Sead Kolašinac

Sead Kolašinac

Kolašinac with Schalke 04 in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Sead Kolašinac
Date of birth	(1993-06-20) 20 June 1993 (age 23)
Place of birth	Karlsruhe, Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current team	Schalke 04
Number	6
Youth career
2001–2009	Karlsruher SC
2009–2010	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
2010	VfB Stuttgart
2011–2012	Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2015	Schalke 04 II	8	(2)
2012–	Schalke 04	81	(3)
National team‡
2011	Germany U18	1	(0)
2011–2012	Germany U19	11	(1)
2012–2013	Germany U20	2	(1)
2013–	Bosnia and Herzegovina	17	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 06 June 2016

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 December 2016.

Sead Kolašinac (German pronunciation: [ˈsɛ.ad ˈkɔ.la.ʃɪ.nats], Bosnian pronunciation: [ˈse.ad ko.laˈʃi.nat͡s]; born 20 June 1993) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a left back for German club Schalke 04 and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Kolašinac began his career in his hometown club, Karlsruher SC. After eight years of playing for Kalsruhe, Kolašinac joined TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, where he played a season, afterwards being bought by VfB Stuttgart. Kolašinac's stay at Stuttgart was short-lived, and a season later, he joined Schalke 04.

After spending a season with the youth team, Kolašinac was promoted to the second team, Schalke 04 II, in one of the German lower leagues, Regionalliga West. After playing seven matches and scoring two goals for Schalke 04 II, he was promoted to the first team. On 15 September 2012, he made his Bundesliga debut in a 2–0 win over Greuther Fürth. In December 2012, he played in his first game in European competitions, which was a 1–1 draw against Montpellier, in the UEFA Champions League.

In June 2013 Kolašinac extended his contract with Schalke to June 2017. At the beginning of the following season Kolašinac tore the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee and was out for approximately six months.