Sanel Kuljić

Kuljić was eligible to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina and Austria. He made his debut for the Austria national team in an August 2005 friendly match against Scotland and has earned 20 caps, scoring three goals. He became a regular in the national team squad but was surprisingly overlooked for Euro 2008.

Born in Salzburg, Kuljić started his professional career in Salzburg but made his name at Austrian Football First League side SV Pasching with whom he won promotion to the Austrian Football Bundesliga in 2002. He repeated that feat with SV Ried in 2005, when he also became 2nd division top goalscorer. In 2006, he became league top goalscorer and subsequently moved abroad to join Swiss side FC Sion but controversially returned to Austria after one year when he signed for Vienna club Austria Wien. Kuljić left FK Austria Wien for newly formed Austrian second-division side FC Magna Wiener Neustadt – who acquired the playing licence of SC Schwanenstadt for the 2008–09 campaign – and was joined by Austria Wien team-mates Yüksel Sariyar and Sašo Fornezzi. On 25 November, Kuljić scored four goals and his team Wiener Neustadt beat LASK Linz 4–1.

Kuljić is of Bosnian descent; his father emigrated to Austria from SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1970s. He spent his childhood in Salzburg and Grödig.

Club

Austria Salzburg

Austrian Bundesliga: 1996–97 SV Pasching

Erste Liga: 2001–02 SV Ried

Erste Liga: 2004–05 SC Magna Wiener Neustadt

Erste Liga: 2008–09

Individual

Austrian Football Bundesliga top scorer: 2005–06 Erste Liga top scorer: 2004–05