Semir Štilić

Semir Štilić (born 8 October 1987) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar. He also played for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Semir Štilić

Štilić pictured as a Gaziantepspor player in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Semir Štilić
Date of birth	(1987-10-08) 8 October 1987
Place of birth	Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Željezničar
Number	14
Youth career
2001–2005	Željezničar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2008	Željezničar	49	(17)
2008–2012	Lech Poznań	106	(18)
2012–2013	Karpaty Lviv	22	(1)
2013–2014	Gaziantepspor	6	(1)
2014–2015	Wisła Kraków	52	(16)
2015–2016	APOEL	16	(3)
2017	Wisła Kraków	14	(1)
2017–2019	Wisła Płock	39	(4)
2019–	Željezničar	18	(10)
National team
2007–2008	Bosnia and Herzegovina U21	8	(1)
2007	Bosnia and Herzegovina Olympic[2][3]	1	(0)
2008–2015	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 August 2020

Club career

Early career

Born in Sarajevo, Štilić began his playing career with hometown club Željezničar in 2005. After three seasons with Željezničar, he moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing a 4-year contract with Polish club Lech Poznań in June 2008.[4]

Štilić playing for Lech Poznań in 2010.

On 23 July 2012, Štilić joined Karpaty Lviv,[5] He stayed in Ukraine for only one season, as he left for Turkish club Gaziantepspor in August 2013.[6][7]

On 23 January 2014, Štilić went back to Poland and signed one-and-a-half-year deal with Wisła Kraków.[8]

APOEL

On 13 June 2015, Štilić signed a three-year contract with Cypriot First Division club APOEL.[9] He made his APOEL debut on 21 July 2015, in his team's 1–1 away draw against Vardar in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League.[10] He scored his first goal for APOEL on 22 August 2015, in his team's 5–1 away victory over Ermis Aradippou in a league match.[11] On 26 August 2015, Štilić scored from a long-range free kick against Astana at the GSP Stadium, in APOEL's 1–1 draw in the play-off round of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.[12]

On 19 September 2016, his contract with APOEL was mutually terminated.[13]

Wisła Płock

On 4 September 2017, Štilić moved from Wisła Kraków to Ekstraklasa club Wisła Płock.[14] In May 2019, almost two years after signing with Wisła Płock, he decided to leave the club.[15]

Return to Željezničar

On 2 August 2019, eleven years after leaving the club, Štilić returned to and signed a three-year contract with Željezničar.[16] His first match for Željezničar after eleven years was a thrilling 5–2 home league match, Sarajevo derby win against Sarajevo on 31 August 2019.[17] Štilić scored his first goal since his return to Željezničar on 25 September 2019, in a 6–0 home league win against Zvijezda 09.[18] He was named man of the match in Željezničar's 1–3 away league win against Sarajevo in the city derby on 30 November 2019, scoring two goals and earning an assist.[19]

Štilić scored his first goal for the club in the 2020–21 season on 7 August 2020 in a league win against Radnik Bijeljina.[20]

International career

Štilić playing for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2015.

Štilić represented the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national team eight times, scoring one goal. On 15 December 2007, he represented the Bosnia and Herzegovina Olympic team, coming on as an 89th-minute substitute in Bosnia's 0–1 friendly defeat against Poland.[2][3]

He made his senior international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina on 30 January 2008, in a friendly match against Japan, coming on as an 83rd-minute substitute in 0–3 away defeat.[21]

Personal life

Semir is the son of the former footballer and current football manager Ismet Štilić.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 August 2020.[22][23][24]

Club	Season	League	League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Željezničar	2004–05	Bosnian Premier League	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	2005–06		6	0	3	0	–		–		9	0
	2006–07		17	7	3	0	–		–		19	7
	2007–08		25	10	6	2	–		–		31	12
	Total		49	17	12	2	–		–		61	19
Lech Poznań	2008–09	Ekstraklasa	29	9	7	3	12	3	1^1	0	49	15
	2009–10		26	2	1	0	4	0	1^2	0	32	2
	2010–11		28	6	6	2	14	1	1^2	0	49	9
	2011–12		23	1	4	1	–		–		27	2
	Total		106	18	18	6	30	4	3	0	157	28
Karpaty Lviv	2012–13	Ukrainian Premier League	22	1	2	2	–		–		24	3
Gaziantepspor	2013–14	Süper Lig	6	1	2	3	–		–		8	4
Wisła Kraków	2013–14	Ekstraklasa	16	7	0	0	–		–		16	7
	2014–15		36	9	0	0	–		–		36	9
	Total		52	16	0	0	–		–		52	16
APOEL	2015–16	Cypriot First Division	16	3	6	0	8	1	1^3	0	31	4
Wisła Kraków	2016–17	Ekstraklasa	14	1	0	0	–		–		14	1
Wisła Płock	2017–18	Ekstraklasa	27	4	0	0	–		–		27	4
	2018–19		12	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	15	2
	Total		39	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	42	6
Željezničar	2019–20	Bosnian Premier League	14	8	3	1	–		–		17	9
	2020–21		4	2	0	0	0	0	–		4	2
	Total		18	10	3	1	0	0	–		21	11
Career total			332	71	45	16	38	5	4	0	409	92

¹ One appearance in Ekstraklasa Cup.
² One appearance in Polish SuperCup.
³ One appearance in Cypriot Super Cup.

International

As of match played 31 March 2015.[25]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
	2008	1	0
	2009	1	0
	2010	1	0
	2011	3	0
	2012	0	0
	2013	0	0
	2014	0	0
	2015	1	0
Total		7	0

Honours

Lech Poznań[22]

• Ekstraklasa: 2009–10
• Polish Cup: 2008–09
• Polish SuperCup: 2010

APOEL[22]

• Cypriot First Division: 2015–16

References

1. "Semir Stilic APOEL profile".
2. "Utakmica sa Poljskom". nfsbih.ba. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
3. "Mało efektowni dublerzy". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
4. "Semir Štilić" (in Polish). 90 Minut. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
5. "Офіційно. Семір Штіліч - гравець "Карпат"". Karpaty Lviv. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
6. "Semir Stilić - była gwiazda Lecha Poznań - trafił do ligi tureckiej" (in Polish). Sport.pl. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
7. Štilić potpisao za Gaziantepspor at klix.ba, 19 August 2013
8. "Semir Štilić piłkarzem Wisły". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
9. Κατ'αρχήν Συμφωνία με τον Semir Štilić (in Greek). APOEL FC. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
10. "Vardar 1–1 APOEL". UEFA. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
11. "Ermis vs. APOEL 1-5" (in Greek). soccerway. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
12. "Astana make history as Maksimović stuns APOEL". UEFA. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
13. "Λύση κοινή συναινέσει με Semir Štilić". APOEL FC. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
14. "Semir Štilić piłkarzem Wisły Płock" (in Polish). 90minut. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
15. A. Pašić (24 May 2019). "Semir Štilić od ljeta u novom klubu" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
16. S. Mlaćo (2 August 2019). "Štilić se ušetao u Plavi salon: Vezista potpisao trogodišnji ugovor sa FK Željezničar!" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
17. N.K. (31 August 2019). "Derbi za pamćenje: Željezničar razbio Sarajevo s 5:2 i preuzeo prvo mjesto na tabeli" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
18. E.B. (25 September 2019). "Željezničar na krilima sjajnog Štilića razbio Zvijezdu 09 i preuzeo lidersku poziciju" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
19. E.B. (30 November 2019). "Plavi na krilima Štilića pokorili Koševo i preuzeli vrh tabele Premijer lige BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
20. F.Z. (7 August 2020). "Odlični Željezničar bez problema ostvario pobjedu u gostima kod Radnika" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
21. "Japan vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-0". soccerway.com. 30 January 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
22. "S. Štilić: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
23. "Semir Štilić statistics". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
24. "Semir Štilić statistics". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
25. "Football PLAYER: Semir Štilić". eu-football.info. Retrieved 13 June 2015.

External links

• Semir Štilić at Soccerway
• Semir Štilić at 90minut.pl (in Polish)