Mustafa Kučuković

Mustafa Kučuković

220px Kučuković with TSV 1860 München in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Mustafa Kučuković
Date of birth	(1986-11-05) 5 November 1986
Place of birth	Bosanski Novi, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
0000–2001	SSV Buer
2001–2003	FC Schalke 04
2003–2004	VfL Bochum
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2007	Hamburger SV	14	(1)
2006–2007	→ SpVgg Greuther Fürth (loan)	21	(2)
2007–2008	TSV 1860 München	29	(4)
2009–2010	Grenoble Foot 38	5	(0)
2010–2011	SønderjyskE	17	(4)
2011	Energie Cottbus	5	(1)
2012	Olympiakos Nicosia	7	(2)
2013–2015	Hansa Rostock	30	(5)
International career
2004–2005	Germany U19	9	(4)
2005–2007	Germany U20	5	(3)
2007	Germany U21	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mustafa Kučuković (born 5 November 1986) is a German former footballer of Bosnian descent.

Career

He started his professional career at Hamburger SV in September 2004 and made his Bundesliga debut as a second-half substitute in the club's away match against VfB Stuttgart on 11 September 2004. With an age of 17 years, 10 months and 6 days he was the youngest player who has ever played for Hamburger SV in Bundesliga then. Prior to his professional debut, he spent one season playing for VfL Bochum's amateur squad and was signed by HSV's amateur squad in July 2004. Between 2004 and 2006, he played regularly for HSV's amateurs in the Regionalliga Nord and only occasionally appeared for the club's professional squad in the Bundesliga, making 14 appearances and scoring one goal in two seasons. His first and so far only Bundesliga goal was the 1–1 equaliser that secured one point for HSV in an away match against Werder Bremen on 18 December 2005. He scored the goal only two minutes after entering the match as a substitute. Playing for HSV's amateur squad in the Regionalliga Nord, he made 40 appearances and scored 22 goals in two seasons. In the 2005–06 season, he also made three appearances for HSV in the UEFA Cup.

In August 2006, HSV loaned him to 2. Bundesliga side SpVgg Greuther Fürth for one season, until June 2007. He made his debut for the club in the Second Bundesliga on 27 August 2006 in their 3–1 defeat to Hansa Rostock at home, playing as a second-half substitute. After his return to Hamburg Kučuković was sold to another 2. Bundesliga side, 1860 Munich. after a year he left Munich. He joined on 30 January 2009 French club Grenoble Foot 38, where he signed a contract. On 31 March 2010, Grenoble Foot 38 released the German forward by mutual consent.

On 17 September 2010, he signed with SønderjyskE in the Danish Superliga. On 8 June 2011, he signed a contract with Energie Cottbus, but on 31 January 2012 he moved to the Cypriot club Olympiakos Nicosia.

On 12 July 2013, he joined Hansa Rostock on a two-year contract after having been sidelined for one year due to injuries.

International career

Kučuković has played for Germany at the U-19, U-20 and U-21 level.