Zvjezdan Misimović

Zvjezdan Misimović

Misimović with Dynamo Moscow in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Zvjezdan Misimović
Date of birth	(1982-06-05) 5 June 1982 (age 34)
Place of birth	Munich, West Germany
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
	SV Nord Lerchenau
	TSV Forstenried
0000–2000	SV Gartenstadt Trudering
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2004	Bayern Munich II	102	(44)
2002–2004	Bayern Munich	3	(0)
2004–2007	VfL Bochum	92	(21)
2007–2008	1. FC Nürnberg	28	(10)
2008–2010	VfL Wolfsburg	65	(17)
2010–2011	Galatasaray	9	(0)
2011–2012	Dynamo Moscow	44	(8)
2013–2014	Guizhou Renhe	49	(11)
2015–2016	Beijing Renhe	39	(6)
National team‡
2000–2001	FR Yugoslavia U18
2002	FR Yugoslavia U21	1	(0)
2004–2014	Bosnia and Herzegovina	83	(25)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 October 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 June 2014

Zvjezdan Misimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Звјездан Мисимовић, Bosnian pronunciation: [zʋjězdan misǐːmoʋit͡ɕ]; born 5 June 1982) is a retired Bosnian footballer, who most notably played for Bayern Munich, VfL Wolfsburg, Galatasaray, Dynamo Moscow and Beijing Renhe as an attacking midfielder, during his active playing career. Misimović is the second most capped player in the history of the Bosnia and Herzegovina, capped 84 times. Furthermore, his 25 international goals makes him his country's third top-goalscorer. He represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Prior to joining Dynamo Moscow he has made a name for himself while playing for Wolfsburg with whom he won the Bundesliga in the 2008–09 season. In the same season he accomplished 20 assists, which was the most in that season.

Misimović was born to a family of Bosnian Serb gastarbeiters who came to West Germany from Bosanska Gradiška during the late 1960s.