zrinjski/200210158|title=Asim Zec prešao iz Željezničara u Zrinjski|date=10 February 2020|accessdate=10 February 2020|language=Bosnian|author=E.B.|publisher=Klix.ba}} He made his official debut and scored his first official goal for Zrinjski in a 2–0 league win against his former club Čelik on 23 February 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.nfsbih.ba/takmicenja/nogomet-muskarci/bh-telecom-premijer-liga?view=match&id=7857844:nk-celik-hsk-zrinjski|title=NK ČELIK - HŠK ZRINJSKI (0 : 1) 0 : 2|date=23 February 2020|accessdate=23 February 2020|language=Bosnian|website=nfsbih.ba|archive-date=22 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322192443/https://www.nfsbih.ba/takmicenja/nogomet-muskarci/bh-telecom-premijer-liga?view=match&id=7857844:nk-celik-hsk-zrinjski|url-status=dead}} Zec left Zrinjski on 30 September 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/asim-zec-vise-nije-igrac-zrinjskog/200930078|title=Asim Zec više nije igrač Zrinjskog|date=30 September 2020|accessdate=30 September 2020|language=Bosnian|author=D.B.|publisher=Klix.ba}}

In October 2020, he returned to Željezničar.{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/asim-zec-se-vratio-na-grbavicu-uskoro-potpisuje-za-zeljeznicar/201009120|title=Asim Zec se vratio na Grbavicu, uskoro potpisuje za Željezničar|date=9 October 2020|accessdate=9 October 2020|language=Bosnian|author=N.K.|publisher=Klix.ba}} Zec played his first official game since his return to the club on 21 October 2020, in a cup game against Goražde.{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/zeljeznicar-u-drugom-poluvremenu-razbio-gorazde-bojo-se-oporavio-i-odmah-pogodio/201021104|title=Željezničar u drugom poluvremenu razbio Goražde, Bojo se oporavio i odmah pogodio|date=21 October 2020|accessdate=21 October 2020|language=Bosnian|author=K.H.|publisher=Klix.ba}} After his contract with Željezničar expired, on 15 January 2021, he left the club once again.{{cite web|url=https://sport1.oslobodjenje.ba/s1/fudbal/premijer-liga-bih/novi-odlazak-sa-grbavice-asim-zec-nije-vise-igrac-zeljeznicara-621031|title=Novi odlazak sa Grbavice: Asim Zec nije više igrač Željezničara|date=15 January 2021|accessdate=15 January 2021|language=Bosnian|publisher=sport1.ba}}

International career

Zec made caps for the Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 and Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national teams, even scoring one goal for the U19 team.

He played for the U19 team in the UEFA European U19 Championship qualification round.{{cite web|url=https://soccerway.com/players/asim-zec/255700/|title=A. Zec: Summary|accessdate=16 August 2020|language=English|website=Soccerway|publisher=Perform Group}}

Personal life

Zec's older brother, Ermin, is also a professional footballer who played alongside him at Željezničar.{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/ermin-zec-nisam-ni-sanjao-da-cu-igrati-zajedno-s-asimom/304054|title=Ermin Zec: Nisam ni sanjao da ću igrati zajedno s Asimom|date=23 January 2019|accessdate=23 January 2019|language=Bosnian|author=E. Čaušević|publisher=sportsport.ba}}