Elmin Kurbegović
{{short description|Swedish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Elmin Kurbegović
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|6|3|df=y}}
|birth_place = Kotor Varoš, SFR Yugoslavia
|height = 1.87 m
|position = Midfielder
|currentclub = IFK Värnamo
|clubnumber = 12
|youthyears1 =
|youthclubs1 = Elfsborg
|years1 = 2008–2011 | clubs1 = Elfsborg | caps1 = 16 | goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2009–2010 | clubs2 = → Novara (loan) | caps2 = 3 | goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2012– | clubs3 = Värnamo | caps3 = 14 | goals3 = 2
|nationalyears1 = 2007–2009
|nationalteam1 = Sweden U21
|nationalcaps1 = 3
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|club-update = 09:18, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
|nationalteam-update =
}}
Elmin Kurbegović (born 3 June 1987) is a Swedish footballer of Bosnianhttp://scsport.ba/bs/tekst.php?ID=6064 {{Dead link|date=November 2017}} descent, who currently plays for IFK Värnamo.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W5IWBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA277|author=Lorenzo Gravela|title=Soccer World 2012/2013|year=2013|page=277|isbn=9781291275162}}
Career
Kurbegović was born in Kotor Varoš in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the war broke out he left for Sweden and started his career at Elfsborg in 2006.{{cite news|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=91&artikel=4939615|title=IFK Värnamo värvar från Elfsborg|language=Swedish|date=31 January 2012|access-date=30 November 2017}} He left Elfsborg after the 2011 season, having not been offered a new contract by the club.{{cite web|url=http://elfsborg.se/2011/12/05/spelarnytt-marcus-rohden-far-a-lagskontrakt/|title=Spelarnytt: Marcus Rohdén får A-lagskontrakt|date=5 December 2011|access-date=30 November 2017|publisher=elfsborg.se|language=Swedish}}
After just having played once in 2009 Allsvenskan he left for Novara on loan.
He was called up to play internationally for Sweden U21 in a friendly match.{{cite news|url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0257-0de79396b68b-f48b904b0bc1-1000--u21-finalists-shuffle-their-packs/|title=U21 finalists shuffle their packs|date=24 March 2009|access-date=30 November 2017|publisher=UEFA}} He's still eligible to represent both Sweden and Bosnia and Herzegovina at the senior level.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120318221210/http://aic.football.it/scheda/21524/kurbegovic-elmin.htm Profile at Football.it] {{in lang|it}}
- [http://www.novaracalcio.net/rosa_giocatori/?giocatore=KurbegovicProfile at Novara] {{dead link|date=January 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} {{in lang|it}}
- {{WorldFootball.net|elmin-kurbegovic}}
- {{Svenskfotboll|fid=271026}}
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Category:People from Kotor Varoš
Category:Footballers from Banja Luka Region
Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Sweden
Category:Swedish people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
Category:Swedish men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Sweden men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Swedish expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Category:Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Category:21st-century Swedish sportsmen
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