Miralem Pjanić
Pjanić with Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Miralem Pjanić | ||
| Date of birth | 2 April 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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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 |
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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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