Elvir Koljić

Elvir Koljić (Bosnian pronunciation: [ělʋir kôːʎitɕ]; born 8 July 1995) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I club Universitatea Craiova.

Elvir Koljić
Personal information
Full name Elvir Koljić
Date of birth (1995-07-08) 8 July 1995
Place of birth Valladolid, Spain
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Universitatea Craiova
Number 19
Youth career
2005–2011 NK Ključ
2011–2013 Maribor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Triglav 1 (0)
2014–2015 Krupa 5 (0)
2015–2016 Borac Banja Luka 29 (2)
2016–2018 Krupa 59 (38)
2018 → Lech Poznań (loan) 5 (0)
2018 → Lech Poznań II (loan) 3 (1)
2018– Universitatea Craiova 102 (34)
International career‡
2018–2020 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2020

Koljić started his professional career at Triglav, before joining Krupa in 2014. A year later, he moved to Borac Banja Luka. The following year, he went back to Krupa, who loaned him to Lech Poznań in 2018. Later that year, he signed with Universitatea Craiova.

Koljić made his senior international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2018.

Club career

Early career

Koljić started playing football at a local club, before joining youth academy of Slovenian team Maribor in 2011. He made his professional debut playing for Triglav against Olimpija Ljubljana on 26 October 2013 at the age of 18.[2]

In the summer of 2014, he moved to Krupa.[3]

In February 2015, he switched to Borac Banja Luka.[4] On 25 April, he scored his first professional goal against Radnik Bijeljina.[5]

In January 2016, Koljić returned to Krupa.[6] He scored his first career hat-trick in a triumph over Rudar Prijedor on 29 November 2017.[7] In February 2018, he was loaned to Polish side Lech Poznań until the end of season.[8]

Universitatea Craiova

In August, Koljić was transferred to Romanian outfit Universitatea Craiova for an undisclosed fee.[9] He made his official debut for the team against Dinamo București on 1 September and managed to score a goal.[10]

In July 2020, he extended his contract until June 2025.[11]

He won his first trophy with the club on 22 May 2021, by beating Astra in Cupa României final.[12]

International career

In January 2018, Koljić received his first senior call-up to Bosnia and Herzegovina, for friendly games against the United States and Mexico.[13] He debuted against the former on 28 January.[14]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 7 October 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Triglav 2013–14 Slovenian PrvaLiga 1000––10
Krupa 2014–15 First League of RS 50–––50
Borac Banja Luka 2014–15 Bosnian Premier League 15240––192
2015–16 Bosnian Premier League 14020––160
Total 29260––352
Krupa 2015–16 First League of RS 1111–––1111
2016–17 Bosnian Premier League 261310––2713
2017–18 Bosnian Premier League 15635––1811
2018–19 Bosnian Premier League 7800––78
Total 593845––6343
Lech Poznań (loan) 2017–18 Ekstraklasa 50–––50
Lech Poznań II (loan) 2017–18 III liga 31–––31
Universitatea Craiova 2018–19 Liga I 191321––2114
2019–20 Liga I 1563000–186
2020–21 Liga I 86101[lower-alpha 1]0–106
2021–22 Liga I 314522[lower-alpha 2]02[lower-alpha 3]1[lower-alpha 4]407
2022–23 Liga I 255006[lower-alpha 5]0–315
2023–24 Liga I 4010––50
Total 10234123902112538
Career total 20475228902123784
  1. appearance in UEFA Europa League qualifying
  2. appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying
  3. appearance in Supercupa României, appearance in Liga I play-offs for UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. goal in Liga I play-offs for UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying

International
As of match played 7 September 2020[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
201820
201910
202010
Total40

Honours

Krupa[15]

Universitatea Craiova[15]

References
  1. "Elvir Koljic". ucv1948.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  2. "Elvir Koljić: Pauza zbog korona krize mi je pomogla da se u potpunosti oporavim od povrede". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 24 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  3. "Elvir Koljić: Životna želja mi je da obučem dres BiH". fokus.ba (in Bosnian). 15 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  4. "Koljić i Redžić pojačavaju Borac". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 23 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  5. "Radnik se nadigravao u Banjoj Luci i zasluženo osvojio bod". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 25 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  6. "Krupa se ne šali: Dojčinović i Koljić novi igrači Krupe". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 27 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  7. "Krupa potvrdila nastup u polufinalu Kupa BiH". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 29 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  8. "Zvanično: Elvir Koljić potpisao za Lech Poznań". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 5 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  9. "Elvir Koljić zvanično napustio Krupu i potpisao za novi klub". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 30 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  10. "Elvir Koljić na debiju postigao pogodak za Craiovu". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  11. "Elvir Koljić produžio ugovor sa Craiovom do 2025. godine". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 15 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  12. "Elvir Koljić osvojio Kup Rumunije, navijači preplavili ulice Craiove". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 24 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  13. "Prosinečki objavio širi spisak nogometaša za utakmice sa SAD-om i Meksikom". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 9 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  14. "Prosinečki debitovao remijem: Zmajevi bez golova protiv SAD". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 29 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  15. "E. Koljić". soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  16. "Elvir Koljić". eu-football.info. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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