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Miralem Pjanić

Miralem Pjanić
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Pjanić with Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2015
Personal information
Full name Miralem Pjanić
Date of birth (1990-04-02) 2 April 1990 (age 26)
Place of birth Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Juventus
Number 5
Youth career
1997–2004 Schifflange 95
2004–2007 Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Metz 32 (4)
2008–2011 Lyon 90 (10)
2011–2016 Roma 159 (27)
2016– Juventus 17 (5)
National team
2006 Luxembourg U17 4 (5)
2006–2007 Luxembourg U19 3 (1)
2008– Bosnia and Herzegovina 73 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 January 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 January 2017

Miralem Pjanić (born 2 April 1990) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Juventus and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

After playing for French sides Metz and Lyon, he came to prominence during his time in Serie A with Roma, which led to a transfer to Juventus in 2016. A former Luxembourgian youth international, Pjanić has been a full international for Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2008, earning over 60 caps . He represented the nation at their first major tournament, the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

In 2015, he was ranked 55th in The Guardian's list of "The 100 best footballers in the world".

Pjanić was born on 2 April 1990 in Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia, present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, to father Fahrudin and mother Fatima. He developed an interest in football through his father, a former third division football player in Yugoslavia, and began his football career in Luxembourg following his family's arrival to the country shortly before the outbreak of Bosnian War. While in Luxembourg, Pjanić often attended training sessions and matches with his father. At the age of seven, his father discovered that he had the talent and an interest in football and allowed his son to join local club FC Schifflange 95 in Schifflange. While at Schifflange, Pjanić drew interest from several Belgian, Dutch and German clubs, but agreed to join FC Metz in France in 2004. Metz had discovered the player through former player and Luxembourg international Guy Hellers.


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