Asim Zec

Asim Zec

Personal information
Full name	Asim Zec
Date of birth	(1994-01-23) 23 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Bugojno, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Right winger
Team information
Current team	NK Travnik
Number	8
Youth career
0000–2010	Iskra Bugojno
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2012	Iskra Bugojno
2012–2014	Hradec Králové	8	(0)
2014–2015	Olimpik	9	(4)
2015	Čelik Zenica	9	(1)
2015–2016	Velež Mostar	13	(1)
2016	Travnik	10	(5)
2016–2017	Sloboda Tuzla	27	(9)
2017–2020	Željezničar	59	(11)
2020	Zrinjski Mostar	5	(1)
2020–2021	Željezničar	4	(0)
2021–2022	Leotar	14	(4)
2022	Igman	5	(0)
2022–	Travnik	13	(6)
International career
2012–2013	Bosnia and Herzegovina U19	4	(1)
2016	Bosnia and Herzegovina U21	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 December 2020

Asim Zec (born 23 January 1994) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for NK Travnik.

Club career

Zec joined Hradec Králové from Iskra Bugojno in July 2012. He twice managed to score four goals in one game for the youth team of Hradec Králové in his debut season. ^[1] He returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina in February 2014 to play for Olimpik. After Olimpik, Zec also played for Čelik Zenica, Velež Mostar, Travnik and Sloboda Tuzla.

In June 2017, he signed a contract with Željezničar. ^[2] In May 2018, Zec won the 2017–18 Bosnian Cup with Željezničar. ^[3] He left Željezničar on 6 February 2020, terminating his contract with the club. ^[4] Four days after leaving Željezničar, on 10 February, Zec signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Zrinjski Mostar. ^[5] He made his official debut and scored his first official goal for Zrinjski in a 2–0 league win against his former club Čelik on 23 February 2020. ^[6] Zec left Zrinjski on 30 September 2020. ^[7]

In October 2020, he returned to Željezničar. ^[8] Zec played his first official game since his return to the club on 21 October 2020, in a cup game against Goražde. ^[9] After his contract with Željezničar expired, on 15 January 2021, he left the club once again. ^[10]

International career

Zec made caps for the Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 and Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national teams, even scoring one goal for the U19 team.

He played for the U19 team in the UEFA European U19 Championship qualification round. ^[11]

Personal life

Zec's older brother, Ermin, is also a professional footballer who played alongside him at Željezničar. ^[12]

Honours

Željezničar ^[11]

• Bosnian Cup: 2017–18

References

1. Asim Zec ponovo postigao četiri gola!
2. Asim Zec potpisao za Željezničar na tri godine at klix.ba, 13 June 2017
3. Željezničar nakon šest godina osvojio Kup Bosne i Hercegovine Archived 10 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine at klix.ba,9 May 2018
4. D.B. (6 February 2020). "Zvanično: Asim Zec napustio Željezničar" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
5. E.B. (10 February 2020). "Asim Zec prešao iz Željezničara u Zrinjski" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
6. "NK ČELIK - HŠK ZRINJSKI (0 : 1) 0 : 2". nfsbih.ba (in Bosnian). 23 February 2020. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
7. D.B. (30 September 2020). "Asim Zec više nije igrač Zrinjskog" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
8. N.K. (9 October 2020). "Asim Zec se vratio na Grbavicu, uskoro potpisuje za Željezničar" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
9. K.H. (21 October 2020). "Željezničar u drugom poluvremenu razbio Goražde, Bojo se oporavio i odmah pogodio" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
10. "Novi odlazak sa Grbavice: Asim Zec nije više igrač Željezničara" (in Bosnian). sport1.ba. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
11. "A. Zec: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
12. E. Čaušević (23 January 2019). "Ermin Zec: Nisam ni sanjao da ću igrati zajedno s Asimom" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

External links

• Asim Zec – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)