Eldin Jakupović
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Eldin Jakupović | |
| Date of birth | 2 October 1984 | |
| Place of birth | Kozarac, SFR Yugoslavia | |
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Grasshopper | |
| Number | 1 | |
| Youth career | ||
| 1992-1998 1998-1999 1999-2004 |
FC Bilten FC Niederurnen Grasshopper |
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| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2004-2006 2005-2006 2006- 2007- |
Grasshopper → FC Thun (loan) FC Lokomotiv Moscow → Grasshopper (loan) |
13 (0) 22 (0) 20 (0) 23 (1) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2005 2006 2008- |
Bosnia and Herzegovina U-21 Switzerland U-21 Switzerland |
2 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Eldin Jakupović (born 2 October 1984 in Kozarac) is a professional footballer. He currently plays for Lokomotiv Moscow of Russia but is on loan at Swiss club Grasshopper-Club Zürich.
He moved to Switzerland at a young age due to the Bosnian war.
He joined FC Lokomotiv Moscow in March 2006, but moved on a year-long loan to Grasshopper on 30 August 2007. He scored a 94th minute equaliser against BSC Young Boys during his third match for the club, earning Grasshopper a 3-3 draw. At the end of the 2007-08 season, he extended his loan at Grasshopper for another year, where he will compete with new signing Massimo Colomba for the #1 spot. After Fabio Coltorti was struck by a virus, Jakupović was drafted into the Swiss Euro 2008 provisional squad.
In April 2009 it was reported that Jakupović is a transfer target for English side Tottenham Hotspur.[1]
[edit] International career
He has dual citizenship, both Bosnian and Swiss, and has represented both at Under-21 level.
He played for Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 for two competitive matches,[1][2] and a friendly match against Austria U21 for Switzerland on 1 March 2006.
In March 2007, he received another senior call-up from Bosnia and Herzegovina against Norway, but did not play. His first call-up to the national squad was in August 2005, against Belgium and Lithuania.
In June 2008, after Fabio Coltorti withdrew from provisional UEFA Euro 2008 squad, he was called up to represent the nation where he was born.
He made his debut on 20 August 2008 in a friendly match against Cyprus. He was called up tofor the first four matches of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, all unstarted, but left the squad before the start of the fourth match due to family reasons.
During Jakupovic's time in Bosnia-Herzegovina's U-21 side, he often bragged to the Bosnian press that he has an offer to play for Switzerland's senior side and boasted that the Bosnian Football Federation will have to present a convincing argument on why he should continue to play for Bosnia. Apparently, the Bosnian FA's case wasn't to Jakupovic's liking, as he chose join Switzerland. However, since making the switch, he has been included in the Swiss squad in only one game. In recent interviews with the Bosnian press, Jakupovic now claims that his decision for switching to Switzerland was one of the biggest mistakes of his life.
[edit] External links
- Official UEFA player page
- Eldin Jakupović FIFA competition record
- Soccerway profile
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