Armin Gigović (born 6 April 2002) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder or defensive midfielder for Danish Superliga club OB. He is also under contract with Russian club Rostov, but that contract is suspended.
![]() Gigović with FC Rostov in 2020 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2002-04-06) 6 April 2002 (age 20) | ||
Place of birth | Lund, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | OB | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2017 | Landskrona BoIS | ||
2017–2019 | Helsingborgs IF | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | Helsingborgs IF | 34 | (1) |
2020– | Rostov | 30 | (1) |
2022 | → Helsingborgs IF (loan) | 16 | (2) |
2022– | → OB (loan) | 7 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2019 | Sweden U17 | 7 | (0) |
2019 | Sweden U19 | 3 | (1) |
2020– | Sweden U21 | 9 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:20, 31 August 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:38, 30 March 2022 (UTC) |
Gigović started his football career in Landskrona BoIS. When he 15 years old he moved to the rival club Helsingborgs IF and played in the youth teams.[citation needed]
In the beginning Gigović played for the academy in HIF and in the summer 2018 he played SM for 16 year olds in Gothenburg, which was arranged by Gothia Cup. Almost exactly one year later, on 15 July 2019 he made his debut for the senior Helsingborgs IF team. [1] He got subbed in at the 75th minute for David Boysen, and HIF won the match against IK Sirius with 1–0. In August 2019 Armin extended his contract with HIF until the end of 2021. Already back then there was a big interest from other clubs in Europe about him, among them Genoa, Wolves, CSKA Moscow and Amiens.[citation needed]
On 15 October 2020, the Swedish newspaper Sport Expressen revealed that Gigović and Pontus Almqvist were going to the Russian club Rostov. Later that evening the transfer got confirmed from Helsingborgs IF and Rostov.[citation needed]
On 15 October 2020, Gigović signed a five-year contract with Russian Premier League club Rostov.[2]
On 7 March 2022, FIFA introduced special regulations related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Those regulations allow foreign players in Russia to unilaterally temporarily suspend their contracts with their Russian clubs until the end of the 2021–22 season and join clubs outside of Russia until that date.[3] On 31 March 2022, Gigović used that rule to return to Helsingborgs IF until the end of June 2022.[4] On 1 July 2022, the loan was extended until 31 August 2022.[5]
On 31 August 2022 it was confirmed that Gigović had joined Danish Superliga club OB on a free transfer, after his deal with Russian FC Rostov had been suspended due to the war in Ukraine. Gigović signed a deal for the rest of 2022 with the Danish club.[6]
Gigović's father, Almir, was a footballer from Bosnia and Herzegovina.[7]
On 24 August 2020, Armin Gigović tested positive for COVID-19.[8]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Helsingborg | 2019 | Allsvenskan | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | |
2020 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 21 | 1 | |||
Rostov | 2020–21 | RPL | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 1 | |
2021–22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | |||
Total | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
Helsingborg (loan) | 2022 | Allsvenskan | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | |
Total | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2 | ||
Career total | 72 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 3 |
OB – current squad | |
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