Vedad Ibišević
Ibišević in a VfB Stuttgart training session in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Vedad Ibišević | ||
| Date of birth | 6 August 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Vlasenica, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Hertha BSC | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2001 | FC Baden | ||
| 2001–2002 | Liebe SC-Ady Saint Louis | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003 | Saint Louis Billikens | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2004 | St. Louis Strikers | 10 | (9) |
| 2004 | Chicago Fire Premier | 3 | (3) |
| 2004–2006 | Paris Saint-Germain | 4 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Dijon (loan) | 33 | (10) |
| 2006–2007 | Alemannia Aachen | 24 | (6) |
| 2007–2012 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 123 | (48) |
| 2012–2016 | VfB Stuttgart | 86 | (33) |
| 2015–2016 | → Hertha BSC (loan) | 26 | (10) |
| 2016– | Hertha BSC | 28 | (12) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2006 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 | 4 | (1) |
| 2007– | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78 | (28) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2017 |
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Vedad Ibišević (born 6 August 1984) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a forward for German club Hertha BSC as captain and for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
He has also played in Switzerland, the United States and France. In 2008, he was awarded the Idol Nacije award for Bosnian Footballer of the Year.
A full international since 2007, Ibišević has earned over 70 caps for Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was selected for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, where he scored Bosnia's first goal in a major tournament.
Ibišević was born in Vlasenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, then a republic within SFR Yugoslavia. He and his family left Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2000 to move to Switzerland, where Ibišević was signed by FC Baden in Canton Aargau. His family, however, left Switzerland after only ten months, moving to St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States. In St. Louis, Ibišević flourished as one of the region's most promising football players, and after his senior season in 2002, was named by Soccer America as one of the nation's top 25 recruits. He played his high school career at Roosevelt High School in St. Louis.
Ibišević signed to play college soccer in his adopted hometown at one of the nation's most respected football establishments, Saint Louis University. He quickly established himself in his freshman year, registering 18 goals and four assists in 22 games for the Billikens, while leading a strong SLU team deep into the NCAA Tournament. For his achievements, Ibišević was named the NCAA Freshman of the Year, as well as a first team All-American. During his college years, he also played in the USL Premier Development League with both the St. Louis Strikers and Chicago Fire Premier.
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