Dennis Salanović (born 26 February 1996) is a Liechtensteiner professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Lahti.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1996-02-26) 26 February 1996 (age 26) | ||
Place of birth | Vaduz, Liechtenstein | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2013 | FC Schaan | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2014 | FC Schaan | 15 | (7) |
2014–2015 | Atlético Madrid Juvenil A | 8 | (0) |
2015 | Istra 1961 | 8 | (0) |
2015 | → Istra 1961 B | 4 | (0) |
2016 | FC Balzers | 12 | (8) |
2016–2018 | FC Rapperswil-Jona | 53 | (7) |
2018–2021 | FC Thun | 72 | (7) |
2021 | → AC Oulu (loan) | 13 | (4) |
2022 | AC Oulu | 4 | (1) |
2022– | FC Lahti | 6 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2014–2018 | Liechtenstein U21 | 9 | (1) |
2014– | Liechtenstein | 49 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 June 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 March 2022 |
In 2018, Salanović joined Swiss club FC Thun.[1]
After playing for AC Oulu in Finland on loan in the 2021 season, on 7 December 2021 he agreed to return to the club on the permanent basis for 2022.[2][3] On 27 June 2022, Oulu announced that Salanović left the club as his contract expired and the option to extend was not exercised.[4]
On 4 August 2022, he joined another Finnish team, FC Lahti.[5]
Salanović played his first international game with the senior national team on 4 September 2014 in and against Bosnia and Herzegovina (3–0), after he came on as a substitute for Philippe Erne in the 63rd minute of that game.[6] At the time of his senior debut for Liechtenstein, rumors were abound that Salanović had chosen to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina over the country of his birth, however, four days later, Salanović appeared in Liechtenstein's starting 11 for their UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Russia, thus permanently cap-tying him to the principality.[7][unreliable source?]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 14 December 2017 | Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
2. | 9 September 2018 | Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D |
3. | 16 October 2018 | Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D |
4. | 8 September 2019 | Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
Salanović's family is from Bosnia and Herzegovina. They moved to Liechtenstein during the Bosnian War.[9]
Individual
Liechtensteiner Footballer of the Year | |
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