Riad Bajić

Riad Bajić (Bosnian pronunciation: [rǐaːd bǎjitɕ]; born 6 May 1994) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Udinese and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Riad Bajić
Personal information
Full name Riad Bajić
Date of birth (1994-05-06) 6 May 1994
Place of birth Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Udinese
Youth career
2003–2013 Željezničar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Željezničar 48 (18)
2015–2017 Konyaspor 64 (22)
2017– Udinese 5 (0)
2018–2019 → İstanbul Başakşehir (loan) 31 (9)
2019–2020 → Konyaspor (loan) 27 (4)
National team‡
2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 4 (5)
2014–2016 Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 7 (0)
2017– Bosnia and Herzegovina 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2019

Bajić started his professional career at Željezničar, before joining Konyaspor in 2015. Two years later, he signed with Udinese, who loaned him to İstanbul Başakşehir in 2018 and to Konyaspor in 2019.

A former youth international for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bajić made his senior international debut in 2017, earning 12 caps since.

Club career

Željezničar

Bajić came through youth academy of his hometown club Željezničar, which he joined in 2003.[1] He made his professional debut in UEFA Champions League qualifier against Viktoria Plzeň on 16 July 2013 at the age of 19.[2] On 19 October, he scored his first professional goal against Mladost Velika Obarska.[3]

Bajić scored his first career hat-trick against Zvijezda Gradačac on 27 September 2014.[4]

With 15 goals, he finished 2014–15 season as league's top scorer.[5]

Konyaspor

In August 2015, Bajić joined Turkish club Konyaspor on a three-year deal.[6] He made his official debut for the club in a draw against Akhisarspor on 15 August,[7] and scored his first goal against Gaziantepspor two months later.[8]

In January 2017, Bajić prolonged his contract until June 2020.[9] That season he finished as club's top goalscorer. His 17 goals were most league goals scored by Konyaspor player in a single campaign, beating the previous mark of 13 set by Theofanis Gekas.[10] Bajić won his first title with Konyaspor, club's first trophy ever, on 31 May 2017, by beating İstanbul Başakşehir in Turkish Cup final.[11]

Udinese

On 1 August 2017, Bajić was transferred to Italian side Udinese for an undisclosed fee.[12] He made his competitive debut for the team in Coppa Italia win over Frosinone two weeks later.[13] On 17 September, he made his league debut against Milan.[14]

In January 2018, Bajić was loaned to İstanbul Başakşehir until the end of season.[15] In June, his loan was extended for an additional season.[16]

On 14 June 2019, Bajić was sent on a season-long loan to his former team Konyaspor, with an option to make the transfer permanent.[17]

International career

Bajić represented Bosnia and Herzegovina on various youth levels.[18]

In March 2015, he received his first senior call-up, for games against Andorra and Austria,[19] but had to wait until 25 March 2017 to make his debut, in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Gibraltar.[20]

Personal life

Bajić married his long-time girlfriend Sanita in September 2019.[21]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 19 July 2020[22]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Željezničar 2013–14 Bosnian Premier League 1834220245
2014–15 Bosnian Premier League 281521413417
2015–16 Bosnian Premier League 20006282
Total 4818631236624
Konyaspor 2015–16 Süper Lig 325114–439
2016–17 Süper Lig 3217103604820
Total 6422217609129
Udinese 2017–18 Serie A 5020–70
İstanbul Başakşehir (loan) 2017–18 Süper Lig 93––93
2018–19 Süper Lig 2262020266
Total 3192020359
Konyaspor (loan) 2019–20 Süper Lig 27410–284
Career total 17553321020322766

International
As of match played 15 October 2019[23]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
201730
201860
201930
Total120

Honours

Konyaspor[22]

Individual

Performances

References
  1. "Riad Bajić, fudbaler od milion KM, koji se vozi gradskim prijevozom". avaz.ba (in Bosnian). 15 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  2. "Viktoria pobijedila Želju 4:3 u nevjerovatnoj utakmici u Plzeňu!". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 16 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  3. "Željezničar razbio Mladost u Bijeljini". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 19 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  4. "Peta uzastopna pobjeda Željezničara, hat-trick Riada Bajića". 27 September 2014 (in Bosnian). Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  5. "Bajić najbolji strijelac Premijer lige za sezonu 2014/15". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 30 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  6. "Zvanično: Riad Bajić potpisao trogodišnji ugovor sa Konyasporom". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 8 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  7. "Riad Bajić: U Konyaspor sam doveden da postižem golove, porasli su nam apetiti". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 24 December 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  8. "Bajić postigao prvijenac za Konyaspor". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 17 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  9. "Riad Bajić produžio ugovor s Konyasporom". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 25 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  10. "Bajić se upisao u historiju Konyaspora". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 7 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  11. "Bajić, Hadžiahmetović i Milošević osvojili Kup Turske". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 31 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  12. "Zvanično: Riad Bajić potpisao za Udinese!". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  13. "Debi Bajića u pobjedi Udinesea, poraz Palerma od Cagliarija". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 13 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  14. "Riad Bajić debitovao za Udinese u Serie A". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 17 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  15. "Riad Bajić se vratio u Tursku: Do kraja sezone u Başakşehiru". fokus.ba (in Bosnian). 20 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  16. "Riad Bajić ostaje u Başakşehiru". radiosarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). 13 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  17. "Riad Bajić zvanično u Konyasporu: Turski klub zanimljivim videom potvrdio povratak bh. napadača". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  18. "Riad Bajić debitovao za Zmajeve". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 25 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  19. "Baždarević objavio imena Zmajeva za susrete protiv Andore i Austrije". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 16 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  20. "Zmajevi rutinski s 5:0 pobijedili Gibraltar". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 25 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  21. "Oženio se bh. reprezentativac Riad Bajić". faktor.ba (in Bosnian). 11 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  22. "R. Bajić". soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  23. "Riad Bajić". eu-football.info. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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