Miralem Pjanić ( born 2 April 1990 ) is a bosnian professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig cabaret Beşiktaş, on loan from La Liga club Barcelona, and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Pjanić started his professional career at Metz being there for one season. He signed for side Lyon in 2008 before signing for Roma in 2011 after three seasons at Lyon. During his time in Rome, Pjanić came to be recognized as one of the best midfielders in Serie A. In 2016, Pjanić joined Juventus, and has since been considered an built-in player for the team, winning four Serie A titles, two Coppa Italias, and being named in the Serie A Team of the year for 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He was besides named in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season, for his function in Juventus ‘s run to the final. [ 5 ] Pjanić joined Barcelona in September 2020.
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A former Luxembourgish young person external, Pjanić made his elder external debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2008, earning over one hundred caps and scoring seventeen goals since. He represented the state at their beginning major tournament, the 2014 FIFA World Cup. In 2015, Pjanić was ranked fifty-fifth in The Guardian’ south list of “ The 100 best footballers in the world ”. [ 6 ] In 2019, he was ranked fiftieth in the same list. [ 7 ]
early life [edit ]
Pjanić was born on 2 April 1990 in Tuzla, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, in what was then SFR Yugoslavia ( contemporary Bosnia and Herzegovina ) ; to father Fahrudin Pjanić and mother Fatima. He developed an matter to in footballing through his father, a former one-third division football player in Yugoslavia, [ 8 ] and began his football career in Luxembourg following his family ‘s arrival to the country soon before the outbreak of the Bosnian War. [ 9 ] While in Luxembourg, Pjanić frequently attended coach sessions and matches with his father. [ 10 ] At the long time of seven, his beget discovered that he had talent and an interest in football and allowed his son to join local club FC Schifflange 95 in Schifflange. While at Schifflange, Pjanić drew interest from several Belgian, Dutch and german clubs, but agreed to join Metz in France in 2004. Pjanić was recommended by former Metz musician and Luxembourg external Guy Hellers. [ 11 ]
Club career [edit ]
Metz [edit ]
Pjanić joined Metz at senesce 14 on a youth contract and spend approximately three years in the clubhouse ‘s academy. In the 2005–06 season, he played on the under-16 team that won the Championnat National des 16 ans and, following the temper, signed a five-year élite contract with the baseball club. [ 12 ] After spending the 2006–07 season with the golf club ‘s under-18 team, Pjanić was promoted to the club ‘s amateur team in the Championnat de France Amateur for the 2007–08 season. He appeared in the first two matches of the campaign before earning a call up to the senior team by coach Francis De Taddeo. Pjanić made his professional football debut, at the age of 17, on 18 August 2007 in a league match against Paris Saint-Germain. He appeared as a substitute in a 0–0 tie. [ 13 ] The follow week, he earned his first gear startle in a 2–0 defeat to Rennes. [ 14 ] After a string of goodly appearances, on 30 November 2007, Pjanić signed his beginning professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal, tying him to Metz until 2010. [ 15 ] After becoming master, he was assigned the number 15 shirt. Pjanić scored his first professional finish for Metz on 15 December 2007 in a 2–1 defeat against Sochaux converting on a punishment in the 88th minute, frankincense becoming one of the youngest players to score a finish in Ligue 1 history. [ 16 ] Among his other positive performances included converting another punishment in a 2–1 loss to Nice and scoring on the final day of the season against Le Mans in a thrilling 4–3 victory. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Pjanić ‘s act in the Coupe de France was with differentiation vitamin a good appearing in and starting all four matches the cabaret contested. He assisted on several goals in the golf club ‘s 6–1 demolition of Vesoul Haute-Saône. [ 19 ] In the ensuing orotund, Pjanić scored the final goal in Metz ‘s 3–0 wallow over Strasbourg and played the full 90 minutes in the club ‘s 1–0 acquire over Lorient in the Round of 16 helping the clubhouse who were, at the time, struggling in domestic toy, reach the quarterfinals of the Coupe de France. Metz were finally eliminated by the eventual champions Lyon. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] In full, Pjanić made 38 appearances and scored 5 goals with Metz. For his efforts, he was nominated for the Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year award, won by Hatem Ben Arfa. Though Pjanić was in great form throughout the season, Metz silent suffered relegation back to Ligue 2, prompting meditation that the young star would move to any of a host of clubs, with English clubs Arsenal and Chelsea, spanish clubs Barcelona and Real Madrid, italian cabaret Milan and Inter, and french club Lyon compete for his services. [ 22 ] [ 23 ]
lyon [edit ]
After Metz received numerous offers for the musician ‘s services, on 6 June 2008, Pjanić and Metz both reached an agreement with Olympique Lyonnais for the transfer of the player. [ 24 ] Pjanić agreed to a five-year contract, while the transfer tip was priced at €7.5 million plus future incentives. [ 25 ] Labeled as the future surrogate for the aging Juninho, Pjanić was initially given the number 12 shirt, but switched to the number 18 for pre-season and made his club introduction in the team ‘s Trophée des Champions frustration to Bordeaux. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] He made his league debut in the open league match of the season against Toulouse playing the entire catch in a 3–0 victory. [ 28 ] Pjanić ‘s debut season with Lyon was cut in one-half after fracturing his fibula in a match against Sochaux in October 2008, as a solution of a bad fishing gear by Stéphane Dalmat. [ 29 ] Despite initially being diagnosed as missing a calendar month, he missed two months and made his return key on 3 January 2009 in the golf club ‘s 6–0 thrash of amateur club US Concarneau in the Coupe de France playing 66 minutes. [ 30 ] For the 2009–10 season, Pjanić switched to the number 8 shirt, once worn by his harbinger and Lyon bang-up Juninho. He started the season potent scoring his first career goal for Lyon on a free kick in Lyon ‘s playoff round catch against belgian club Anderlecht in the UEFA Champions League. Lyon won the equal 5–1. [ 31 ] A couple of days late, he scored his first career league goal for the baseball club, in which his side won 3–0 at Auxerre. [ 32 ] Pjanić continued his leading play in the Champions League scoring the alone goal in the club ‘s opening group stage catch against italian cabaret Fiorentina. [ 33 ] In the golf club ‘s second group degree match against Hungarian cabaret Debreceni, he scored again, via free kick, and besides assisted on two early goals in the club ‘s 4–0 victory. [ 34 ] On 10 March 2010, Pjanić scored the equalizing finish in Lyon ‘s 1–1 reap with spanish baseball club Real Madrid in the irregular leg of their first hard round tie in the UEFA Champions League. The draw sent Lyon through to the quarter-finals due to their 1–0 win in the inaugural stage at the Stade Gerland. [ 35 ] Pjanić began the 2010–11 season as a appetizer and featured in the team ‘s first three games. however, following the arrival of Yoann Gourcuff, he began appearing as a substitute and, subsequently, appeared as a substitute in the team ‘s following seven league matches. On 29 September 2010, Pjanić scored his first finish of the season in the team ‘s 3–1 winnings over Israeli club Hapoel Tel Aviv in the UEFA Champions League. [ 36 ] As a leave of his estimable imprint, Claude Puel began experimenting playing both Gourcuff and Pjanić in the midfield, but after playing the two in a 2–0 succeed over portuguese golf club Benfica in the Champions League and a 1–1 draw with Rennes in the league, this tactic was abandoned. [ 37 ] [ 38 ]
gypsy [edit ]
Pjanić playing for Roma in 2012 On 31 August 2011, Pjanić agreed a four-year deal with italian golf club Roma, for an €11 million transfer tip. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] [ 41 ] He scored his first goal for Roma against Lecce. [ 42 ] Pjanić started the 2012–13 season largely on the bench. He got his opportunity in a Derby della Capitale and scored a goal. [ 43 ] From that game, he started playing regularly and scored one more goal in 2–0 win over Torino and one in the Coppa Italia against Atalanta. In the 2013–14 season, under fresh Roma coach Rudi Garcia, he was a starter in the 4–3–3 midfield, playing a cardinal character to the team ‘s Serie A record of ten-spot wins in the first base ten season matches. [ 44 ] Pjanić scored 6 goals and provided 6 assists in the 2013–14 Serie A season. On 25 April 2014, he scored the first goal in Roma ‘s 2–0 victory over Milan ; the finish was a fantastic person expose from Pjanić, as he dribbled past Sulley Muntari, Riccardo Montolivo, and Adil Rami before putting the testis in the net. [ 45 ] On 11 May 2014, Pjanić signed a new compress which will last until 30 June 2018. [ 46 ] In a friendly tournament in Denver in July, he scored from inside his own half, but Roma lost 3–2 to Manchester United. [ 47 ] In the 2014–15 season, he became considered as a rising headliner in italian football, scoring 5 times and assisting 10 goals. In the 2015–16 temper, Pjanić emerged as one of the world ‘s finest free-kick takers, netting a brilliant goal against Juventus on 30 August and scoring several more, including in the Champions League against Bayer Leverkusen. By the January break, he had scored 7 goals and assisted another 5, being linked with a transportation to Barcelona and Real Madrid in the winter transfer window. [ 48 ] Towards the end of the season, rumours spread in the media of Pjanić ‘s possible departure from Roma, as he was linked with Juventus. [ 49 ] He finished the season with ten league goals, and 12 in all competitions, while besides finishing the league season as the top assist provider in Serie A for the irregular consecutive season, aboard Juventus ‘ Paul Pogba, with 12 assists. [ 50 ]
Juventus [edit ]
Pjanić attempts a free kick for Juventus in the 2019–20 preseason On 13 June 2016, Pjanić joined Juventus on a five-year shrink for a fee of €32 million, ending a five-year stint with Roma. [ 51 ] He chose the number 5 shirt to start the modern season. [ 52 ] On 10 September, Pjanić scored on his debut in a 3–1 home gain over Sassuolo. [ 53 ] After winning Coppa Italia and Serie A in his first season, he missed out on a potential treble, having lost in the Champions League Final to Real Madrid. [ 54 ] Pjanić ‘s second season at Juventus began with a 2–3 loss against Lazio in the 2017 Supercoppa Italiana. [ 55 ] He scored his first gear goal of the season in city bowler hat against Torino on 23 September 2017. Juventus won the game 4–0. [ 56 ] On 28 February, Pjanić scored a crucial penalty against Atalanta to send Juventus through to the 2018 Coppa Italia Final. [ 57 ] Juventus won that final, with Pjanić contributing by assisting for one of the goals in a convert gloat over Milan on 9 May 2018. [ 58 ] Four days by and by, Pjanić once again became Serie A ace in a game against his old cabaret Roma, which sealed his second gear domestic double in two seasons. [ 59 ] On 19 May, the final match of the temper, he scored his fifth league goal of the season, netting a brand absolve recoil, which sealed Juventus ‘s 2–1 dwelling succeed over Hellas Verona. [ 60 ] At the beginning of his third campaign with the club, Pjanić put penitentiary to paper on a modern five-year condense. [ 61 ] He scored his first base goal of the season in a 2–0 home winnings over Lazio on 25 August 2018. [ 62 ] On 19 September, in his first UEFA Champions League game of the season, Pjanić helped his team to a succeed by converting two penalties against Valencia in an eventual 2–0 victory. [ 63 ] On 6 October, in a game against Udinese, he made his hundredth appearance for Juventus. [ 64 ]
On 21 September 2019, Pjanić won his hundredth match with Juventus in all competitions in a 2–1 home win over Verona in Serie A. [ 65 ] On 26 July 2020, he won his fourthly league deed with the cabaret after defeating Sampdoria 2–0 at home. [ 66 ] He made his final appearance for the golf club on 7 August, in a 2–1 family win over his former club Lyon in the second branch of the round off of 16 of the UEFA Champions League ; however, despite the victory, the leave saw Juventus eliminated from the rival on away goals following a 2–2 aggregate draw. [ 67 ]
Barcelona [edit ]
On 29 June 2020, Juventus announced that they had reached an agreement with Barcelona for the transfer of Pjanić on a consider deserving €60 million, plus a utmost of €5 million in bonuses, to be effective following the ending of the 2019–20 season. The deal was besides coordinated with a trade of Arthur, whom Juve signed for €72 million, plus a maximum of €10 million in bonuses. [ 68 ] Pjanić signed a condense with the spanish side for the next four seasons, until the end of the 2023–24 campaign, with a buy-out article of €400 million. [ 69 ] He made his debut on 27 September, coming on as a ersatz in a 4–0 home plate win over Villarreal in La Liga. [ 70 ]
loanword to Beşiktaş [edit ]
On 2 September 2021, Pjanić joined Beşiktaş on a season-long loanword. [ 71 ] [ 72 ]
International career [edit ]
luxembourg [edit ]
due to spending his childhood in Luxembourg, Pjanić became eligible for their national team and begun representing the state ‘s youth sides. He represented Luxembourg in the 2006 european Under-17 Championship, for which Luxembourg qualified mechanically as hosts. He scored Luxembourg ‘s only goal of the tournament. In that lapp year, he scored 4 goals in a match against Belgium, which ended in a 5–5 drawing card. [ 73 ] Before making his decision regarding his national team condition, Pjanić was eligible to represent Luxembourg and Bosnia and Herzegovina .
Bosnia and Herzegovina [edit ]
In May 2008, during an interview for bosnian newspaper, Pjanić stated that he wanted to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina. [ 74 ] Eventually, officials in the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina took notice and Pjanić was called-up to the state ‘s under-21 team. [ 75 ] however, because Pjanić nobelium longer had a bosnian pass and needed FIFA blessing to switch nationalities, he was n’t allowed to be called-up for the senior team. After an eight-month wait and following the involvement of Željko Komšić, the Croat penis of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Pjanić received a bosnian recommendation in early 2008. He debuted for Bosnia and Herzegovina on 20 August 2008 in the team ‘s 1–2 loss to Bulgaria. [ 76 ] On 3 March 2010, he scored his first elder external goal in Bosnia and Herzegovina ‘s 2–1 win over Ghana in Sarajevo. [ 77 ] Pjanić was instrumental in Bosnia and Herzegovina ‘s reservation for 2014 FIFA World Cup, their first major contest, and he was named in 23-man police squad for the tournament. [ 78 ] He debuted in the team ‘s opening group match, a narrow kill to Argentina at the Maracanã Stadium. [ 79 ] On 25 June, during the final group match against Iran, Pjanić scored a goal, leading to a 3–1 victory to help Bosnia and Herzegovina to their first always FIFA World Cup winnings. [ 80 ] On 31 March 2021, he played his hundredth catch for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a 1–0 loss to France in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification. [ 81 ]
style of play [edit ]
Nicknamed “il Piccolo Principe” (“the Little Prince”) during his time with Roma, [ 82 ] Pjanić was regarded as one of the most promising new midfielders of his generation in his youth, [ 83 ] and was included in Don Balón ‘s list of the 100 best new players in the world in 2010 ; [ 84 ] however, he was besides thought to lack composure at times in the media. [ 85 ] His Juventus director Massimiliano Allegri touted him as a potentially populace class midfielder in 2016, [ 86 ] late besides adding that, although he was highly talented, he needed to stay more “ calm and focused ” in regulate to fulfil his potential ; [ 87 ] subsequently, the 2016–17 season saw him establish himself as one of the best, most adept, and most versatile midfielders in Europe. [ 88 ] [ 89 ] Although he is neither particularly flying, nor gifted with athleticism or physical potency, [ 90 ] [ 91 ] Pjanić has been described as an efficient “ antique playmaker with huge technical qualities ”. [ 92 ] [ 93 ] A talented, creative, and retentive midfielder, with quick feet, Pjanić is normally deployed in a cardinal midfield role, or as a deep-lying playmaker in front of the back-line, although his tactical versatility, defensive awareness, and work-rate enable him to play in several midfield positions, and he has besides been used in more advance roles as an offensive-minded cardinal midfielder, known as the “ mezzala “ role, in italian, or even as an attacking midfielder, [ 92 ] [ 94 ] [ 95 ] [ 96 ] [ 97 ] [ 98 ] [ 99 ] [ 100 ] [ 101 ] [ 102 ] [ 103 ] [ 104 ] [ 105 ] [ 106 ] [ excessive citations ] and has flush been deployed as a second striker on juncture. [ 107 ] Pjanić ‘s main attributes are his range of passing, dribbling skills, and vision, which make him an excellent help supplier, and besides enable him to dictate the tempo of his team ‘s play in midfield and orchestrate goalscoring opportunities for his teammates. [ 92 ] [ 94 ] [ 95 ] [ 102 ] [ 99 ] [ 108 ] Known for his eye for finish from midfield and striking ability from distance, [ 95 ] [ 109 ] Pjanić is besides known for having the capacity to get into good scoring positions by making deep attack runs into the penalty area from behind. [ 99 ] [ 100 ] [ 102 ] A celebrated set-piece specialist, he is highly regarded for his accurate, bending free-kicks, ampere well as his delivery from dead-ball situations ; in 2015, he was described as the best free-kick taker in the universe by celebrated set-piece specialist and former Lyon teammate Juninho. [ 95 ] [ 110 ] [ 111 ] [ 112 ] Pjanić ‘s precocious endowment, playmaking skills, and ability to score many goals from free kicks saw him labelled as a electric potential heir to Juninho at Lyon. [ 113 ] however, despite his ability and the praise he has garnered from pundits, due to his elegant and creative play style, Pjanić has besides drawn criticism on occasion in the media for being inconsistent, [ 114 ] while Livio Caferoglu of Football Italia accused him of being “ besides little to impose himself as a defensive midfielder, ” and “ excessively slow to release the ball. ” [ 115 ]
personal liveliness [edit ]
Pjanić is a Muslim and an cultural Bosniak. [ 116 ] He has a son named Edin with his longtime girlfriend, Josepha from Nice. [ 117 ] Along with his native Bosnian, Pjanić is eloquent in six extra languages : Luxembourgish, french, English, German, Italian and Spanish. [ 118 ] [ 119 ] In 2014 Pjanić was enrolled at the University of Sarajevo, majoring in sport and forcible education. [ 120 ] In 2009, while playing for Lyon, he stated : “ I have followed Real Madrid since the days of [ Zinedine ] Zidane and Ronaldo, when I fell in beloved. Since then, it is my choose clubhouse and it constantly will be. ” [ 121 ] Later, when he was a Roma player, he confirmed that he had been a fan of Real Madrid since his childhood. [ 122 ] Throughout the 2017–18 season, Pjanić appeared in the Netflix ‘s docu-series First Team: Juventus. [ 123 ] On 23 August 2020, Pjanić tested positive for COVID-19 amid its pandemic in Italy ; [ 124 ] by 8 September, he recovered. [ 125 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of match played 24 September 2021[126]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club
Season
League
National Cup
League Cup
Europe
Other
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Metz
2007–08
Ligue 1
32
4
4
1
2
0
—
—
38
5
Lyon
2008–09
Ligue 1
20
0
2
0
0
0
1[a]
0
1[b]
0
24
0
2009–10
Ligue 1
37
6
0
0
2
0
14[a]
5
—
53
11
2010–11
Ligue 1
30
3
0
0
1
0
8[a]
1
—
39
4
2011–12
Ligue 1
3
1
0
0
0
0
2[a]
0
—
5
1
Total
90
10
2
0
3
0
25
6
1
0
121
16
Roma
2011–12
Serie A
30
3
1
0
—
—
—
31
3
2012–13
Serie A
27
3
2
1
—
—
—
29
4
2013–14
Serie A
35
6
3
0
—
—
—
38
6
2014–15
Serie A
34
5
2
0
—
10[c]
0
—
46
5
2015–16
Serie A
33
10
1
0
—
7[a]
2
—
41
12
Total
159
27
9
1
—
17
2
—
185
30
Juventus
2016–17
Serie A
30
5
4
2
—
12[a]
1
1[d]
0
47
8
2017–18
Serie A
31
5
4
1
—
8[a]
1
1[d]
0
44
7
2018–19
Serie A
31
2
2
0
—
10[a]
2
1[d]
0
44
4
2019–20
Serie A
30
3
4
0
—
8[a]
0
1[d]
0
43
3
Total
122
15
14
3
—
38
4
4
0
178
22
Barcelona
2020–21
La Liga
19
0
1
0
—
8[a]
0
2[e]
0
30
0
Beşiktaş (loan)
2021–22
Süper Lig
4
0
0
0
—
1[a]
0
0
0
5
0
Career total
426
56
30
5
5
0
89
12
7
0
557
73
International [edit ]
- As of match played 13 November 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2008
4
0
2009
9
0
2010
8
3
2011
9
1
2012
8
2
2013
8
2
2014
10
1
2015
9
0
2016
7
3
2017
3
0
2018
9
0
2019
8
3
2020
6
0
2021
5
2
Total
103
17
- As of match played 7 September 2021
- Scores and results list Bosnia and Herzegovina’s goal tally first
Honours [edit ]
Juventus
Individual
See besides [edit ]
References [edit ]
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