Denni Avdić

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Denni Avdić

| image = Denni Avdić (training 2016, 1, cropped).jpg

| upright = 1.1

| caption = Avdić training with AIK in 2016

| full_name = Denni Robin Avdić

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|09|05|df=y}}

| birth_place = Huskvarna, Sweden

| height = 1.92 m{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/denni-avdic/spieler/bundesliga/2010-11/werder-bremen | title = Denni Avdic | language = de | website = Kicker | access-date = 3 May 2021}}

| position = Centre-forward

| currentclub = Vasalund

| clubnumber = 26

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Husqvarna FF

| youthyears2 = –2005

| youthclubs2 = Brøndby

| years1 = 2006–2011

| clubs1 = Elfsborg

| caps1 = 104

| goals1 = 26

| years2 = 2011–2013

| clubs2 = Werder Bremen

| caps2 = 7

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2011–2012

| clubs3 = Werder Bremen II

| caps3 = 12

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2012–2013

| clubs4 = → PEC Zwolle (loan)

| caps4 = 23

| goals4 = 8

| years5 = 2013–2015

| clubs5 = AZ

| caps5 = 13

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2014–2015

| clubs6 = → Heracles Almelo (loan)

| caps6 = 22

| goals6 = 4

| years7 = 2016–2018

| clubs7 = AIK

| caps7 = 55

| goals7 = 5

| years8 = 2019

| clubs8 = AFC Eskilstuna

| caps8 = 16

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2021–

| clubs9 = Vasalund

| caps9 = 20

| goals9 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 2003–2004

| nationalteam1 = Sweden U17

| nationalcaps1 = 15

| nationalgoals1 = 8

| nationalyears2 = 2005–2007

| nationalteam2 = Sweden U19

| nationalcaps2 = 18

| nationalgoals2 = 4

| nationalyears3 = 2007–2010

| nationalteam3 = Sweden U21

| nationalcaps3 = 24

| nationalgoals3 = 7

| nationalyears4 = 2009

| nationalteam4 = Sweden

| nationalcaps4 = 1

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| club-update = 12:35, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Denni Robin Avdić (born Deni Avdić; 5 September 1988) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Vasalunds IF.

Beginning his professional career with IF Elfsborg, he has gone on to play professionally in Germany for Werder Bremen and in the Netherlands for PEC Zwolle, AZ Alkmaar, and Heracles Almelo before returning to Sweden in 2016. He has won one cap for the Sweden national team.

Club career

= Early career =

Avdić was born in Huskvarna, Sweden. At 15 years old he was signed by Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF, playing for Brøndby's reserve team in the Danish 2nd Division East – the third tier of Danish football; never played any senior games for the club.{{cite web | url = http://brondby.com/player.asp?sid=120&id=33 | title = Denni Avdic – Statistik | publisher = Brøndby IF | language = da | access-date = 23 January 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111005152449/http://brondby.com/player.asp?sid=120&id=33 | archive-date = 5 October 2011 | df = dmy-all }} In 2006, Avdić was released by Brøndby, as he wanted to live closer to his family in Sweden.{{cite web | url = http://brondby.com/article.asp?aid=37752 | title = Avdic vender hjem | publisher = Brøndby IF | date = 6 July 2006 | access-date = 23 January 2011 | archive-date = 5 October 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111005152835/http://brondby.com/article.asp?aid=37752 | url-status = dead }}

= IF Elfsborg =

He was picked up by IF Elfsborg in the Swedish Allsvenskan championship. When he was signed by Elfsborg, he was praised by its officials as one of the greatest talents in Swedish football.{{cite web | url = http://www.elfsborg.se/www/live/news.aspx?TreeID=652 | title = Denni Avdic klar för Blackburn Rovers – kommer från Bröndy och är en utpräglad målskytt | language = sv | publisher = Elfsborg IF | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20070503072025/http://www.elfsborg.se/www/live/news.aspx?TreeID=652 | archive-date = 3 May 2007 | df = dmy-all }}

Avdić made his debut for Elfsborg in November 2006. He played from the start in Elfsborg's first ever Royal League match, and scored two goals in the 4–0 win over AIK. In the 2010 season of Allsvenskan, Avdić changed position from attacking-midfielder to striker, his previous position as a youth player. He scored 19 goals, making him runner-up golden boot that season; Alexander Gerndt scored 20 goals. Due to this he was sold the same season for a transfer fee of £2 million to Werder Bremen.{{cite web | url =http://www.expressen.se/tv/sport/allsvenskan/har-raddar-avdic-elfsborg-mot-mff/| archive-url =https://archive.today/20130418110121/http://www.expressen.se/tv/sport/allsvenskan/har-raddar-avdic-elfsborg-mot-mff/| url-status =dead| archive-date =18 April 2013| title = Denni Avdic Elfsborg| language = sv | publisher = expressen.se}}

= Werder Bremen =

On 3 January 2011, Avdić became Werder Bremen's first new signing of that winter, as confirmed by the website of the German Bundesliga club. He signed a contract until summer 2014. He featured for the team only on rare occasions during the 2011–12 Bundesliga season. due to his repeated injuries. Before his loan to PEC Zwolle, Avdić played seven games in Bundesliga and 12 games for Werder's second team never scoring a single goal.{{cite web | url = http://www.elfsborg.se/nyheter/a-laget/89-nyhet/1825-denni-avdic-klar-foer-werder-bremen-idag | title = Denni Avdic klar för Werder Bremen idag | language = sv | publisher = IF Elfsborg | date = 3 January 2013 | access-date = 18 February 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160204021102/http://www.elfsborg.se/nyheter/a-laget/89-nyhet/1825-denni-avdic-klar-foer-werder-bremen-idag | archive-date = 4 February 2016 | df = dmy-all }}

== Loan to PEC Zwolle ==

On 29 August 2012, Avdić agreed to a loan until the end of season 2013 to the Dutch football team PEC Zwolle in Eredivisie.{{cite web | url =https://www.dn.se/sport/fotboll/denni-avdic-lanas-ut/| title = Denni Avdic lånas ut | work = Dagens Nyheter | language = sv | publisher = IF Elfsborg | date = 29 August 2012 | access-date = 18 February 2013}} He scored as a substitute his debut goal for the club in his fourth game. On 17 February 2013, in his 14th game, against Feyenoord, Avdić made the match-winning 3–2 goal for Zwolle. This was at the time his seventh cumulative goal count, the second best Swedish goalscorer in the 2012–13 season, exceeded by Zlatan Ibrahimović.{{cite web | url = http://www.fotbollskanalen.se/andra-ligor/avdic-malbast-efter-zlatan-kan-bara-gora-mitt-jobb/| title = Avdic målbäst efter Zlatan: "Kan bara göra mitt jobb" | language = sv | publisher = fotbollskanalen.se | date = 17 February 2013 | access-date = 18 February 2013 | first = Olof | last = Lundh}} Where experts claimed that he deserved a place in the Sweden national team, due to Sweden's unavailability of good strikers.{{cite web | url = http://www.fotbolldirekt.se/2013/02/17/avdic-fortsatt-stekhet-sankte-feyenoord/| title = Avdic fortsatt stekhet – sänkte Feyenoord | language = sv | publisher = fotbolldirekt.se | date = 17 February 2013 | access-date = 18 February 2013 }}

= AZ Alkmaar =

In summer 2013, Avdić joined AZ Alkmaar.{{cite web | url = http://www.werder.de/de/profis/news/45748.php | title = Zurück in die Niederlande: Avdic wechselt zu Alkmaar |trans-title=Back to the Netherlands: Avdic joins Alkmaar | language = de | publisher = Werder Bremen | date = 4 August 2013 | access-date = 4 August 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131105010033/http://www.werder.de/de/profis/news/45748.php | archive-date = 5 November 2013 | df = dmy-all }} He made his debut on 30 October in a KNVB Cup match against Achilles '29, scoring two goals. AZ won the match with 7–0.

== Loan to Heracles Almelo ==

On 15 August 2014, as a result of having no prospect with AZ, he was sent on loan to Heracles Almelo until the end of the season.{{cite web | url = http://www.voetbalprimeur.nl/nieuws/395390/az-slijt-overbodige-en-verbannen-zweed-aan-heracles-een-uitstekende-speler-.html | title = AZ slijt overbodige en verbannen Zweed aan Heracles: "Een uitstekende speler" | language = nl | publisher = Voetbalprimeur | date = 15 August 2014 | access-date = 15 August 2014}}

= Return to Sweden =

He signed with AIK in 2016, and was a part of the AIK team that won the 2018 Allsvenskan.{{Cite web|title=Avdic efter tunga åren i AIK: "Guldet gör att det har varit värt det"|url=https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/allsvenskan/avdic-efter-tunga-aren-i-aik-guldet-gor-att-det-har-varit-vart-det/|access-date=5 October 2020|website=fotbollskanalen|language=sv}}

In February 2019, joined AFC Eskilstuna, newly promoted to Allsvenskan.{{cite news |last1=Fagerlund |first1=Frida |title=Officiellt: Denni Avdic klar för AFC Eskilstuna |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/a/m6qLRE/officiellt-denni-avdic-klar-for-afc-eskilstuna |access-date=28 February 2019 |work=Aftonbladet |date=28 February 2019 |language=sv}} He left the club at the end of the year.[https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/superettan/klart-denni-avdic-och-flera-spelare-lamnar-afc/ Klart: Denni Avdic och flera spelare lämnar AFC], fotbollskanalen.se, 26 November 2019 After a long time without a club he signed for Vasalunds IF in March 2021.{{cite news|url=https://fotbolltransfers.com/site/news/136780|title=Avslöjar: Denni Avdic klar för Vasalunds IF|date=25 March 2021|publisher=Fotbolltransfers.com|language=Swedish|accessdate=25 March 2021}}

In March 2021, Avdić joined Vasalunds IF.[https://vasalundsifsektion.myclub.se/site_node/8599/nyheter/denni-avdic-har-kritat-pa-for-vasalund Denni Avdic har kritat på för Vasalund], vasalundsifsektion.myclub.se, 25 March 2021

International career

Avdić scored a total of 19 goals in 57 games for the Sweden U17, U19, and U21 teams, and was a part of the Sweden U21 squad that reached the semi-finals of the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship on home soil.{{Cite web|title=Denni Avdic - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se./spelarfakta/denni-avdic/517a709e-f1d1-44d6-853c-1fed28131477|access-date=5 October 2020|website=www.svenskfotboll.se.|language=sv}}

He made his full international debut for Sweden on 28 January 2009 in a friendly game against Mexico, coming on as a substitute for Daniel Nannskog in the 66th minute.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=24958|title=Player Database|website=eu-football.info|access-date=10 January 2021}}

Career statistics

{{updated|28 February 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/denni-avdic/6234/|publisher=Soccerway|title=D. Avdić

|access-date=17 April 2016}}

rowspan="2"\|Club ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! colspan="3" \|League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="5"\|IF Elfsborg \|2007 \|Allsvenskan \|19	0	0	0	6	0	25	0
2008 \|Allsvenskan \|25	4	0	0	1	0	26	4
2009 \|Allsvenskan \|29	3	2	0	6	2	37	5
2010 \|Allsvenskan \|29	19	2	1	4	1	35	21
colspan="2" \|Total !102	26	4	1	17	3	123	30
Werder Bremen \|2010–11 \|Bundesliga \|7	0	0	0	4	1	11	1
rowspan="3"\|Werder Bremen II \|2010–11 \|3. Liga \|1	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	1	0
2011–12 \|3. Liga \|11	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	11	0
colspan="2" \|Total !12	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
PEC Zwolle \|2012–13 \|Eredivisie \|23	8	4	0	colspan="2"\|—	23	8
AZ Alkmaar \|2013–14 \|Eredivisie \|13	0	2	2	4	0	19	2
Heracles Almelo \|2014–15 \|Eredivisie \|22	4	2	0	colspan="2"\|—	24	4
rowspan="4"\|AIK \|2016 \|Allsvenskan \|15	2	3	1	5	1	23	4
2017 \|Allsvenskan \|21	3	4	1	4	0	29	4
2018 \|Allsvenskan \|19	0	1	0	3	0	23	0
colspan="2" \|Total !55	5	8	2	12	1	75	8
colspan="3"\|Career total !234	43	20	5	37	5	291	53

Honours

IF Elfsborg

AIK

Allsvenskan: 2018

Individual

Allsvenskan top scorer runner-up: 2010{{cite web | url = http://www.fotbollskanalen.se/allsvenskan/allsvenska-skytteligan-gerndt-i-ensam-ledning/ | title = Allsvenska skytteligan: Gerndt i ensam ledning | language = sv | website = fotbollskanalen.se | date = 31 October 2010 | access-date = 13 August 2015}}

References

External links

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{{SvFF player|id=517a709e-f1d1-44d6-853c-1fed28131477|fid=343156|pid=4883|name=Denni Avdic}}
[http://www.vi.nl/spelers/carriere/denni-avdic.htm Voetbal International profile] {{in lang|nl}}

Category:1988 births

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Category:People from Huskvarna

Category:Men's association football wingers

Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:Swedish people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent

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Category:Sweden men's youth international footballers

Category:Sweden men's under-21 international footballers

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