Elvir Melunović
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-07-17) 17 July 1979
Place of birth SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia (now Montenegro)
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 FC Aarau 18 (1)
1998–2000 Servette 31 (1)
2000–2003 Grasshoppers 20 (2)
2001–2003 → FC Aarau (loan) 58 (3)
2003–2005 Young Boys 43 (3)
2005–2006 Sambenedettese 1 (0)
2005 FC Schaffhausen 5 (0)
2006 FC Wil
2006–2007 Neuchâtel Xamax
2007 Sportfreunde Siegen 4 (0)
2007–2008 Lugano
2008 SC Kriens
2009–2012 FC Suhr
2010 SC Zofingen
International career
?–2002 Switzerland U21 29 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Elvir Melunović (born 17 July 1979) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[1] He preferred to play as a left midfielder in the 4-4-2 formation and was a left-footed player.[2][3] Born in SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia, he represented the Switzerland U21 national team at international level.

Melunović played in Servette as they won in the Swiss Super League in 1999 and in Grasshoppers when they won in 2003.[4] However, he did not manage to be part of the starting lineup in Grasshoppers.[3] He played in the 2002 European U21 Championship as part of the "Titans" generation, where the Switzerland U21 national team achieved their best results up to that point by making it to the semi-finals. He was supposed to sign with a club from the French league, but this did not materialise. His contract extension with Young Boys was then terminated, and his career in professional football ended in 2007, participating afterwards as a player-coach.[4] His first cup final was with Suhr in 2012 against Windisch in the Aargau Cup.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Elvir Melunović at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "Melunovic: San Benedetto è una grande vetrina!". Il Quotidiano. 28 July 2005.
  3. 1 2 Ducret, Jacques (18 May 2002). "Entre tracas administratifs et affairisme, la voie étroite des «espoirs» suisses du football". Le Temps.
  4. 1 2 Schmid-Bechtel, François (10 June 2011). "Raus aus dem Schatten, rein in die Traumfabrik". Aargauer Zeitung.
  5. ↑ Fretz, Andreas (16 May 2012). "Die Lücke in der Karriere des Titanen Elvir Melunovic". Aargauer Zeitung.
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