Smail Prevljak
Smail Prevljak (born 16 February 1995) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a forward for KAS Eupen in the Belgian First League.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Smail Prevljak | ||
| Date of birth | 10 May 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Hertha BSC | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Igman Konjic | |||
| 2013–2014 | RB Leipzig | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | RB Leipzig II | 2 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | RB Leipzig | 1 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Red Bull Salzburg (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2014–2017 | → Liefering (loan) | 45 | (24) |
| 2015–2020 | Red Bull Salzburg | 34 | (12) |
| 2017–2018 | → Mattersburg (loan) | 32 | (16) |
| 2020 | → Eupen (loan) | 5 | (4) |
| 2020–2023 | Eupen | 87 | (31) |
| 2023– | Hertha BSC | 10 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2018– | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 June 2023 | |||
Club career
As a young player, he played for FK Igman Konjic and RB Leipzig. He was part of the RB Leipzig team that won promotion to the Under 19 Bundesliga for the 2014–15 season. He was signed on a two-year contract by RB Leipzig on 1 July 2014.[2] He made his debut on 2 August 2014, in a 0–0 draw against VfR Aalen.[3]
On 1 September 2014, he went on loan to FC Liefering. He made his full-match debut in a 5–2 lost against SC Austria Lustenau on 26 September 2014. [4] He scored his first goal for the club, in a 4–1 win against FC Wacker Innsbruck on 3 October 2014. Despite an injury, he was the leading scorer of FC Liefering (12 goals in the season as of April 2014)
On 9 November 2014 he made his debut for the first team of Salzburg. He came on in minute 62 in the league match against SCR Altach.[5] After loans to SV Mattersburg and KAS Eupen he left Salzburg in 2020 and joined KAS Eupen in the Belgian First League.
He holds a Bosnian passport and played for Bosnia U21 and the national team.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 11 November 2023[6]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| RB Leipzig II | 2013–14 | Sachsenliga | 2 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | ||
| RB Leipzig | 2014–15 | 2. Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| Red Bull Salzburg (loan) | 2014–15 | Austrian Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Liefering (loan) | 2014–15 | 2. Liga | 17 | 14 | – | – | 17 | 14 | ||
| 2015–16 | 2. Liga | 14 | 8 | – | – | 14 | 8 | |||
| 2016–17 | 2. Liga | 14 | 2 | – | – | 14 | 2 | |||
| Total | 45 | 24 | – | – | 45 | 24 | ||||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2015–16 | Austrian Bundesliga | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1[b] | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 2018–19 | Austrian Bundesliga | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5[c] | 0 | 32 | 12 | |
| 2019–20 | Austrian Bundesliga | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| Total | 34 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 15 | ||
| Mattersburg (loan) | 2017–18 | Austrian Bundesliga | 32 | 16 | 4 | 2 | – | 36 | 18 | |
| Eupen (loan) | 2019–20 | Belgian Pro League | 5 | 4 | – | – | 5 | 4 | ||
| Eupen | 2020–21 | Belgian Pro League | 27 | 16 | 2 | 0 | – | 29 | 16 | |
| 2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 30 | 9 | 5 | 7 | – | 35 | 16 | ||
| 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | 30 | 6 | ||
| Total | 92 | 35 | 7 | 7 | – | 99 | 42 | |||
| Hertha BSC | 2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 12 | 4 | |
| Career total | 218 | 92 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 243 | 104 | ||
- ↑ Includes Austrian Cup, Belgian Cup, DFB-Pokal
- ↑ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearance in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 19 November 2023[7]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 11 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 6 | |
- Scores and results list Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Prevljak goal.[7]
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 November 2020 | Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands | 4 |  Netherlands
|
1–3 | 1–3 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League |
| 2 | 4 September 2021 | Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11 |  Kuwait
|
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 3 | 9 October 2021 | Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | 13 |  Kazakhstan
|
1–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 5 | 4 June 2022 | Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland | 19 |  Finland
|
1–1 | 1–1 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League |
| 6 | 7 June 2022 | Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20 |  Romania
|
1–0 | 1–0 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League |
Honours
Red Bull Salzburg[6]
References
- ↑ "Smail Prevljak". herthabsc.com (in German). Retrieved 1 September 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "RB Leipzig präsentiert Team und schließt Kaderplanung ab". www.bild.de. Archived from the original on 2018-08-26. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ↑ "Spielbericht & Statistiken: RB Leipzig gegen VfR Aalen - 2. Bundesliga 2014/2015 - 1. Spieltag". Fussballdaten.
- ↑ "Austria Lustenau vs. Liefering - 26 September 2014 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ↑ "Smail Prevljak – FC Salzburg Wiki". wiki.salzburg12.at.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "S. Prevljak". soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Smail Prevljak". eu-football.info. Retrieved 19 November 2023.