Vero Salatić
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Veroljub Salatić | ||
| Date of birth | 14 November 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Zvornik, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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FC Sion | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1994 | SC Zug | ||
| 1994–2000 | Zug 94 | ||
| 2000–2003 | Grasshopper-Club Zurich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2011 | Grasshopper-Club Zurich | 227 | (14) |
| 2011–2012 | AC Omonia | 25 | (1) |
| 2012–2015 | Grasshopper-Club Zurich | 72 | (5) |
| 2015– | Sion | 10 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2006 | Switzerland U-21 | 25 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 April 2015 | |||
Veroljub "Vero" Salatić (born 14 November 1985) is a Bosnian-born Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Sion in the Swiss Super League.
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Career
Salatić moved to Switzerland as a child and started training with local team SC Zug in 1992, aged 7. In 2000 he moved on to Grasshopper-Club Zurich. In the 2003/04 season he broke into the first team. He is used mostly as a holding midfielder or as a central defender.
AC Omonia
In July 2011, he signed a contract with Cypriot side AC Omonia.
International career
Salatić has represented Switzerland at various levels including at the U-19 European Championship in 2004 in Switzerland. In 2005 he starred at the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The side were managed by Pierre-André Schürmann. Salatić starred alongside a Swiss team including Blerim Džemaili, Tranquillo Barnetta and Valon Behrami.
His success has not gone unnoticed by the Football Association of Serbia who have twice attempted to call him up, both times he refused saying he wished to play for Switzerland. He played his last match for the U21 side against England in 2006 and since then neither Köbi Kuhn or Ottmar Hitzfeld have shown any interest in calling him up.
As an ethnic Serb from Bosnia, he first expressed his desire to play for Serbia[1] but he was never called, so he later stated that he would like to play for national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2][3]
Honours
Club
- Grasshopper Zurich
- AC Omonia
References
External links
- Profile at GCZ.CH (German)
- Vero Salatic at soccerbase.com (English)
- Vero Salatić at Soccerway
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- Articles with German-language external links
- Use dmy dates from March 2011
- Living people
- 1985 births
- Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Switzerland
- Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- People from Zvornik
- Swiss footballers
- Swiss expatriate footballers
- Switzerland under-21 international footballers
- Swiss Super League players
- Grasshopper Club Zürich players
- Cypriot First Division players
- AC Omonia players
- FC Sion players
- Association football midfielders
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
