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Samir Handanović
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Samir Handanović is a Slovenian association football player who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Ljubljana on July 14, 1984, he represented Slovenia in international competition, including participation in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. His professional career spanned from 2003 to 2023.
During his time as a player, Handanović was a member of several sports teams, including NK Domžale, NK Zagorje, SS Lazio, and Inter Milan. He stands 193 centimeters tall and weighs 89 kilograms. He speaks Slovene and wore the number 1 jersey.
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- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
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- The global distribution and burden of dengue
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- 2017 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation
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- Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,194x
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- _Free Agent Soccer
- Position
- Goalkeeper
- Nationality
- Slovenia
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Samir
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Slovenia
- Place of birth
- Ljubljana
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Slovene
- Participant in
- 2010 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Slovenia national under-21 football team
- Position played
- goalkeeper
- Country for sport
- Slovenia
- Mass
- 89
- Image
- Samir Handanović Slovenia.jpg
- Height
- 193
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- Commons category
- Samir Handanović
- date of birth
- 1984-07-14
- name in native language
- Samir Handanović
- start of work period
- 2003-00-00
- end of work period
- 2023-00-00
- service retirement
- 2023-00-00
- sport number
- 1
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Encyclopedic overview
Samir Handanović (born 14 July 1984) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Since August 2024, he is the head coach of Inter Milan's under-17 team.
Before moving to Italy, Handanović played in his home country of Slovenia. In 2004, he was acquired by Udinese but spent the next few years on loan, playing for teams such as Treviso, Lazio and Rimini. Handanović returned to Udinese ahead of the 2007–08 season, where he played as a starter for the next five years. In the next season, he also played European football for the first time, making his debut in UEFA Cup. After five years as a starter and more than 200 appearances, Handanović joined Inter Milan in July 2012. In February 2019, he was named club captain, while in September, he made his 300th appearance for the club and subsequently went on to reach the 2020 UEFA Europa League final that season. He made his 500th Serie A appearance in February 2021, and won his first trophy that May by winning the title.
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