Enes Mahmutovic (born 22 May 1997) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for CSKA Sofia.
![]() Mahmutovic with CSKA Sofia in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Enes Mahmutovic[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1997-05-22) 22 May 1997 (age 25)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Peć, FR Yugoslavia[3] | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[4] | ||
Position(s) | Centre back, Right back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | CSKA Sofia | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2017 | Fola Esch | 25 | (0) |
2017–2020 | Middlesbrough | 0 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → MVV (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Lviv | 32 | (1) |
2022– | CSKA Sofia | 4 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2016 | Luxembourg U21 | 4 | (0) |
2016– | Luxembourg | 21 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:06, 11 September 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2022 |
In the summer of 2014, Mahmutovic signed his first professional senior contract with CS Fola Esch.[5][6]
On 19 May 2017, it was announced that he had joined Championship club Middlesbrough for an undisclosed fee.[7] Mahmutovic made his debut for the club on 14 August 2018, in an EFL Cup tie with Notts County, scoring a headed goal in the 3–3 draw.[8] In doing so, he became the first Luxembourger in history to score a professional goal in English football.[9]
On 30 August 2018, Mahmutovic joined League Two club Yeovil Town on loan until the end of the season.[10] His time at Yeovil Town was cut short on 31 December 2018, with Mahmutovic returning early to Middlesbrough upon the opening of the January transfer window after only playing a limited role at the League Two side.[11]
On 1 July 2019, Mahmutovic joined MVV Maastricht of the Dutch Eerste Divisie, going on to appear 16 times for the club across the season.[12]
Middlesbrough announced that Mahmutovic had been released by the club on 28 June 2020.[13]
On 31 March 2022, Mahmutovic signed a contract with Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia.[14]
Mahmutovic was born in Peć, FR Yugoslavia, and moved to Luxembourg at a young age. He was eligible for Montenegro and Luxembourg internationally, as well as Kosovo or Serbia, his birthplace.[15] He made his international debut for Luxembourg on 13 November 2016, in a 1–3 loss to the Netherlands.[5]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Fola Esch | 2014–15[6] | National Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2015–16[6] | National Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
2016–17[6] | National Division | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
Fola Esch total | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
Middlesbrough | 2017–18[16] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018–19[17] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
2019–20[18] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Middlesbrough total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Yeovil Town (loan) | 2018–19[17] | League Two | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
MVV Maastricht (loan) | 2019–20[6] | Eerste Divisie | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
FC Lviv | 2020–21[6] | Ukrainian Premier League | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||
2021–22[6] | Ukrainian Premier League | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
Total | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 1 | ||||
CSKA Sofia | 2022–23 | First League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Career total | 80 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 92 | 3 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Luxembourg | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
2017 | 3 | 0 | |
2018 | 6 | 0 | |
2019 | 1 | 0 | |
2020 | 2 | 0 | |
2021 | 7 | 0 | |
2022 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 21 | 0 |
PFC CSKA Sofia – current squad | |
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