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Sead Kolašinac
Sead Kolašinac
Personal information
Full name: Sead Kolašinac
Date of birth: 20 June 1993 (1993-06-20) (age 31)
Place of birth:    Karlsruhe, Flag of Germany Germany
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position: Left-back / Left midfielder
Club information
Current club Flag of Italy Atalanta
Number: 23
Youth clubs
2001–2009
2009–2010
2010
2011–2012
Flag of Germany Karlsruher SC
Flag of Germany TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Flag of Germany VfB Stuttgart
Flag of Germany Schalke 04
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
2012–2015
2012–2017
2017–2022
2021
2022–2023
2023–
Flag of Germany Schalke 04 II
Flag of Germany Schalke 04
Flag of England Arsenal
Flag of GermanySchalke 04 (loan)
Flag of France Marseille
Flag of Italy Atalanta
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National team
2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–
Flag of Germany Germany U18
Flag of Germany Germany U19
Flag of Germany Germany U20
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Sead Kolašinac (born 20 June 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Atalanta and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Kolašinac started his club career with Schalke 04, playing first in its reserve team, before joining Arsenal in 2017. In 2021, he was loaned back to Schalke. The following year, he moved to Marseille.

A former youth international for Germany, Kolašinac made his senior international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2013. He represented the nation at their first major international tournament, the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Personal life[]

Kolašinac was born in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, to Bosniak parents. His father, Faik, works at a Mercedes factory. Faik was born in Nikšić, SR Montenegro, to parents from Plav, SR Montenegro; the family moved to Čapljina, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1969, where Faik met his wife. The family, including Sead, are practising Muslims.

As well as having a German passport Kolašinac was given a Bosnian passport in 2013 and decided to play for the Bosnian national team.

External links[]

Atalanta Bergamo
Atalanta BC squad - 2024–25

Tolói · Kjær · Masiello · Palomino · Gosens · Muriel · 10 Gómez (c) · 11 Freuler · 13 Arana · 15 De Roon · 17 Piccoli · 18 Malinovskyi · 19 Djimsiti · 21 Castagne · 31 Rossi · 33 Hateboer · 41 Ibañez · 57 Sportiello · 72 Iličić · 88 Pašalić · 91 Zapata · 95 Gollini · 99 Barrow · Manager:  Flag of Italy Gian Piero Gasperini

Atalanta Bergamo
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Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnian competitions · Bosnian managers · Bosnian players · Bosnian stadiums
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Bosnia and Herzegovina – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Group stage

1. Begović 2. Vršajević 3. Bičakčić 4. Spahić (c) 5. Kolašinac 6. Vranješ 7. Bešić 8. Pjanić 9. Ibišević 10. Misimović 11. Džeko 12. Fejzić 13. Mujdža 14. T. Sušić 15. Šunjić 16. Lulić 17. Ibričić 18. Medunjanin 19. Višća 20. Hajrović 21. Hadžić 22. Avdukić 23. Salihović Manager:  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Safet Sušić

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