Emir Dilaver

Emir Dilaver

Dilaver with Austria Wien in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Emir Dilaver
Date of birth	(1991-05-07) 7 May 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Tomislavgrad, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
2001–2009	Austria Wien
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2014	Austria Wien	70	(2)
2009–2012	Austria Wien II	48	(5)
2009	→ Wienerberg (loan)	11	(0)
2014–2017	Ferencváros	86	(2)
2017–2018	Lech Poznań	32	(3)
2018–2020	Dinamo Zagreb	42	(1)
2020–2021	Çaykur Rizespor	25	(0)
2021–2022	Dinamo Zagreb	7	(0)
2022–2024	Rijeka	31	(0)
International career
2009	Austria U18	1	(1)
2010	Austria U19	6	(0)
2011	Austria U20	3	(0)
2010–2012	Austria U21	15	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024

Emir Dilaver (Bosnian pronunciation: [ěmir dǐlaːʋer]; born 7 May 1991) is a Bosnian-Austrian professional footballer who plays as a centre back. He last played for Croatian Football League club Rijeka.

Dilaver started his professional career at Austria Wien, who loaned him to Wienerberg in 2009. In 2014, he joined Ferencváros. In 2017, he moved to Lech Poznań. The following year, he was transferred to Dinamo Zagreb.

Club career

Early career

Dilaver came through Austria Wien's youth academy. He made his professional debut playing for Wienerberg in 2009 at the age of 17.[2]

Dilaver made his UEFA Champions League debut against Atlético Madrid on 22 October 2013.[3]

Ferencváros

In June 2014, Dilaver moved to Hungarian team Ferencváros on a three-year contract.[4] He made his debut for the team on 27 July against Kecskemét.[5]

Dilaver won his first trophy with the club on 20 May 2015, by beating Fehérvár in Magyar Kupa final.[6]

Over a year later, he scored his first goal for Ferencváros against Diósgyőr.[7]

Lech Poznań

In June 2017, Dilaver signed a four-year deal with Polish club Lech Poznań.[8] On 16 July, he made his official debut for the side against Sandecja.[9] He scored his first goal for Lech Poznań against Cracovia, which turned out to be the winning goal in the game.[10]

Dinamo Zagreb

On 29 May 2018, Dilaver was transferred to Croatian outfit Dinamo Zagreb for an undisclosed fee.[11] He made his competitive debut for the team on 24 July in UEFA Champions League qualifier against Hapoel Be'er Sheva.[12] A week later, he made his league debut against Istra 1961.[13] Dilaver scored his first goal for Dinamo Zagreb in UEFA Europa League game against Viktoria Plzeň on 21 February 2019.[14] Dilaver won his first trophy with the club on 19 April, when they were crowned league champions.[15]

International career

Despite representing Austria at various youth levels, Dilaver decided to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina at senior level.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 December 2019[17]

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wienerberg (loan)	2008–09	Austrian Regionalliga East	11	0	–		–		–		11	0
Austria Wien II	2009–10	Austrian Second League	27	1	1	0	–		–		28	1
	2010–11	Austrian Regionalliga East	17	2	2	0	–		–		19	2
	2011–12	Austrian Regionalliga East	3	2	0	0	–		–		19	2
	2012–13	Austrian Regionalliga East	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	Total		48	5	3	0	–		–		51	5
Austria Wien	2010–11	Austrian Bundesliga	3	0	0	0	–		0	0	3	0
	2011–12	Austrian Bundesliga	19	0	3	0	–		1	0	23	0
	2012–13	Austrian Bundesliga	26	2	4	0	–		–		30	2
	2013–14	Austrian Bundesliga	22	0	2	0	–		5	0	29	0
	Total		70	2	9	0	–		6	0	85	2
Ferencváros	2014–15	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	29	0	7	0	5	0	3	0	44	0
	2015–16	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	27	0	7	0	–		3	0	37	0
	2016–17	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	30	2	8	0	–		2	0	40	2
	Total		86	2	22	0	5	0	8	0	121	2
Lech Poznań	2017–18	Ekstraklasa	32	3	1	0	–		4	0	37	3
Dinamo Zagreb	2018–19	1. HNL	18	0	3	0	–		14	1	35	1
	2019–20	1. HNL	11	0	0	0	–		9	0	20	0
	Total		29	0	3	0	–		23	1	55	1
Career total			276	12	38	0	5	0	41	1	360	13

Honours

Austria Wien[17]

• Austrian Bundesliga: 2012–13

Ferencváros[17]

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 2015–16
• Magyar Kupa: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
• Ligakupa: 2014–15

Dinamo Zagreb[17]

• 1. HNL: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22

References

1. "Emir Dilaver". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 10 January 2019.
2. "Dilaver: Od Zmajeva najviše cijenim Misimovića". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 30 May 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
3. "Jorgandžije razbile Austriju, Keržakov donio trijumf Zenitu". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 22 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
4. "Emir Dilaver potpisao za Ferencváros". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 28 June 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
5. "Trijumf Ferencvárosa, Dilaveru svih 90 minuta". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 27 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
6. "Ferencvárosu Kup u Mađarskoj". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 20 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
7. "Emir Dilaver postigao sjajan gol u pobjedi Ferencvárosa". sportske.ba (in Bosnian). 30 July 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
8. "Zvanično: Dilaver potpisao ugovor sa Lechom". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 4 June 2017. Archived from the original on 7 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
9. "Dilaver uvršten u tim kola poljske Ekstraklase". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 16 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
10. "Dilaver junak Lech Poznańa". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 11 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
11. "Još jedan bh. fudbaler potpisao za Dinamo: Sretan sam, ovo je veliki klub". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 29 May 2018. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
12. "Dinamo potopio Hapoel, nevjerovatna izdanja bh. nogometaša". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 24 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
13. "Hajrović ponovo briljirao u dresu Dinama". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 3 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
14. "Dilaver pogodio na asistenciju Hajrovića, Dinamo se plasirao u osminu finala". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 21 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
15. "Golom Amera Gojaka Dinamo osigurao 20. naslov". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 19 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
16. "Emir Dilaver: Neću da igram za Austriju, želim zaslužiti poziv u reprezentaciju BiH". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 2 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
17. "E. Dilaver". soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

External links

• Emir Dilaver – UEFA competition record (archive)