Dennis Salanović
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-02-26) 26 February 1996
Place of birth Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 York United FC
Youth career
2002–2013 FC Schaan
2014–2015 Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 FC Schaan 15 (7)
2015 Istra 1961 8 (0)
2015 → Istra 1961 B 4 (0)
2016 FC Balzers 12 (8)
2016–2018 FC Rapperswil-Jona 53 (7)
2018–2021 FC Thun 72 (7)
2021 → AC Oulu (loan) 13 (4)
2022 AC Oulu 4 (1)
2022–2023 FC Lahti 6 (0)
2023 CF Talavera 4 (0)
2024– York United FC 0 (0)
International career‡
2014–2018 Liechtenstein U21 9 (1)
2014– Liechtenstein 58 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2023

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.[1]

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.[2][3] On 27 June 2022, Oulu announced that Salanović left the club as his contract expired and the option to extend was not exercised.[4]

On 4 August 2022, he joined fellow Finnish team FC Lahti.[5]

On 9 March 2023, he joined Spanish side CF Talavera.[6]

On 3 January 2024, Salanović joined Canadian Premier League team York United FC on a one-year deal, with an option for 2025.[7][8]

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.[9] 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.[10] In 2019, Salanović was voted Liechtenstein Footballer of the Year.[11]

International goals

Scores and results list Liechtenstein's goal tally first.[12]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 December 2017Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar Qatar1–12–1Friendly
2.9 September 2018Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein Gibraltar1–02–02018–19 UEFA Nations League D
3.16 October 2018Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Gibraltar1–01–22018–19 UEFA Nations League D
4.8 September 2019Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece Greece1–11–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Personal life

Salanović's family is from Bosnia and Herzegovina. They moved to Liechtenstein during the Bosnian War.[13]

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". www.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".
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