Rijad Smajić
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 May 2004[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Cologne, Germany[1] | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
FC St. Pauli II (on loan from FC Köln) | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017–2019 | Fortuna Köln | ||
| 2019–2022 | 1. FC Köln | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | 1. FC Köln II | 56 | (4) |
| 2025– | → FC St. Pauli II (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2024– | Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 | 3 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 November 2024 | |||
Rijad Smajić (born 2 May 2004) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Regionalliga Nord club FC St. Pauli II, on loan from 1. FC Köln II.[2]
Club career
Smajić, who joined 1. FC Köln from Fortuna Köln in 2019 as a youth player, secured a three-year contract with the team in October 2022.[3] He has been named on the bench multiple times for the first-team in the Bundesliga and the Conference League.[4]
International career
Smajić was born in Cologne to parents of Bosnian descent, making him eligible to play for both Germany and Bosnia and Herzegovina at the international level. He has represented the Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 team.[5]
Career statistics
- As of match played 29 June 2026[6]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| 1. FC Köln II | 2021–22 | Regionalliga West | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Regionalliga West | 12 | 1 | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | Regionalliga West | 23 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 1 | |||
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga West | 18 | 2 | — | — | 18 | 2 | |||
| Total | 56 | 4 | — | — | 56 | 4 | ||||
| FC St. Pauli II (loan) | 2025–26 | Regionalliga Nord | 25 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 81 | 4 | — | — | 81 | 4 | ||||
References
- 1 2 "Rijad Smajic". worldfootball.net.
- ↑ "Rijad Smajic - Player Profile". Bundesliga.
- ↑ "FC verlängert Vertrag mit Rijad Smajic". fc.de (in German). 3 October 2022.
- ↑ Mertens, Daniel (25 October 2022). "Nach starken Leistungen: Abwehr-Talent drängt auf Profi-Debüt". GEISSBLOG (in German).
- ↑ "1. FC Köln: Rijad Smajic – Verteidiger-Juwel aus der Domstadt". www.24rhein.de (in German). 2 October 2022.
- ↑ "R. Smajić". soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
External links
- Rijad Smajić at Soccerway (archive)
- Rijad Smajić at WorldFootball.net (archive)
- Rijad Smajić at Sofascore
Categories:
- 2004 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Cologne
- 21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen
- Men's association football central defenders
- Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina men's youth international footballers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina men's under-21 international footballers
- German men's footballers
- German people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
- SC Fortuna Köln players
- 1. FC Köln II players
- FC St. Pauli II players
- Regionalliga players
- 21st-century German sportsmen