Eldin Jakupović
Bosnian-born Swiss footballer (born 1984) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eldin Jakupović (Bosnian pronunciation: [jakǔːpoʋitɕ]; born 2 October 1984) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
![]() Jakupović with Grasshoppers in 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Eldin Jakupović[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1984-10-02) 2 October 1984 (age 39) | ||
Place of birth | Kozarac, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
000–2004 | Grasshoppers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2005 | Grasshoppers | 13 | (0) |
2005–2006 | FC Thun | 22 | (0) |
2006–2009 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 20 | (0) |
2007–2009 | → Grasshoppers (loan) | 57 | (1) |
2010–2011 | Olympiakos Volou | 33 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Aris | 1 | (0) |
2012–2017 | Hull City | 38 | (0) |
2014 | → Leyton Orient (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2014 | → Leyton Orient (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2017–2022 | Leicester City | 2 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Everton | 0 | (0) |
2023 | Los Angeles FC | 2 | (0) |
International career | |||
2005 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 | 2 | (0) |
2006 | Switzerland U21 | 1 | (0) |
2008 | Switzerland | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:44, 8 June 2023 (UTC) |
He started his professional career at Grasshopper Club Zürich in 2004, then moved to FC Thun a year later. After success there, Jakupović joined FC Lokomotiv Moscow in March 2006. He returned to Grasshoppers on loan spending two seasons there. In 2010, he moved to Greece joining Olympiakos Volou. In September 2011, after one season at Olympiakos Volou, he joined Aris. In 2012, he moved to Hull City. In 2017, he left Hull City after their relegation back to the EFL Championship to join Premier League side Leicester City. After leaving Leicester City, he joined fellow Premier League team Everton on a free transfer in September 2022.
Having played at under-21 level for both Bosnia and Switzerland, he earned his only senior cap for the latter in 2008, and was part of their squad at UEFA Euro 2008.