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Emir Kujović (Cyrillic: Емир Кујовић; born 22 June 1988) is Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker. He has won five caps for the Sweden national team, and was a squad player at UEFA Euro 2016.

Emir Kujović

Kujović in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1988-06-22) 22 June 1988 (age 34)
Place of birth	Bijelo Polje, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Klippans BoIF
	Landskrona BoIS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006	Landskrona BoIS	3	(0)
2007–2010	Halmstads BK	75	(14)
2007	→ Falkenbergs FF (loan)	24	(6)
2011–2013	Kayserispor	34	(12)
2013	→ Elazığspor (loan)	3	(0)
2013–2016	IFK Norrköping	59	(39)
2016–2017	Gent	1	(0)
2017–2019	Fortuna Düsseldorf	20	(2)
2019	→ Fortuna Düsseldorf II (loan)	1	(0)
2019–2021	Djurgårdens IF	48	(9)
National team‡
2009–2010	Sweden U21	4	(0)
2016	Sweden	5	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 September 2016

Club career

Halmstads BK

Kujović started his career in Superettan and Landskrona BoIS, in 2007 he joined Halmstads BK but was directly loaned out to Falkenbergs FF in Superettan for a year,[1] in 2008 he returned to Halmstads BK and debuted in the first match of the season against Gefle IF (1-0) as a substitute.

While at Halmstads BK, he played with his older brother Ajsel Kujović, who represented the club between 2006 and 2009.

Kayserispor

Kujović was signed by Turkish club Kayserispor in October 2010 on a four-year deal starting in January 2011.[2] On 5 January 2011, he scored his first goal for Kayserispor against Ankaragücü. In 2013, he also played, on loan, three games with the Elazığspor.[3]

IFK Norrköping

On 9 August 2013, Kujović signed a 3.5-year contract with IFK Norrköping where he reunited with former Halmstads BK trainer Janne Andersson.

Djurgårdens IF

On 13 August 2019, he signed a 2.5-year contract with Djurgårdens IF.[4]

International career

Kujović debuted for Sweden under-21 team 27 March 2009 against Belgium. He was called up to the senior Sweden squad to face Denmark for the UEFA Euro 2016 play-off in November 2015.[5] Emir Kujovic was a squad player for Sweden at Euro 2016.[6] He has earned a total of 5 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a September 2016 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the Netherlands.[7]

Personal life

Kujović is a practicing Muslim of Bosniak descent.[8] He is the younger brother of Ajsel Kujović, who was a professional footballer.[9]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[10]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sweden	2016	5	1
Total		5	1

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kujovic goal.

List of international goals scored by Emir Kujovic

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	10 January 2016	Armed Forces Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Finland	3–0	3–0	Friendly	[11]

Honours

IFK Norrköping

• Allsvenskan: 2015
• Svenska Supercupen: 2015

Djurgårdens IF

• Allsvenskan: 2019

Individual

• Allsvenskan Top Scorer: 2015

References

External links

• Emir Kujović at National-Football-Teams.com
• HBK profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 April 2008) (in Swedish)
• Emir Kujović at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)

На других языках

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- [en] Emir Kujović

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[fr] Emir Kujović

Emir Kujović est un joueur de football international suédois d'origine monténégrine né le 22 juin 1988 à Bijelo Polje. Il évolue au poste de avant-centre, et est actuellement sans club.

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[it] Emir Kujović

Emir Kujović (Bijelo Polje, 22 giugno 1988) è un calciatore montenegrino naturalizzato svedese di origini bosniache, attaccante svincolato.

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[ru] Куйович, Эмир

Эмир Куйович (черног. Емир Кујовић; род. 22 июня 1988 в Биело-Поле, Югославия) — шведский футболист клуба «Юргорден». Выступал в сборной Швеции.

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