Miralem Pjanić

nickname

Pjanić

Sun sign

Aries

Place of birth

Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina (former SFR Yugoslavia)

nationality

training

Miralem was educated at the University of Sarajevo From there he studied Sport and Physical Education.

occupation

professional soccer player

family

• Father – Fahrudin (former Yugoslav third division football player)
• Mutter – Fatima
• Siblings – Emina (younger sister), Mirza (younger brother)

Manager

Miralem is signed Dr. Michael Becker.

Position

Central midfielder

Shirt Number

• 15, 8 – national team
• 5 – Juventus

To build

Slim

Height

5 feet 10 inches or 178 cm

weight

72 kg or 159 lbs

girlfriend/spouse

Miralem Pjanić vom –

1. Josepha (2002-Present) – Pjanić is in a relationship with a French girl named Josepha. They started dating in 2002 and have a son Edin.

race/ethnicity

White

hair colour

dark brown

eye color

hazel

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• Wellige’s hair
• Often holds medium stubble

brand promotion

Pjanić has not yet signed an endorsement contract.

Religion

Islam

Known for

Being an old-fashioned midfielder who has huge potential to play with. He is also known for being included in the top 100 footballers in the world by British daily The Guardian for three consecutive years in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

First soccer game

Pjanić made his debut for French team Metz on 18 August 2007 in a match against Paris Saint-Germain.

Miralem played his first official game for Olympique Lyonnais against Bordeaux. However, he made his first appearance in a league game as a member of Olympique Lyonnais in their 3–0 win over Toulouse.

On August 20, 2008, Miralem made his national team debut in a game against Bulgaria.

Strengthen

• pass
• Dribbling
• Long and short shots
• free kicks
• Vision
• Crossing
• speed and quickness

weaknesses

• dogfights
• tackle
• Strength

Personal trainer

If you visit Miralem’s official Instagram profile, you might find a few videos of his workouts. The Bosnian superstar does various types of training such as strength and power training with weights, explosive conditioning training with weight sleds that he pushes or pulls for explosiveness and speed, and full-body stability training with a swiss ball or other unstable surface that is engaged and functioning the core muscles.

We do not have detailed workouts from Miralem. For this reason we recommend you to read the following videos where you will find some of the exercises that Pjanić includes in his training.

Miralem Pjanić Facts

1. His desire for football came from his father, who played amateur football in the third division in Yugoslavia.
2. Pjanić and his family moved to Luxembourg just before the Bosnian War (1992-1995).
3. Miralem’s football career began with a team called Schifflange 95 at the age of seven.
4. Pjanić joined French club FC Metz in 2004 after being proposed by former Luxembourg international Guy Hellers. He spent around three years in the youth team before moving to the senior side.
5. In the 2005/06 season, he won the Championnat National des 16 ans with Metz’s U-16 national team.
6. For the 2007–08 season, Miralem was included in Metz’s amateur squad.
7. On November 30, 2007, Pjanić agreed to a three-year deal with Metz.
8. After Metz was relegated to the French second division, Miralem was wanted by Arsenal, Chelsea, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Milan, Internazionale and Olympique Lyon.
9. He is fluent in Luxembourgish, French, German, Italian and English.
10. On June 6, 2008, Pjanić signed a five-year contract with Olympique Lyonnais.
11. On August 31, 2011, an agreement was struck between Bosnian and Italian team Roma, according to which he signed a four-year deal worth €11 million.
12. He was part of the Luxembourg U17 national team at the 2006 European U17 Championship.
13. After Pjanić appeared in an interview for a Bosnian-Herzegovinian newspaper and stated that he only wanted to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina, he was called up to the U-21 team.
14. He couldn’t play for Bosnia and Herzegovina senior team because he didn’t have a Bosnian passport, which he finally got in the first months of 2008.
15. Follow Pjanić on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.