# Eldar Hasanović

Eldar Hasanović (Bosnian pronunciation:; born 12 January 1990) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bahraini Premier League club Sitra.

## Club career

Hasanović was born in Sarajevo, to a family of Bosnian Muslim origin.
He began his career in the FK Željezničar's youth team. After that, he signed with Slovak club MŠK Žilina and won the championship, but made only one appearance, and left the club at the end of the season, before returning to Bosnia and signed with Velež Mostar.
Hasanović started an impressive season, scoring four goals in the first 7 games of the season, then moved to Čelik Zenica during the season.
In the summer of 2012, he returned to Željezničar and won the league championship in his first season in the club. On 2 November 2014, he scored his debut goal for the club in a 2-1 loss against fierce city rivals FK Sarajevo.
On 1 July 2015, he joined Bnei Sakhnin to compete in the Israeli Premier League.
In September 2016 he joined Sloboda Tuzla.
In January 2017, he returned to Israel and signed with Maccabi Sha'arayim of the National League. In November 2016, he won the 2016–17 Toto Cup Leumit with Sha'arayim.
In June 2017, China League One club Dalian Transcendence signed Hasanović. It is believed to be the choice of his former manager, Rusmir Cviko. He scored an amazing header in his first match. After Dalian got relegated to China League Two (3rd ranked competition in China) in November 2018, Hasanović left the club.
On 23 August 2019, he came back to his home country and signed a one-year contract with Radnik Bijeljina. Hasanović made his official debut for Radnik on 31 August 2019, in a 0–1 away league win against Velež Mostar.
On 14 January 2020, Hasanović left Radnik and signed a contract with Indonesian Liga 1 club Persita Tangerang.
On 20 January 2021, he joined Olimpik.

## International career

Hasanović represented Bosnia and Herzegovina on various youth levels. Most notably while playing for the under-19 national team.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 16 May 2021.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Žilina | 2008–09 | Slovak Super Liga | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Žilina | 2009–10 | Slovak Super Liga | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Žilina | Total | Total | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Velež Mostar | 2010–11 | Bosnian Premier League | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 4 |
| Čelik Zenica | 2010–11 | Bosnian Premier League | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 1 |
| Velež Mostar | 2011–12 | Bosnian Premier League | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 1 |
| Željezničar | 2012–13 | Bosnian Premier League | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Željezničar | 2013–14 | Bosnian Premier League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Željezničar | 2014–15 | Bosnian Premier League | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| Željezničar | Total | Total | 53 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 61 | 2 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 2015–16 | Israeli Premier League | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 2016–17 | Israeli Premier League | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Total | Total | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 2016–17 | Bosnian Premier League | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0 |
| Maccabi Sha'arayim | 2016–17 | Liga Leumit | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 0 |
| Dalian Transcendence | 2017 | China League One | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 4 |
| Dalian Transcendence | 2018 | China League One | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 3 |
| Dalian Transcendence | Total | Total | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 0 |
| Radnik Bijeljina | 2019–20 | Bosnian Premier League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 |
| Persita Tangerang | 2020 | Liga 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 |
| Olimpik | 2020–21 | Bosnian Premier League | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 174 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 193 | 15 |

## Honours

Žilina
* Slovak Super Liga: 2009–10
Željezničar
* Bosnian Premier League: 2012–13
Maccabi Sha'arayim
* Toto Cup Leumit: 2016–17