Vedad Ibišević

Vedad Ibišević in his first VfB Training

Vedad Ibišević [ ʋɛdad ibi ʃɛʋitɕ ː ] ( born August 6, 1984 in Vlasenica, SFR Yugoslavia ) is a Bosnian - Herzegovinian footballer who plays for VfB Stuttgart. In addition to the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Ibišević has the American citizenship.

Life

Youth in Bosnia - Herzegovina and Switzerland

Vedad Ibišević was born in eastern Bosnian Vlasenica, where he began his schooling. With the beginning of the Bosnian war, the Bosnian embossed Ibiševićs family moved into the inhabited by Bosniaks Tuzla, where he began in the local suburban club Proleter Slacinovići to train football. From there he went to the youth team of the then Bosnian division clubs Zmaj od Bosne in Tuzla. During this time he also played for the first time for the junior national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Due to the poor economic conditions after the Bosnian war, but also about her son at allowing the footballing development, which met in Bosnia and Herzegovina to their limits, the family of Ibišević moved in 2000 to Switzerland. There he began training at FC Baden. But after ten months the family moved on to relatives in St. Louis in the U.S. because they did not receive permanent residence in Switzerland.

Footballing beginnings in the U.S.

In St. Louis he became one of the best young players in the region. He was awarded the Soccer America Magazine as one of the best young players in the U.S. in 2002. During his school years he played for the Roosevelt High School. Subsequently, Ibišević the football team the Saint Louis University followed, in which he was able to successfully position as a striker. In addition to the college, he still played in the USL Premier Development League for the St. Louis Strikers and for the junior team Chicago Fire.

Move to Europe

In an international match of the Bosnian national junior team against Macedonia several scouts, including the French football legend Michel Platini became aware of Ibišević. So he came in 2004 to Paris St Germain, from where he moved to Dijon FCO a year later.

Career in Germany

Alemannia Aachen

In 2006 this was on Ibišević Alemannia Aachen. In March 2007, the then 22 -year-old players made ​​the jump to the Bosnian national team. Against Norway, he played through 90 minutes. His most successful international match was the game against Slovenia on 19 November 2008 in Maribor, Bosnia and Herzegovina won 4-3 and scored two goals in the Ibišević.

1899 Hoffenheim

In June 2007 he was transferred for a transfer fee of 1.2 million euros to the then second division side TSG Hoffenheim. The following season, 2007/ 08, however, he could see the expectations placed in him not fully meet and often had to leave the newly -down in the team Chinedu Obasi and Demba Ba players go first in the team's formation. With the rise of the team in the Bundesliga improved at the beginning of the season 2008/ 09 the services Ibiševićs considerably. On the first day of the season scoring Ibišević 3-0 win at Energie Cottbus in the 18th minute of the first Bundesliga goal of TSG Hoffenheim. He was thereby established from the outset by the use of Chinedu Obasi at the Nigerian national football team during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. He scored in the first half of the Bundesliga season 2008/09, 18 goals for the Bundesliga newcomer. He sat down at the top of the scoring list determines which he also had a significant role in ensuring that the TSG 1899 Hoffenheim "Autumn Wizard '.

In October 2008 Ibišević was voted player of the month after he had been nominated in September and August 2008. In November 2008, he finished second in this election. In the kicker ranking of the best footballers Ibišević was after the first round of 2008/ 09 in the category of " world class" filed, an award that is rarely awarded. In an internet survey of the portal sport.ba he was elected with 69 % of the vote for Best Player of Bosnia - Herzegovina in 2008.

In the 2009/10 season he scored on 27 September 2009 ( 7th Round ) in a 5-1 victory at home to Hertha BSC within 20 minutes ( s ) a (first ) Hat-trick, and thus the first Bundesliga goal after his injury. At the end of the season he was again top scorer of his team with twelve season hits.

VfB Stuttgart

National

Others

Ibišević speaks fluently the Bosnian language is also German, English and French. Based on this knowledge it was used in his time at Alemannia Aachen as a translator for players who were not proficient in the German language.