Bećir Omeragić (born 20 January 2002) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender for Swiss Super League club Zürich and the Switzerland national team.
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Omeragić in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2002-01-20) 20 January 2002 (age 20) | ||
| Place of birth | Geneva, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Zürich | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2017 | Étoile Carouge | ||
| 2018 | Servette | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Zürich | 76 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Switzerland U15 | 8 | (2) |
| 2017 | Switzerland U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Switzerland U17 | 12 | (0) |
| 2020– | Switzerland | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 June 2021 | |||
Omeragić made his Swiss Super League debut for Zürich on 4 May 2019 in a game against Basel, as an 80th-minute substitute for Alain Nef.[1]
Omeragić is a youth international for Switzerland.[2] In September 2020, he had called up to the Switzerland squad for UEFA Nations League fixtures against Ukraine and Germany. He made his debut on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against Croatia.[3]
In 2021 he was called up to the national team for the 2020 UEFA European Championship, where the team created one of the main sensations of the tournament reaching the quarter-finals.[4]
Born in Switzerland to Bosnian parents, his father hails from Derventa and his mother hails from Kozarac. His football idols are Sergio Ramos, Thiago Silva and Emir Spahić.[5] He is the brother of footballer Nedim Omeragić and cousin of Edin Omeragic.[6]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Zürich | 2018–19 | Swiss Super League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
FC Zürich – current squad | |
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Switzerland squad – UEFA Euro 2020 | ||
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a Kobel replaced Omlin after Switzerland's first match. | ||
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