16 Facts About Miralem Sulejmani

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Miralem Sulejmani is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger.

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Miralem Sulejmani then moved to Young Boys, where he became a first team regular again.

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On 6 December 2006 Miralem Sulejmani signed for Heerenveen with the transfer being made effective in January of the following year.

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Miralem Sulejmani netted ten official goals in his first year with Ajax, including two in seven contests in the campaign's UEFA Cup as the club reached the round-of-16.

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On 11 August 2010, West Ham United confirmed that they had agreed terms with Ajax and Miralem Sulejmani to take him on a year-long loan subject to the granting of a work permit, which was denied the following day.

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Miralem Sulejmani continued to display solidly in the following two seasons, scoring 19 goals in 54 appearances combined en route to back-to-back national championships.

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On 4 March 2012, in a match against Roda JC, Miralem Sulejmani was seriously injured after 30 minutes.

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On 30 December 2014, seven months later after his injury in the Europa League final, Miralem Sulejmani made his comeback, as a substitute, against Nacional in the third round of league cup.

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On 9 June 2015, Benfica announced that Miralem Sulejmani had joined Swiss club Young Boys.

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Miralem Sulejmani was named in Zvonko Zivkovic's 18-man squad for the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.

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Miralem Sulejmani made his debut for the senior team on 6 February 2008, in a friendly with Macedonia in Skopje.

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Miralem Sulejmani netted his first international goal on 12 September 2012, against Wales for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

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Miralem Sulejmani's father Miljaim is an ethnic Gorani whose family moved from Gora in southern Kosovo to Batajnica neighbourhood of Belgrade in 1948.

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Miralem Sulejmani's mother Silvija is a Serb born in Zagreb, Croatia.

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Miralem Sulejmani is close friends with Danko Lazovic, a fellow professional footballer who spent much of his career in the Dutch top flight; Miralem Sulejmani notably played for AFC Ajax, whereas Lazovic played for their rivals Feyenoord and PSV Eindhoven.

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Miralem Sulejmani became a father to a son in October 2011.