Personal information | |||
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Full name | Senad Lulić | ||
Date of birth | 18 January 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Lazio | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
Chur 97 | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2006 | Chur 97 | 25 | (1) |
2006–2008 | Bellinzona | 63 | (13) |
2008–2010 | Grasshopper | 41 | (6) |
2010–2011 | Young Boys | 31 | (6) |
2011– | Lazio | 165 | (20) |
National team‡ | |||
2008– | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2015 |
Senad Lulić (born 18 January 1986) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Lazio and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
He began his career in Switzerland, helping Bellinzona to promotion to the Swiss Super League and later appearing in European competitions for Grasshopper. In 2011 he moved to Lazio, for which he scored the winning goal in the 2013 Coppa Italia Final against city rivals Roma.
A full international since 2008, Lulić has over 50 caps for Bosnia and Herzegovina. He represented the nation at their first major tournament, the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Lulić was born in Mostar, but he spent most of his childhood in Jablanica. He moved in his childhood to Switzerland due to the Bosnian War and started his football career at Chur 97. He then moved to Bellinzona, where he helped the club gain promotion to the Swiss Super League in his last season at the Ticino-based club. In July 2008, he joined Grasshopper Club Zürich, playing two seasons for Grasshopper before being transferred to Bernese club BSC Young Boys. After a successful lone season at Young Boys, where Lulić scored a total of nine goals in 40 matches between the Super League, Swiss Cup, and UEFA competitions, he received offers from German clubs Hertha BSC and Werder Bremen, as well as Serie A side Lazio. He eventually moved to the Rome-based club, Lazio.