Emir Dilaver

Emir Dilaver — Biography

Emir Dilaver is an Austrian-Bosnian center-back who played in the Austrian, Hungarian, Polish, Croatian and Turkish leagues and won national league titles with Austria Wien, Ferencváros and Dinamo Zagreb. He last played for the Croatian club Rijeka.

He came through the Austria Wien academy. At 17, in 2009, he made his professional debut on loan at Wienerberg, and on October 22, 2013, he played in the Champions League for the first time, against Atlético Madrid. In June 2014 he joined Ferencváros on a three-year contract, winning the Hungarian Cup in 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17, the league in 2015-16 and the League Cup in 2014-15; his first trophy came on May 20, 2015, beating Fehérvár in the Hungarian Cup final. In summer 2017 he signed a four-year deal with Poland's Lech Poznań, where his first goal, against Cracovia, was the winner. He moved to Dinamo Zagreb on May 29, 2018, scored his first goal for them in the Europa League against Viktoria Plzeň and won the Croatian league in 2018-19 and 2019-20.

On September 27, 2020, he signed a three-year contract with Çaykur Rizespor, saying he wanted to stay in Turkey for many years, and played in the Süper Lig in 2020-21. He represented Austria at youth level but chose Bosnia and Herzegovina at senior international level.