page_title: Vedad Ibišević
section_title: International career
hierarchical_section_title: Vedad Ibišević / International career
caption_attribution_description: English: International friendly Austria vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2015-03-31, Vienna Deutsch: Freundschaftliches Länderspiel Österreich - Bosnien-Herzegowina am 31. März 2015 in Wien: Vedad Ibišević Türkçe: Ibišević, Bosna-Hersek formasıyla, 31 Mart 2015 tarihinde oynanan maçta.
context_page_description: Vedad Ibišević is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a forward.
  Ibišević started his professional career at Paris Saint-Germain. He had a two-year loan stint with Dijon, and afterwards went to Germany, where he played for Alemannia Aachen, 1899 Hoffenheim, VfB Stuttgart, before eventually settling in Hertha BSC. In 2008, he was awarded the Idol Nacije award for Bosnian Footballer of the Year.
  A former youth international for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ibišević made his senior international debut in 2007. He earned over 80 caps and scored 28 goals until 2018. Ibišević scored a goal that took Bosnia and Herzegovina to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the nation's first major tournament. He also scored their first ever goal at the tournament.
context_section_description: Ibišević was part of Bosnia and Herzegovina under-21 team, playing five games and scoring one goal.
  On 24 March 2007, Ibišević debuted as a starter for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying match against Norway. On 13 October 2007, he scored his first international goal against Greece in Athens, in a 3–2 loss.
  On 7 September 2012, Ibišević scored his first international hat-trick away to Liechtenstein. He has also set up Edin Džeko for another goal during the match. By scoring the only goal of the match against Lithuania on 15 October 2013, Ibišević ensured Bosnia would make its first ever appearance at a FIFA World Cup.
  In June 2014, he was named in Bosnia's 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He debuted in the opening group game of the competition and scored first ever Bosnian goal at the World Cup finals in a 1–2 loss against Argentina at the Maracanã Stadium.
  In a penultimate UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier, due to absence of Edin Džeko, Ibišević started against Wales and scored a crucial goal in the 90th minute to keep Bosnia's qualification hopes alive.
  Ibišević retired from international football at the end of Bosnia's unsuccessful 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign. He, along with Emir Spahić and Zvjezdan Misimović, was called-up for a friendly game against Montenegro in May 2018, which Bosnian FA used to commemorate them for all of their achievements in the national team and to give the crowd one last chance to see them in the national jersey. They played the opening 20 minutes and the fans gave them a standing ovation as they were exiting the Bilino Polje turf.
caption: Ibišević playing for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2015
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