Eldar Hadžimehmedović

Eldar Hadzimehmedovic (born 10 September 1984) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player who plays as a striker or as an attacking midfielder. He currently plays for Norwegian side Brumunddal.

Eldar Hadžimehmedović

Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-09-10) 10 September 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Tuzla, SR Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Bærum
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000	Bærum	16	(19)
2001–2004	Lyn[2]	10	(7)
2004	→ Strømsgodset (loan)	14	(1)
2005–2006	Pors Grenland[3]	47	(8)
2007	Bærum
2008	Modum FK	8	(0)
2009	Lørenskog IF
2010–2013	Raufoss IL	40	(8)
2014	Brumunddal	2	(0)
International career‡
2000–2002	Bosnia and Herzegovina U-19	3	(0)
2002–2004	Bosnia and Herzegovina U-21	7	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 January 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 May 2006

Life and career

He was born in Tuzla, SR Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia,^[4] and came to Norway at the age of 12.^[5] He previously played for Bærum in two periods, Lyn, Strømsgodset, Pors Grenland and Modum FK.^[6] Ahead of the 2014 season he went from Raufoss to Brumunddal.^[7]

He never made a breakthrough at Lyn, but made a name for himself against NSÍ Runavík in the UEFA Cup qualifying round. In the second leg, the then-18-year-old Hadžimehmedović made the unusual starting eleven, scoring a hat-trick in the first half. He then scored another hat-trick in the first 25 minutes of the second half. Having scored his six goals, he was then substituted in the 70th minute. 6 goals by Eldar Hadzimehmedovic in this game is the most goals scored by a player in one game record in UEFA cup competition,^[8] and he currently holds the record for most goals in a match for Lyn, jointly with John Sveinsson.

International career

Hadzimehmedovic has played for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-21 football team and the Under-19.^[9]