Sanel Jahić

Early career

Jahić was born in Strasbourg. He grew up there and started playing football also. He played for youth squads of Strasbourg and Sochaux before moving to Bosnia and Herzegovina and joining Željezničar in 2001.

Return to Željezničar

Following two stints in Spain with Las Palmas and Mérida, Jahić returned to Željezničar. In one year at the club he scored 19 goals in 37 matches.

Aris Thessaloniki

In January 2008, Jahić moved to Aris Thessaloniki in Greece signing a two-year contract.

AEK Athens

In 2009, Jahić joined Aris's league rivals AEK Athens. After two years, the termination of his contract was agreed.

APOEL

On 22 June 2011, Jahić signed a two-year contract with Cypriot club APOEL. During his spell with APOEL, he helped his team to win the 2011 Cypriot Super Cup and reach the Quarter-finals of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League. He appeared in four qualifying round matches and in all six group stage matches on APOEL's way to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, mainly as a substitute.

Karabükspor

In January 2012, Jahić moved to Turkish club Karabükspor for a transfer fee of €300,000, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract with the club. Jahić left Karabükspor at the end of the 2012–13 season.

St Johnstone

Jahić trained with Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone in October 2013. He signed a short-term contract with the club after they lost defenders Steven Anderson and Frazer Wright to…

From 2001 until 2002, Jahić was a regular member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national team. In November 2007, he was called up to the senior team by Fuad Muzurović for the last game in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying match against Turkey. He did not play in the game but the call itself was a great honour and fulfillment of his childhood dreams. Jahić made his debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a March 2008 friendly match against Macedonia and then became a standard member of the national team and was even a scorer of the crucial second goal (leading his country to 1–2) in Bosnia's great victory away at Belgium (2–4) on 28 March 2009. He also played against Portugal in the qualification play-offs for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and got his chance once again against Portugal during qualification play-offs for UEFA Euro 2012, thanks to good form while playing in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League for APOEL. He has earned a total of 23 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a May 2012 friendly against Mexico.

On 7 July 2020, it was announced that Jahić had become a new coach in the youth team of former club Željezničar.

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