Elvir Koljić

Elvir Koljić (Bosnian pronunciation: [ělʋir kôːʎitɕ]; born 8 July 1995) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I club Rapid Bucureşti.

Elvir Koljić

Personal information
Full name	Elvir Koljić
Date of birth	(1995-07-08) 8 July 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth	Valladolid, Spain
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Rapid București
Number	95
Youth career
2005–2011	NK Ključ
2011–2013	Maribor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	Triglav	1	(0)
2014–2015	Krupa	5	(0)
2015–2016	Borac Banja Luka	29	(2)
2016–2018	Krupa	59	(38)
2018	→ Lech Poznań (loan)	5	(0)
2018	→ Lech Poznań II (loan)	3	(1)
2018–2025	Universitatea Craiova	138	(41)
2025–	Rapid București	12	(3)
International career
2018–2020	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 July 2025

Koljić started his professional career at Triglav, before joining Krupa in 2014. A year later, he moved to Borac Banja Luka. The following year, he went back to Krupa, who loaned him to Lech Poznań in 2018. Later that year, he signed with Universitatea Craiova.

Koljić made his senior international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2018.

Club career

Early career

Koljić started playing football at a local club, before joining youth academy of Slovenian team Maribor in 2011. He made his professional debut playing for Triglav against Olimpija Ljubljana on 26 October 2013 at the age of 18.^[2]

In the summer of 2014, he moved to Krupa.^[3]

In February 2015, he switched to Borac Banja Luka.^[4] On 25 April, he scored his first professional goal against Radnik Bijeljina.^[5]

In January 2016, Koljić returned to Krupa.^[6] He scored his first career hat-trick in a triumph over Rudar Prijedor on 29 November 2017.^[7] In February 2018, he was loaned to Polish side Lech Poznań until the end of season.^[8]

Universitatea Craiova

In August, Koljić was transferred to Romanian outfit Universitatea Craiova for an undisclosed fee.^[9] He made his official debut for the team against Dinamo București on 1 September and managed to score a goal.^[10]

In July 2020, he extended his contract until June 2025.^[11]

He won his first trophy with the club on 22 May 2021, by beating Astra in Cupa României final.^[12]

Rapid Bucureşti

On 6 February 2025, Koljić signed a one-year deal with Rapid București.^[13]

International career

In January 2018, Koljić received his first senior call-up to Bosnia and Herzegovina, for friendly games against the United States and Mexico.^[14] He debuted against the former on 28 January.^[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 July 2025^[16]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Triglav	2013–14	Slovenian PrvaLiga	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
Krupa	2014–15	First League of RS	5	0	—		—		—		5	0
Borac Banja Luka	2014–15	Bosnian Premier League	15	2	4	0	—		—		19	2
	2015–16	Bosnian Premier League	14	0	2	0	—		—		16	0
	Total		29	2	6	0	—		—		35	2
Krupa	2015–16	First League of RS	11	11	—		—		—		11	11
	2016–17	Bosnian Premier League	26	13	1	0	—		—		27	13
	2017–18	Bosnian Premier League	15	6	3	5	—		—		18	11
	2018–19	Bosnian Premier League	7	8	0	0	—		—		7	8
	Total		59	38	4	5	—		—		63	43
Lech Poznań (loan)	2017–18	Ekstraklasa	5	0	—		—		—		5	0
Lech Poznań II (loan)	2017–18	III liga, gr. II	3	1	—		—		—		3	1
Universitatea Craiova	2018–19	Liga I	19	13	2	1	—		—		21	14
	2019–20	Liga I	15	6	3	0	0	0	—		18	6
	2020–21	Liga I	8	6	1	0	1[b]	0	—		10	6
	2021–22	Liga I	31	4	5	2	2[c]	0	2[d]	1	40	7
	2022–23	Liga I	25	5	0	0	6[c]	0	—		31	5
	2023–24	Liga I	22	4	3	1	—		1[e]	0	26	5
	2024–25	Liga I	18	3	2	0	2[c]	1	—		22	4
	Total		138	41	16	4	11	1	3	1	168	47
Rapid București	2024–25	Liga I	10	2	2	0	—		—		12	2
	2025–26	Liga I	2	1	0	0	—		—		2	1
	Total		12	3	2	0	—		—		14	3
Career total			252	85	28	9	11	1	3	1	294	96

1. Includes Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup, Cupa României
2. Appearance in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
4. One appearance in Supercupa României, one appearance and one goal in Liga I play-offs for UEFA Europa Conference League
5. Appearance in Liga I play-offs for UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 7 September 2020^[17]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
	2018	2	0
	2019	1	0
	2020	1	0
Total		4	0

Honours

Krupa^[16]

• First League of RS: 2015–16

Universitatea Craiova^[16]

• Cupa României: 2020–21
• Supercupa României: 2021