Miralem Pjanić

Miralem Pjanić ( born April 2, 1990 in Tuzla ) is a footballer from Bosnia and Herzegovina, which also owns the Luxembourg nationality. He plays for AS Roma in the Italian Serie A and in the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Career

Association

Pjanić learned to play football in Luxembourg at FC Monnerich, where he did not stay long and moved the club for FC Schifflingen 95, in which he already played with 13 years in selected teams for 16- year-old. 2004 left Pjanić Luxembourg and Lorraine went to play from now on for the youth teams of FC Metz.

In the summer of 2007, he was transferred to the First Team of FC Metz and signed a three-year contract. His professional debut came on 18 August 2007 at the age of 17, when he came on Matchday fourth in Ligue 1 Paris Saint -Germain in the 70th minute for Sébastien Renouard. In his first season he played 32 appearances in Ligue 1, scoring four goals. Metz rose from the end of the season.

For the season 2008/ 09 he moved for a transfer fee of 7.5 million euros for series champions Lyon. In his first year at Lyon, he played in only five games from the start and could not meet the high expectations. After the departure of Juninho in the summer of 2009, the position behind the strikers and he was free to regulars. In the 2009/10 Champions League Season Pjanić reached with his team's semi-final, where he scored in the second round match against Real Madrid the decisive goal in Madrid. Lyon difference in this competition from the semi-final against Bayern Munich. 2010/11, took his club in this competition in the group stage second behind the eventual semi-finalists FC Schalke 04 and was eliminated in the second round against Real Madrid. At the beginning of the season 2011/12 he came in three league games to bet before he signed a contract with AS Roma on August 31, 2011.

National

Pjanić played at the U- 17 European Championship in 2006 for Luxembourg, which had qualified automatically as host for this tournament. During the tournament he scored the only goal for Luxembourg. In the same year he scored in a game against Belgium, which ended 5:5, four goals. Pjanić chose 2007 for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team and played in the U- 21 team. This decision he founded with his strong roots in Bosnia and the prospects of success of the Bosnian - Herzegovinian team against the Luxembourg team. On 6 September 2008, he debuted at the World Cup qualifier against Spain in the senior team.