Seferović with Switzerland in 2014
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Haris Seferović | ||
Date of birth | 22 February 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Sursee, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2004 | Sursee | ||
2004–2007 | Luzern | ||
2007–2009 | Grasshopper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2010 | Grasshopper | 3 | (0) |
2010–2013 | Fiorentina | 8 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) | 10 | (2) |
2012 | → Lecce (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2013 | → Novara (loan) | 18 | (10) |
2013–2014 | Real Sociedad | 24 | (2) |
2014– | Eintracht Frankfurt | 78 | (15) |
National team‡ | |||
2007–2010 | Switzerland U17 | 11 | (9) |
2010–2011 | Switzerland U19 | 12 | (8) |
2011–2012 | Switzerland U21 | 11 | (3) |
2013– | Switzerland | 38 | (8) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2016 |
Haris Seferović (born 22 February 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays for Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt and the Switzerland national team, as a striker.
He made his professional debut at Grasshopper and was signed by Serie A club Fiorentina in January 2010. Much of his time at the club was spent out on loan, with a successful spell at Novara in Serie B followed by a transfer to Real Sociedad in 2013.
A full international since 2013, he represented Switzerland at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016.
His family is from Sanski Most, Bosnia and Herzegovina, (then SFR Yugoslavia), who immigrated to Switzerland in the late 1980s. Seferović is of Bosniak origin.
Seferović began his career in 1999 on FC Sursee's youth side and after five years signed in the summer of 2004 for FC Lucerne. After three years in their youth teams he was scouted by Grasshopper Club Zürich, and on 26 April 2009 made his debut in the Swiss Super League against Neuchâtel Xamax. In January 2010 he was named as the Youth Player of the Year in the canton Lucerne. On 29 January 2010, ACF Fiorentina signed Seferović from Grasshopper for €2.1 million transfer fee. One day later La viola announced the deal was completed. The youngster was assigned to Fiorentina's primavera team. On 4 August 2011, Seferović was loaned to Swiss Super League side Neuchâtel Xamax.