Armin Gigović

Bosnian footballer (born 2002)

Armin Gigović
Gigović playing for Rostov in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-04-06) 6 April 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Lund, Sweden
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Midtjylland (on loan from Rostov)
Number 37
Youth career
2013–2017 Landskrona BoIS
2017–2019 Helsingborgs IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Helsingborgs IF 34 (1)
2020– Rostov 30 (1)
2022 → Helsingborgs IF (loan) 16 (2)
2022 → OB (loan) 9 (1)
2023– → Midtjylland (loan) 42 (0)
International career‡
2019 Sweden U17 7 (0)
2019 Sweden U19 3 (1)
2020–2024 Sweden U21 21 (2)
2023–2024 Sweden 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

Armin Gigović (pronounced [ǎrmin ɡîːgoʋitɕ]; born 6 April 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga club Midtjylland, on loan from Rostov. Born in Sweden, he plays for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Gigović started his professional career at Helsingborgs IF, before joining Rostov in 2020. He was loaned back to Helsingborgs IF in 2022, to OB later that year and to Midtjylland in 2023.

A former Swedish youth international, Gigović even made his senior international debut for Sweden, only to switch his allegiance to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2024.

Club career

Early career

Gigović started playing football at Landskrona BoIS, before joining Helsingborgs IF's youth setup in 2017.[2] He made his professional debut against IK Sirius on 15 July 2019 at the age of 17.[3] On 6 July 2020, he scored his first professional goal against Djurgårdens IF.[4]

Rostov

In October 2020, Gigović was transferred to Russian side Rostov for an undisclosed fee.[5] He made his official debut for the team on 25 October against Khimki.[6] On 17 March 2021, he scored his first goal for Rostov in a triumph over Rotor Volgograd.[7]

In March 2022, Gigović was loaned to his former club Helsingborgs IF until the end of season.[8]

In August 2022, he was sent on a six-month loan to Danish outfit OB.[9]

In January 2023, he was loaned to Midtjylland for the remainder of campaign. In June, his loan was extended for an additional season.[10]

International career

After representing Sweden at all youth levels and captaining them at the under-21 level, Gigović made his senior international debut in a friendly game against Iceland on 12 January 2023. However, in April 2024, he decided that he would play for Bosnia and Herzegovina in the future.[11]

In May, his request to change sports citizenship from Swedish to Bosnian was approved by FIFA.[12] Later that month, he received his first senior call-up, for friendly games against England and Italy.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 May 2024[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Helsingborgs IF 2019 Allsvenskan 14 0 0 0 – – 14 0
2020 Allsvenskan 20 1 1 0 – – 21 1
Total 34 0 1 0 – – 35 0
Rostov 2020–21 Russian Premier League 17 1 0 0 – – 17 1
2021–22 Russian Premier League 13 0 0 0 – – 13 0
Total 30 0 0 0 – – 30 0
Helsingborg (loan) 2022 Allsvenskan 16 2 0 0 – – 16 2
OB (loan) 2022–23 Danish Superliga 9 1 1 0 – – 10 1
Midtjylland (loan) 2022–23 Danish Superliga 15 0 – 2[b] 0 1[c] 0 18 0
2023–24 Danish Superliga 27 0 2 0 6[d] 1 – 35 1
Total 42 0 2 0 8 1 1 0 53 1
Career total 131 5 4 0 8 1 1 0 144 6

References

  1. ^ "Armin Gigović". fcm.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Nogometni savez BiH razgovarao s talentovanim Gigovićem o igranju za Zmajeve". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 22 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  3. ^ ""Henkes" Helsingborg fortfarande obesegrat". expressen.se (in Swedish). 15 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Första målen för året – när HIF kom ikapp". expressen.se (in Swedish). 6 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Potencijalni 18-godišnji reprezentativac BiH Armin Gigović novi član Rostova". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 15 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Dennis Hadžikadunić odigrao svih 90 minuta za Rostov, debitovao i Armin Gigović". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 25 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Armin Gigović postigao prvijenac za Rostov". avaz.ba (in Bosnian). 17 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Potencijalni reprezentativac BiH napustio Rusiju i vratio se kući". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 31 March 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  9. ^ "OB henter dagens anden midtbanespiller". tipsbladet.dk (in Danish). 31 August 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Potencijalni Zmaj na kojeg računa i Hadžibegić potpisao!". sportske.ba (in Bosnian). 5 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Šveđani brzo reagovali čim je objavljeno da će Gigović igrati za BiH". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Spahić: Gigović je napravio veliki pritisak na savez Švedske i mi smo dobili papire". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 16 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Barbarez objavio spisak za Englesku i Italiju: Četiri nova reprezentativca, poziv i Džeki". faktor.ba (in Bosnian). 16 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  14. ^ "A. Gigović". soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 May 2024.

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