Zverotić with Montenegro in 2014
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Elsad Zverotić | ||
Date of birth | 31 October 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Berane, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Defensive midfielder / Right back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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FC Sion | ||
Number | 31 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2003 | FK Berane | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2004 | FC Bazenheid | 30 | (2) |
2004–2008 | FC Wil | 114 | (2) |
2008–2011 | FC Luzern | 84 | (2) |
2011–2013 | Young Boys | 58 | (1) |
2013–2015 | Fulham | 16 | (0) |
2015– | FC Sion | 45 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2004 | Switzerland U18 | 1 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Montenegro U21 | 6 | (1) |
2008– | Montenegro | 59 | (5) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:19, 11 December 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 May 2016 |
Elsad Zverotić (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Eлcaд Звepoтић, born 31 October 1986) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays for Swiss club FC Sion and the Montenegro national team as a defender or right midfielder. He is Montenegro's most-capped player of all time, with 58 caps since his debut in 2008.
Zverotić joined BSC Young Boys in the summer of 2011. On 22 November 2012 in the UEFA Europa League group stage, Zverotić scored a memorable goal against Liverpool at Anfield in a 2–2 draw.
On 2 September 2013, Zverotić signed a two-year contract with Fulham, with the option for an additional year for an undisclosed fee. He left the club by mutual consent on 16 February 2015.
The following day, he returned to Switzerland, signing a two-and-a-half-year deal at Sion.
After beginning his career in the country, Zverotić was called up by Switzerland's under-18 side. However, he then pledged his international career to his native Montenegro, playing his first match for the Montenegro U21 team against Albania on 2 May 2007.
On 7 September 2010, Zverotić his first international goal, the only one against Bulgaria in a Euro 2012 qualifier, striking from 30 yards at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. He scored in another qualifier against England on 7 October 2011, Montenegro's first as they came from behind to earn a 2–2 draw in Podgorica. Zverotić scored two goals in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, one in each of their victories over San Marino.