Miral Samardžić (born 17 February 1987) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ajman.
![]() Samardžić with Anzhi Makhachkala in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1987-02-17) 17 February 1987 (age 35) | ||
Place of birth | Jesenice, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Ajman | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
1996–2003 | Jesenice | ||
2003–2006 | Triglav Kranj | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2007 | Triglav Kranj | 24 | (3) |
2007–2010 | Maribor | 60 | (0) |
2010–2014 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 105 | (10) |
2014–2016 | Rijeka | 52 | (6) |
2016 | Henan Jianye | 13 | (0) |
2017 | Akhisar Belediyespor | 3 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 19 | (1) |
2018–2019 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 22 | (1) |
2019–2021 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 44 | (2) |
2021 | Hatta | 12 | (2) |
2021– | Ajman | 26 | (1) |
National team | |||
2006–2007 | Slovenia U20 | 5 | (0) |
2006–2008 | Slovenia U21 | 8 | (0) |
2013–2017 | Slovenia | 15 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 July 2022 |
Samardžić started playing football in his hometown Jesenice, aged 9. He started his professional career with Triglav Kranj. In early 2007, Samardžić signed for Maribor. Following four seasons with Maribor, he was signed by Moldovan team Sheriff Tiraspol in 2010, where he stayed for four seasons.
In July 2014, Samardžić signed for Rijeka in Croatia.[2] He scored on his debut in Rijeka's 2–1 win against Dinamo Zagreb in the 2014 Croatian Supercup.
After two seasons with Rijeka, in June 2016, Samardžić transferred to Chinese Super League side Henan Jianye for a reported fee of €1.5 million.[3]
On 31 August 2017, Anzhi Makhachkala announced the signing of Samardžić on a two-year contract.[4]
On 19 August 2018, Samardžić signed with another Russian Premier League club Krylia Sovetov Samara.[5]
On 11 July 2019, Samardžić returned to Slovenia and signed with Olimpija Ljubljana.[6]
Miral Samardžić was a member of the young Slovenian national team selections.[7] He made a début for the senior national team on 19 November 2013 against Canada and has collected 15 caps for Slovenia between 2013 and 2017.[1]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Triglav Kranj | 2004–05 | 2. SNL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2005–06 | 2. SNL | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | |||
2006–07 | 2. SNL | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | ||||
Total | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | ||
Maribor | 2006–07 | 1. SNL | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
2007–08 | 1. SNL | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | — | 26 | 1 | ||
2008–09 | 1. SNL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
2009–10 | 1. SNL | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
Total | 60 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 1 | ||
Sheriff Tiraspol | 2009–10 | National Division | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
2010–11 | National Division | 26 | 2 | 8[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 34 | 2 | ||||
2011–12 | National Division | 25 | 3 | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 27 | 3 | ||||
2012–13 | National Division | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 5] | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 31 | 5 | |
2013–14 | National Division | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
2014–15 | National Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 105 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 139 | 11 | ||
Rijeka | 2014–15 | 1. HNL | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 8] | 1 | 36 | 5 |
2015–16 | 1. HNL | 30 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 37 | 6 | ||
Total | 52 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 11 | ||
Henan Jianye | 2016 | Chinese Super League | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
Akhisar Belediyespor | 2016–17 | Süper Lig | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||
Anzhi Makhachkala | 2017–18 | Russian Premier League | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 9] | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
Krylia Sovetov Samara | 2018–19 | Russian Premier League | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 9] | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
Olimpija Ljubljana | 2019–20 | 1. SNL | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | |
2020–21 | 1. SNL | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 15 | 3 | ||
Total | 44 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 3 | ||
Career total | 342 | 23 | 27 | 5 | 49 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 426 | 32 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Slovenia | 2013 | 1 | 0 |
2014 | 4 | 0 | |
2015 | 2 | 0 | |
2016 | 7 | 0 | |
2017 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 15 | 0 |
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