Avdija Vršajević

Avdija Vršajević

File:20150331 2026 AUT BIH 2166 Avdija Vršajević.jpg Vršajević with Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Avdija Vršajević
Date of birth	(1986-03-06) 6 March 1986
Place of birth	Tešanj, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	Osmanlıspor
Number	8
Youth career
	TOŠK Tešanj
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2004	TOŠK Tešanj
2004–2005	Željezničar	24	(1)
2005–2007	Čelik Zenica	18	(3)
2007–2009	Sparta Prague	0	(0)
2008	→ SK Kladno (loan)	11	(0)
2008	→ Tatran Prešov (loan)	10	(1)
2009–2011	Tatran Prešov	60	(3)
2011–2012	Čelik Zenica	21	(3)
2012–2015	Hajduk Split	74	(4)
2015–	Osmanlıspor	12	(0)
International career‡
2005–2006	Bosnia and Herzegovina U21	13	(1)
2012–	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 February 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 March 2015

Avdija Vršajević (born 6 March 1986) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Turkish club Osmanlıspor and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Club career

Vršajević's first professional club was NK TOŠK Tešanj. Here he spent the 2003-04 season before moving to Željezničar. He spent only one season at Željezničar before Čelik Zenica acquired his services. He remained at Čelik for two seasons, often in and out of the first team.

From Čelik, Avdija moved to Czech side AC Sparta Prague but never made an appearance for them, spending loan spells initially at SK Kladno and then at 1. FC Tatran Prešov. Tatran made his loan move permanent in 2009 and he spent the following two seasons there, making 60 appearances and scoring three goals. He was played as either a right back or a right winger at Tatran.

Avdija moved back to Čelik in 2011, spending one season at the club where he made a further 21 appearances.

As he only signed a one-year contract at Čelik and chose not to renew it when the season ended, Avdija moved to Croatian side Hajduk Split, signing a three-year contract. He made his debut for Hajduk on the 22nd of July, 2012 in a 0–0 draw against Istra. Immediately becoming the club's first choice right back, Avdija made 30 appearances in all competitions in his first season at Hajduk. In the 2013–14 season, manager Igor Tudor changed his role in the team often. Throughout the season he found himself at left back, right back and right wing, once again making 30 appearances in all competitions.

In June 2015, Vršajević left Hajduk Split, after agreeing mutual termination with the club.

On July 18, he signed with newly promoted Turkish side Osmanlıspor.

International career

In 2006, Vršajević was called to Bosnia and Herzegovina under-21 side by then coach Ibrahim Zukanović.

He made his Bosnia and Herzegovina debut in 2012 in a 3–0 friendly win against Slovenia under coach Safet Sušić. Vršajević was named in the Bosnia and Herzegovina 23-man squad for their first World Cup participation ever in the 2014 World Cup. On 25 June 2014, he scored his first goal and Bosnia's third in the 83rd minute to make it 3–1 for Bosnia against Iran in the last group match, where he also made his World Cup debut.

Career statistics

International

As of match played 31 March 2015.

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
	2012	4	0
	2013	7	0
	2014	4	1
	2015	1	0
Total		16	1

International goals

Scores and results list Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	25 June 2014	Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil	Iran	3–1	3–1	2014 FIFA World Cup

External links

• Player profile on 1fctatran.sk (Slovak)
• Player profile on sparta.cz (Czech)
• Player profile on skkladno.cz (Czech)
• weltfussball.de Profile (German)
• Avdija Vršajević at Soccerway