Emir Spahić

Football player infobox


playername = Emir Spahić
height = 1.83 m
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1980|8|18|df=y
cityofbirth = Dubrovnik
countryofbirth = SFR Yugoslavia
currentclub = Lokomotiv Moscow
clubcrest =
clubnumber = 5
position = Defender
years =2001–2004
2004–2005
2005
2006–present
clubs = NK Zagreb
Shinnik Yaroslavl
Torpedo Moscow
FC Lokomotiv Moscow
caps(goals) =36 (2)
26 (6)
15 (0)
46 (3)
nationalyears = 2004–present
nationalteam = Bosnia and Herzegovina
nationalcaps(goals) = 24 (1)
pcupdate = 1 January, 2008
ntupdate = 22 August 2008

Emir Spahić (born August 18, 1980 in Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a Croatian-born Bosnian football defender. Currently, he starts for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team as captain.

Spahić scored his first international goal in a 2-2 tie with Japan on February 28, 2006 at the Signal Iduna Park stadium in Dortmund, Germany. On the club level, Spahić is active for the Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow in the Russian Premier League. Over the course of his career, he has also played for Russian clubs Torpedo Moscow and Shinnik Yaroslavl as well as Croatian side NK Zagreb.

Family

His father, Ramiz, is originally from the Montenegrin stretch of Sandžak, and his mother, Fatima, is from Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina (both regions formerly in Yugoslavia). They were both working in Dubrovnik, where they met and formed a family. Emir has two brothers, older Nermin and younger Alen. Younger brother, Alen Spahić, is also a football player. He also has an older brother, Nermin.