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Liechtensteiner footballer
Dennis Salanović
Salanović in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-02-26) 26 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team York United
Number 11
Youth career
2002–2013 Schaan
2014–2015 Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Schaan 15 (7)
2015 Istra 1961 8 (0)
2015 → Istra 1961 B 4 (0)
2016 Balzers 12 (8)
2016–2018 Rapperswil-Jona 53 (7)
2018–2021 Thun 72 (7)
2021 → AC Oulu (loan) 13 (4)
2022 AC Oulu 4 (1)
2022–2023 Lahti 6 (0)
2023 Talavera 4 (0)
2024– York United 9 (2)
International career
2014–2018 Liechtenstein U21 9 (1)
2014– Liechtenstein 62 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2024

Dennis Salanović (born 26 February 1996) is a Liechtensteiner professional footballer who plays as a winger for Canadian Premier League club York United and the Liechtenstein national team.

Club career

In 2018, Salanović joined Swiss club FC Thun.

After playing for AC Oulu in Finland on loan in the 2021 season, on 7 December 2021 he agreed to return to the club on the permanent basis for 2022. On 27 June 2022, Oulu announced that Salanović left the club as his contract expired and the option to extend was not exercised.

On 4 August 2022, he joined fellow Finnish team FC Lahti.

On 9 March 2023, he joined Spanish side CF Talavera.

On 3 January 2024, Salanović joined Canadian Premier League team York United FC on a one-year deal, with an option for 2025.

International career

Salanović played his first international game with the senior national team on 4 September 2014 in and against Bosnia and Herzegovina (3–0), after he came on as a substitute for Philippe Erne in the 63rd minute of that game. At the time of his senior debut for Liechtenstein, rumors were abound that Salanović had chosen to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina over the country of his birth, however, four days later, Salanović appeared in Liechtenstein's starting 11 for their UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Russia, thus permanently cap-tying him to the principality. In 2019, Salanović was voted Liechtenstein Footballer of the Year.

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 October 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Schaan 2013–14 Swiss 2. Liga 15 7 – – – 15 7
Istra 1961 2014–15 1. HNL 6 0 1 0 – – 7 0
2015–16 1. HNL 2 0 0 0 – – 2 0
Total 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Balzers 2015–16 Swiss 1. Liga 12 8 – – – 12 8
Rapperswil-Jona 2016–17 Swiss Promotion League 23 5 1 0 – – 24 5
2017–18 Swiss Challenge League 30 2 2 0 – – 32 2
Total 53 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 56 7
Thun 2018–19 Swiss Super League 30 5 6 1 – – 36 6
2019–20 Swiss Super League 19 1 2 0 – 2 0 23 1
2020–21 Swiss Challenge League 25 2 0 0 – – 25 2
Total 74 8 8 1 0 0 2 0 84 9
AC Oulu (loan) 2021 Veikkausliiga 15 5 – – – 15 5
AC Oulu 2022 Veikkausliiga 4 1 0 0 1 0 – 5 1
Lahti 2022 Veikkausliiga 7 0 1 0 0 0 – 8 0
Talavera 2022–23 Primera Federación 4 0 – – – 4 0
York United 2024 Canadian Premier League 9 2 1 0 – 2 0 12 2
Career total 201 38 14 1 1 0 2 0 220 39
  1. Includes Croatian Cup, Swiss Cup, Suomen Cup, Canadian Championship
  2. Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International goals

Scores and results list Liechtenstein's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 14 December 2017 Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar  Qatar 1–1 2–1 Friendly
2. 9 September 2018 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein  Gibraltar 1–0 2–0 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D
3. 16 October 2018 Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar  Gibraltar 1–0 1–2 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D
4. 8 September 2019 Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece  Greece 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Personal life

Salanović's family is from Bosnia and Herzegovina. They moved to Liechtenstein during the Bosnian War.

Honours

Individual

References

  1. Nationalspieler Dennis Salanovic wechselt zu Thun
  2. Dennis Salanovic lainalle Ouluun loppukaudeksi
  3. "No Sala No Party!" (in Finnish). AC Oulu. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. "Tänään on jäähyväisten aika. Dennis Salanović ei jatka Laivastonsinisissä" (in Finnish). AC Oulu. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  5. "Liechtensteinin maajoukkuemies Dennis Salanović siirtyy Lahteen". FC Lahti (in Finnish). Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  6. CF Talavera de la Reina (9 March 2023). "No Sala, no party". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  7. "York United Inks Liechtenstein International Dennis Salanovic". Northern Tribune. January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  8. Jacques, John (3 January 2024). "York United Inks Liechtenstein International Dennis Salanovic". Northern Tribune. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  9. "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Liechtenstein, International Friendly, Sep 4, 2014". ESPN FC. Retrieved 4 Sep 2014.
  10. "Dennis Salanovic Chooses Liechtenstein Over Bosnia". BHDragons.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2014. Retrieved 8 Sep 2014.
  11. "LFV vergibt die Awards 2019". lfv.li (in German). Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  12. ^ Dennis Salanović at National-Football-Teams.com
  13. "Bosanac je zvijezda Lihtenštajna: Možda bih propao da sam izabrao BiH". 29 August 2019.

External links

Liechtensteiner Footballer of the Year
York United FC – current squad


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