Vahid Selimović

Vahid Selimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Вахид Селимовић; born 3 April 1997) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga I club Hermannstadt and the Luxembourg national team.

Vahid Selimović

Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-04-03) 3 April 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Hermannstadt
Number	2
Youth career
0000–2005	Jeunesse Esch
2005–2015	Metz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2018	Metz B	37	(3)
2017–2019	Metz	13	(0)
2019–2020	Apollon Limassol	21	(0)
2020–2022	OFI	27	(1)
2023	Gorica	8	(0)
2023–2024	Željezničar	14	(1)
2024–	Hermannstadt	22	(0)
International career‡
2015	Luxembourg U15	2	(0)
2016	Serbia U19	1	(0)
2019–	Luxembourg	12	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 June 2024

Born in Luxembourg, Selimović was a youth international for Serbia, but represents Luxembourg at the senior level.

Club career

Selimović joined the Metz academy at the age of 8 in 2005, and spent his entire youth years with them, signing his first professional contract eleven years later on 4 July 2016.^[2][3] He made his professional debut for Metz in a 1–0 Coupe de la Ligue loss to Angers on 12 December 2017,^[4] and his Ligue 1 debut in a 3–1 win over Montpellier four days later.^[5]

In January 2019, Selimović signed a two-year contract with Apollon Limassol.^[6] On 8 August 2020, it was announced that he had moved to OFI in Greece.^[7] After OFI, he played for Slovenian side Gorica in the second part of the 2022–23 season.^[8]

On 13 September 2023, Selimović signed a two-year contract with Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar.^[9] He was sent off after a straight red card in his debut for Željezničar in a 2–0 away loss to Igman Konjic on 27 October 2023.^[10] On 26 November 2023, Selimović scored his first goal for the club, an equaliser 4 minutes into stoppage time against Posušje, helping his team to narrowly escape defeat in a 1–1 home draw.^[11] On 10 March 2024, he scored an own goal in a 2–1 away defeat to Zvijezda 09.^[12] Selimović mutually terminated his contract with Željezničar and left the club at the end of the 2023–24 season.^[13]

International career

Selimović was born in Luxembourg and is of Bosniak and Serbian descent.^[14] He made his debut for the Serbia under-19 team in a 2–0 friendly win over Bulgaria in February 2016.^[15]

Selimović switched his national allegiance to Luxembourg in 2019, receiving his first call-up for the senior matches in June of that year.^[16]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 8 June 2024^[17]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Luxembourg	2019	2	1
	2020	5	0
	2021	3	0
	2022	1	0
	2023	0	0
	2024	1	0
Total		12	1

Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Selimović goal.^[18]

List of international goals scored by Vahid Selimović

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 June 2019	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Madagascar	2–3	3–3	Friendly

Honours

Hermannstadt

• Cupa României runner-up: 2024–25