Elvir Bolić
Bosnian former footballer
Elvir Bolić (Bosnian pronunciation: [bǒːlitɕ]; born 10 October 1971) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
He spent most of his 18-year professional career in Turkey, appearing for seven clubs including Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe. He also played three years in Spain, with Rayo Vallecano.
Bolić represented Bosnia and Herzegovina during one full decade.
Club career
Čelik and Red Star
Born in Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, Bolić started playing with local NK Čelik, being one of the players in the club that would later represent the independent Bosnian national team, including Senad Brkić, Mirsad Hibić and Nermin Šabić.
In December 1991, Bolić was acquired by Yugoslav powerhouse Red Star Belgrade—European Cup defending champions—after impressing club management, general-secretary Vladimir Cvetković and technical director Dragan Džajić. He scored two goals in 11 games in the Yugoslav First League in his only season. In May 2024, he expressed extreme regret for the events that happened and which made him not stay longer in Red Star in that glorious period of the club.
While at the Yugoslav national side's training camp in France, in June of the following year, 21-year-old Bolić received bad news from his family about the deteriorating situation in Bosnia and the start of the military conflict. He informed the club's directors that he would not be coming back to Belgrade, and he left to Turkey to meet with his agent; Red Star respected his wish, and he subsequently signed with Galatasaray SK.
Turkey
Bolić moved to Turkey in the summer of 1992, and remained in the nation and its Süper Lig for the following eight years.
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