Dennis Hadžikadunić

Dennis Hadžikadunić (Bosnian pronunciation: [dêːnis xǎdʒikadunitɕ]; born 9 July 1998) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Russian Premier League club Rostov and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Dennis Hadžikadunić
Hadžikadunić with Rostov in 2021
Personal information
Full name Dennis Hadžikadunić
Date of birth (1998-07-09) 9 July 1998
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Rostov
Number 5
Youth career
2005–2012 BK Olympic
2012–2016 Malmö FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Malmö FF 5 (0)
2018 → Trelleborgs FF (loan) 10 (0)
2018– Rostov 60 (2)
National team‡
2014–2015 Sweden U17 15 (0)
2015–2017 Sweden U19 15 (1)
2018–2019 Sweden U21 7 (0)
2020– Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2021

Hadžikadunić started his professional career at Malmö FF, who loaned him to Trelleborgs FF in 2018. Later that year, he moved to Rostov.

A former Swedish youth international, Hadžikadunić made his senior international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2020, earning 14 caps since.

Club career

Malmö FF

Hadžikadunić started playing football at a local club BK Olympic, before joining youth academy of his hometown club Malmö FF in 2012. In September 2016, he signed his first professional contract with the team.[2] He won his first trophy with the club on 26 October, when they were crowned league champions.[3] Four days later, he made his professional debut against Gefle at the age of 18.[4]

In January 2018, he was loaned to Trelleborgs FF until the end of season.[5]

Rostov

In July, Hadžikadunić signed a five-year contract with Russian side Rostov.[6] He made his official debut for the club against Dynamo Moscow on 10 November.[7] On 8 July 2020, he scored his first professional goal against Ufa.[8]

International career

Despite representing Sweden at all youth levels, Hadžikadunić decided to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina at senior level.[9]

In September 2020, his request to change sports citizenship from Swedish to Bosnian was approved by FIFA.[10] Later that month, he received his first senior call-up, for UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs against Northern Ireland and 2020–21 UEFA Nations League games against Netherlands and Poland.[11] He debuted against Netherlands on 11 October.[12]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 21 November 2021[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Malmö FF 2016 Allsvenskan 1000–10
2017 Allsvenskan 40000040
Total 50000050
Trelleborgs FF (loan) 2018 Allsvenskan 10020–120
Rostov 2018–19 Russian Premier League 8041–121
2019–20 Russian Premier League 17120–191
2020–21 Russian Premier League 251101[lower-alpha 1]0271
2021–22 Russian Premier League 10010–110
Total 6028110693
Career total 75210110863
  1. appearance in UEFA Europa League qualifying

International
As of match played 16 November 2021[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
202040
2021100
Total140

Honours

Malmö FF[13]

References
  1. "Деннис Хаджикадунич". fc-rostov.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  2. "Da li je ovo nasljednik Emira Spahića?". sportske.ba (in Bosnian). 18 November 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  3. "Malmö 19. put prvak Švedske". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 26 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  4. "Malmö u pretposljednjem kolu poražen od Geflea". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 30 October 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  5. "Said Hadžikadunić: Ponosan sam na Dennisovu odluku da igra za BiH". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 21 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  6. "Bosanac potpisao za ruskog premijerligaša". sportske.ba (in Bosnian). 14 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  7. "Šunjić se vratio u sastav, Dynamu bod u Rostovu". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 10 November 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  8. "Mladi Hadžikadunić zabio je gol za Rostov, pred plasmanom su u Europa Ligu". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 9 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  9. "Štoper ruskog Rostova Dennis Hadžikadunić igrat će za Bosnu i Hercegovinu". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 11 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  10. "Nakon što je Ahmedhodžić dobio pravo nastupa za Zmajeve, stigla potvrda FIFA-e i za Hadžikadunića". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 16 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  11. "Bajević objavio spisak za baraž, nekoliko novih imena". avaz.ba (in Bosnian). 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  12. "Preporođeni Zmajevi napravili iznenađenje i osvojili bod protiv Nizozemske". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 11 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  13. "D. Hadžikadunić". soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  14. "Dennis Hadžikadunić". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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