Edin Cocalić

Edin Cocalić
Edin Cocalić (2011)
Personnel
birthday	5th December 1987
place of birth	Višegrad ,  SFR Yugoslavia
size	190 cm
position	Central defender
Juniors
Years	station
0000-2006	FK Željezničar Sarajevo
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2006-2010	FK Željezničar Sarajevo	88 (5)
2010–2012	Panionios Athens	50 (1)
2012-2015	Maccabi Haifa	77 (2)
2015-2019	KV Mechelen	106 (2)
2019–	Akhisarspor	29 (1)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2003	Bosnia-Herzegovina U-17
2005	Bosnia-Herzegovina U-19
2007-2008	Bosnia-Herzegovina U-21
2015–	Bosnia Herzegovina	10 (0)
1 Only league games are given. Status: February 15, 2020

Edin Cocalić (born December 5, 1987 in Višegrad ) is a Bosnian football player who is under contract with the Turkish club Akhisarspor .

life and career

In 1992 Cocalić fled with his family from his hometown Višegrad before the Bosnian War to the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, where his football career essentially began. Here he played for eleven years for FK Željezničar , the most famous Bosnian football club and one of the top players in club football in the former Yugoslavia . Well-known talents who were encouraged by FK Željezničar at an early age include: a. Edin Džeko , Boubacar Dialiba , Semir Štilić . Edin Cocalić successfully passed through various junior classes and was team captain and one of the most important performers in the professional squad for the last three seasons. Most recently he was considered one of the best defensive players and the greatest talent in the Bosnian Premijer Liga . This is reinforced by the fact that Cocalić was the youngest ever captain of FK Željezničar.

At the end of 2009 Edin Cocalić was under discussion at MSV Duisburg , where he was a test player for a certain time. In January 2010 he signed a three and a half year contract with Panionios FC Athens.

For the second half of the 2018/19 season he moved to the Turkish first division club Akhisarspor .

National team

Edin Cocalić also played in various U-national teams ( U-17 , U-19 and U-21 ) of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Web links

• Edin Cocalić in the database of weltfussball.de
• Edin Cocalić in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Edin Cocalić in the Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu database (English)
• Edin Cocalić in the database of mackolik.com (Turkish)
• Edin Cocalić in the database of EU-Football.info (English)