Džengis Čavušević

{{short description|Slovenian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Džengis Čavušević

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|11|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia

| height = 1.87 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1= 1994–2003

| youthclubs1= Šmartno

| youthyears2 = 2003–2005

| youthclubs2 = Slovan

| years1 = 2006–2009 |years2= 2006–2007|years3 = 2007–2008| years4 =2010–2012 | years5 =2012–2016 | years6 = 2016–2017 | years7 = 2018

| clubs1 = Domžale |clubs2 = → Ihan (loan) |clubs3 = → Bela Krajina (loan)| clubs4 =Wil 1900 | clubs5 =St. Gallen | clubs6 = Zürich | clubs7 = Adelaide United

| caps1 = 52 | goals1 = 7 | caps2 = 18 | goals2 = 7 |caps3 = 18|goals3 = 3| caps4 = 64 | goals4 = 32 | caps5 = 85 | goals5 = 13 | caps6 = 32 | goals6 = 6| caps7 =4 | goals7 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2012–2014

| nationalteam1 = Slovenia

| nationalcaps1 = 2 |nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2022–2023

| managerclubs1 = Slovan

| pcupdate =

| ntupdate =

}}

Džengis Čavušević (born 26 November 1987) is a retired Slovenian footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Čavušević moved to St. Gallen after playing three seasons for Wil 1900 in the Swiss Challenge League.{{cite web|publisher=Tagblatt|title=Schönenberger und Cavusevic wechseln zum FC St.Gallen|trans-title=Schonberger and Cavusevic switch to FC St.Gallen|url=http://www.tagblatt.ch/sport/fcsg/Schoenenberger-und-Cavusevic-wechseln-zum-FC-St-Gallen;art33792,2987473|date=2012-05-21|access-date=2016-05-25}} In July 2016 he signed a two-year contract with FC Zürich.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcz.ch/de/profis/news.htm?id=3764 |title=FCZ verpflichtet Stürmer Dzengis Cavusevic|publisher=fcz.ch |date=2016-06-17 |access-date=2016-06-17|language=de}} In December 2017 the contract was terminated by mutual consent.

On 6 February 2018, Čavušević joined Australian club Adelaide United until the end of the season.{{cite web|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/football/a-league/teams/adelaide/adelaide-united-has-recruited-slovenian-dzengis-cavusevic-from-fc-zrich-to-bolster-the-reds-attack-in-the-aleague-seasons-home-run/news-story/5baf6d698db76c46ca434f9b0f02dc32|title=Adelaide United has recruited Slovenian Dzengis Cavusevic from FC Zürich to bolster the Reds attack in the A-League season's home run|first=Val|last=Migliaccio|newspaper=The Advertiser|location=Adelaide|date=6 February 2018}} Not long into his time at Adelaide, he suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). He was released at the end of the season{{cite news|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/football/a-league/teams/adelaide/adelaide-uniteds-ben-garuccio-confirmed-as-signing-at-scotlands-heart-of-midlothian/news-story/7eaf7d2174e355fb49f8239ac7f84c26|title=Adelaide United's Ben Garuccio confirmed as signing at Scotland's Heart of Midlothian|newspaper=The Advertiser|location=Adelaide|date=25 May 2018}} and subsequently retired from professional football.

International career

Čavušević made his debut for Slovenia in an October 2012 World Cup qualification match away against Albania, coming on as a 59th-minute substitute for Zlatko Dedić, and earned a total of two caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was a November 2014 friendly match against Colombia.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=27973|title=Džengis Čavušević, international football player|access-date=19 August 2023|website=eu-football.info}}

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center"

|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{Soccerway |id=38683 |access-date=8 April 2018}}

rowspan=2|Clubrowspan=2|Seasoncolspan=3|Leaguecolspan=2|National cupcolspan=2|League cupcolspan=2|Continentalcolspan=2|Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan=6|Domžale2005–06rowspan=5|Slovenian PrvaLiga

|2

000colspan=4|—20
2006–07

|1

000colspan=4|—10
2007–08

|6

021colspan=4|—81
2008–09

|23

500colspan=2|—40275
2009–10

|20

224colspan=4|—226
colspan=2|Total

!52

745||00406012
rowspan=4|Wil2009–10rowspan=3|Swiss Challenge League

|15

700colspan=4|—157
2010–11

|25

1200colspan=4|—2512
2011–12

|24

1312colspan=4|—2515
colspan=2|Total

!64

321200006534
rowspan=5|St. Gallen2012–13rowspan=4|Swiss Super League

|20

400colspan=4|—204
2013–14

|7

000colspan=4|—70
2014–15

|36

842colspan=4|—4010
2015–16

|22

111colspan=4|—232
colspan=2|Total

!85

135300009016
rowspan=3|Zürich2016–17Swiss Challenge League

|27

620colspan=2|—51347
2017–18Swiss Super League

|5

010colspan=4|—60
colspan=2|Total

!32

6300051407
Adelaide United2017–18A-League

|4

100colspan=4|—41
colspan=3|Career totals

!237

591310009125970

Honours

References

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