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Sead Kolašinac
Kolašinac playing for Arsenal in 2018
Personal information
Full name Sead Kolašinac
Date of birth (1993-06-20) 20 June 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Karlsruhe, Germany
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Marseille
Number 23
Youth career
2001–2009 Karlsruher SC
2009–2010 1899 Hoffenheim
2010 VfB Stuttgart
2011–2012 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Schalke 04 II 8 (2)
2012–2017 Schalke 04 94 (4)
2017–2022 Arsenal 80 (2)
2021 → Schalke 04 (loan) 17 (1)
2022– Marseille 46 (4)
International career‡
2011 Germany U18 1 (0)
2011–2012 Germany U19 11 (1)
2012–2013 Germany U20 2 (1)
2013– Bosnia and Herzegovina 51 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:37, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 September 2022

Sead Kolašinac (born 20 June 1993) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Marseille and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Kolašinac started his club career with Schalke 04, playing first in its reserve team, before joining Arsenal in 2017. In 2021, he was loaned back to Schalke. The following year, he moved to Marseille.

A former youth international for Germany, Kolašinac made his senior international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2013. He represented the nation at their first major international tournament, the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Early life

Sead Kolašinac[2] was born on 20 June 1993[3] in Karlsruhe, Germany, to Bosniak parents.[4] He attended the Gesamtschule Berger Feld.[5]

Club career

Early career

Kolašinac began his career with his hometown club, Karlsruher SC. After eight years of playing for Karlsruhe, Kolašinac joined 1899 Hoffenheim, where he played a season before transferring to VfB Stuttgart. A season later, he joined Schalke 04.[6]

Schalke 04

Kolašinac warming up for Schalke 04 in 2015

After one season with the youth team, Kolašinac was promoted to the reserve team, Schalke II, which played in the Regionalliga West. After scoring two goals in seven matches, he was promoted to the first team.[citation needed] On 15 September 2012, he made his Bundesliga debut in a 2–0 win over Greuther Fürth.[7] In December 2012, he made his first appearance in European competition, a 1–1 draw against Montpellier, in the UEFA Champions League.[8]

In June 2013, Kolašinac extended his contract with Schalke to June 2017.[9] At the beginning of the following season, he tore the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee and was out for approximately six months.[10] He returned to the pitch on 11 April 2015, over seven months after the injury.[11]

Kolašinac scored his first goal for Schalke on 13 December 2015, in a 1–1 draw against FC Augsburg.[12] In May 2017, Kolašinac made the decision not to renew his contract with Schalke, thus ending his six-year spell at German club.[13] At the end of the 2016–17 season, he was voted in the Bundesliga Team of the Season.[14]

Arsenal

Kolašinac signed for Premier League club Arsenal on 6 June 2017 on a five-year contact on a free transfer.[15] He scored on his debut on 6 August against Chelsea in the 2017 FA Community Shield, which Arsenal won on penalties.[16][17] He made his Premier League debut on 11 August, the opening day of the season, providing an assist in a 4–3 win over Leicester City.[18] For his performances in August, he was voted as Arsenal's Player of the Month, earning more than half of the votes.[19] On 14 September, Kolašinac scored on his UEFA Europa League debut against 1. FC Köln, with Arsenal winning 3–1.[20] He scored his first goal in the Premier League on 28 October against Swansea City, and also provided an assist for his team's other goal in a 2–1 victory.[21] Kolašinac was once again voted as Arsenal's Player of the Month, in October, earning half of the votes.[22]

In August 2018, Kolašinac picked up a knee injury during pre-season, which ruled him out for the start of 2018–19 season.[23] He made first appearance of the season against Qarabağ on 4 October in the 2018–19 Europa League group stage.[24]

On 1 January 2021, Kolašinac returned to Schalke on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[25][26] He made his first appearance since joining on 9 January in 4–0 win against Hoffenheim.[27] He was appointed captain under head coach Christian Gross.[28] On 27 February, Kolašinac scored his first goal for the club since his return in a 5–1 defeat against Stuttgart in the Bundesliga.[29]

Marseille

In January 2022, Kolašinac signed for Ligue 1 club Marseille on a contract until June 2023.[30] He made his debut on 4 February against Angers.[31] On 13 November, he scored his first goal for Marseille against Monaco, which secured the victory for his team.[32]

International career

After playing for Germany at various youth levels, Kolašinac switched allegiance to his parents' homeland Bosnia and Herzegovina.[33] In November 2013, his request to change sports citizenship from German to Bosnian was approved by FIFA.[34] Later that month, he received his first call-up for the senior national team, for a friendly against Argentina.[35] and made his debut in that match, a 2–0 defeat, on 18 November.[36]

Kolašinac was named in Bosnia and Herzegovina's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which was the country's first appearance in a major international tournament.[37] He made his tournament debut in the opening group match, a 2–1 defeat to Argentina on 15 June at the at the Maracanã Stadium, in which he scored the fastest own goal in World Cup history in the third minute.[38]

Style of play

During his career, Kolašinac has been deployed as a centre-back and as a defensive midfielder, although he spent most of the time playing as a left-back. He possesses very strong body build and strength.[39]

Personal life

Kolašinac married his long-time girlfriend Susubelle in June 2019. Together they have one daughter.[40] Kolašinac is a practising Muslim.[41]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Schalke 04 II 2011–12[42] Regionalliga West 2 0 — — — — 2 0
2012–13[42] Regionalliga West 5 2 — — — — 5 2
2014–15[42] Regionalliga West 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Total 8 2 — — — — 8 2
Schalke 04 2012–13[42] Bundesliga 16 0 1 0 — 3[c] 0 — 20 0
2013–14[42] Bundesliga 24 0 0 0 — 6[c] 0 — 30 0
2014–15[42] Bundesliga 6 0 1 0 — 0 0 — 7 0
2015–16[42] Bundesliga 23 1 1 0 — 6[d] 0 — 30 1
2016–17[42] Bundesliga 25 3 3 0 — 8[d] 0 — 35 3
Total 94 4 6 0 — 23 0 — 123 4
Arsenal 2017–18[43] Premier League 27 2 0 0 3 0 5[d] 2 1[e] 1 36 5
2018–19[44] Premier League 24 0 2 0 0 0 10[d] 0 — 36 0
2019–20[45] Premier League 26 0 4 0 1 0 1[d] 0 — 32 0
2020–21[46] Premier League 1 0 0 0 3 0 4[d] 0 1[e] 0 9 0
2021–22[47] Premier League 2 0 1 0 2 0 — — 5 0
Total 80 2 7 0 9 0 20 2 2 1 118 5
Schalke 04 (loan) 2020–21[42] Bundesliga 17 1 1 0 — — — 18 1
Marseille 2021–22[42] Ligue 1 14 0 0 0 — 3[f] 0 — 17 0
2022–23[42] Ligue 1 32 4 4 0 — 4[c] 0 — 40 4
Total 46 4 4 0 — 7 0 — 57 4
Career total 245 13 18 0 9 0 50 2 2 1 324 16
  1. ^ Includes DFB-Pokal, FA Cup, Coupe de France
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ a b c d e f Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ a b Appearance in FA Community Shield
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 26 September 2022[48]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2013 1 0
2014 5 0
2015 4 0
2016 7 0
2017 5 0
2018 2 0
2019 6 0
2020 5 0
2021 8 0
2022 8 0
Total 51 0

Honours

Arsenal[42]


Individual

References

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  2. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Bosnia and Herzegovina" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2019.
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