Miral Samardžić

Miral Samardžić

Samardžić with Anzhi Makhachkala in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1987-02-17) 17 February 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Jesenice, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Jesenice
Youth career
1996–2003	Jesenice
2003–2006	Triglav Kranj
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2007	Triglav Kranj	24	(3)
2007–2010	Maribor	60	(0)
2010–2014	Sheriff Tiraspol	105	(10)
2014–2016	Rijeka	52	(6)
2016	Henan Jianye	13	(0)
2017	Akhisar Belediyespor	3	(0)
2017–2018	Anzhi Makhachkala	19	(1)
2018–2019	Krylia Sovetov Samara	22	(1)
2019–2021	Olimpija Ljubljana	44	(2)
2021	Hatta	12	(2)
2021–2023	Ajman	44	(2)
2023–	Jesenice	12	(0)
International career
2006–2007	Slovenia U20	5	(0)
2006–2008	Slovenia U21	8	(0)
2013–2017	Slovenia	15	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 January 2024

Miral Samardžić (born 17 February 1987) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Jesenice.

Club career

Samardžić with Sheriff Tiraspol in 2013

Samardžić started playing football in his hometown Jesenice, aged 9. He started his professional career with Triglav Kranj. In early 2007, Samardžić signed for Maribor. Following four seasons with Maribor, he was signed by Moldovan team Sheriff Tiraspol in 2010, where he stayed for four seasons.

Rijeka

In July 2014, Samardžić signed for Rijeka in Croatia.^[2] He scored on his debut in Rijeka's 2–1 win against Dinamo Zagreb in the 2014 Croatian Supercup.

Henan Jianye

After two seasons with Rijeka, in June 2016, Samardžić transferred to Chinese Super League side Henan Jianye for a reported fee of €1.5 million.^[3]

Anzhi Makhachkala

On 31 August 2017, Anzhi Makhachkala announced the signing of Samardžić on a two-year contract.^[4]

Krylia Sovetov Samara

On 19 August 2018, Samardžić signed with another Russian Premier League club Krylia Sovetov Samara.^[5]

Olimpija Ljubljana

On 11 July 2019, Samardžić returned to Slovenia and signed with Olimpija Ljubljana.^[6]

International career

Samardžić was a member of the youth Slovenia national team selections.^[7] He debuted for the senior team on 19 November 2013 against Canada and has collected 15 caps between 2013 and 2017.^[8] His final international was in March 2017, in a World Cup qualification match away against Scotland.^[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 December 2020^[10][11][12]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Triglav Kranj	2004–05	2. SNL	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	2005–06	2. SNL	10	1	0	0	—		—		10	1
	2006–07	2. SNL	13	2	—		—		—		13	2
	Total		24	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	3
Maribor	2006–07	1. SNL	13	0	3	0	—		—		16	0
	2007–08	1. SNL	21	0	2	0	3[a]	1	—		26	1
	2008–09	1. SNL	9	0	0	0	—		—		9	0
	2009–10	1. SNL	17	0	1	0	3[b]	0	0	0	21	0
	Total		60	0	6	0	6	1	0	0	72	1
Sheriff Tiraspol	2009–10	National Division	7	0			—		—		7	0
	2010–11	National Division	26	2			8[c]	0	—		34	2
	2011–12	National Division	25	3			2[d]	0	—		27	3
	2012–13	National Division	23	4	1	0	6[e]	1	1[f]	0	31	5
	2013–14	National Division	24	1	2	0	12[g]	0	1[f]	0	39	1
	2014–15	National Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	1[f]	0	1	0
	Total		105	10	3	0	28	1	3	0	139	11
Rijeka	2014–15	1. HNL	22	2	4	1	9[d]	1	1[h]	1	36	5
	2015–16	1. HNL	30	4	5	2	2[d]	0	—		37	6
	Total		52	6	9	3	11	1	1	1	73	11
Henan Jianye	2016	Chinese Super League	13	0	2	0	—		—		15	0
Akhisar Belediyespor	2016–17	Süper Lig	3	0	5	1	—		—		8	1
Anzhi Makhachkala	2017–18	Russian Premier League	19	1	0	0	—		2[i]	0	21	1
Krylia Sovetov Samara	2018–19	Russian Premier League	22	1	1	0	—		2[i]	0	25	1
Olimpija Ljubljana	2019–20	1. SNL	32	0	0	0	2[d]	0	—		34	0
	2020–21	1. SNL	12	2	1	1	2[d]	0	—		15	3
	Total		44	2	1	1	4	0	0	0	49	3
Career total			342	23	27	5	49	3	8	1	426	32

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Intertoto Cup
2. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
5. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. Appearance(s) in Moldovan Super Cup
7. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
8. Appearance(s) in Croatian Super Cup
9. Appearance(s) in relegation play-offs

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Slovenia	2013	1	0
	2014	4	0
	2015	2	0
	2016	7	0
	2017	1	0
Total		15	0

References

1. "Reprezentanca: Miral Samardžić" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
2. "Miral Samardžić u Rijeci". nk-rijeka.hr. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
3. "Miral Samardžić odlazi u Kinu: U Rijeci sam proživio predivne dvije godine". nk-rijeka.hr. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
4. Самарджич – новичок Анжи (in Russian). FC Anzhi Makhachkala. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
5. "Krylia Sovetov sign Sheidaev and Samardzhich". PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara. 17 August 2018.
6. "Samardžić nova okrepitev Olimpije" [Samardžić reinforces Olimpija] (in Slovenian). NK Olimpija Ljubljana. 11 July 2019.
7. "Miral Samardžič » U21 EURO Qualifiers 2007/2008". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
8. "Appearances for Slovenia National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
9. "Miral Samardžić, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
10. "M. Samardžić". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
11. "Miral Samardžić – Prva liga Telekom Slovenije" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
12. "Miral Samardžić". hrnogomet.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 11 July 2019.

External links

• Miral Samardžić at Soccerway.com
• Miral Samardžić at WorldFootball.net
• Miral Samardžić at Soccerbase.com
• Miral Samardžić at National-Football-Teams.com
• Miral Samardžić at kicker (in German)
• Miral Samardžić at Croatian Football Statistics (archived) (in Croatian)