Muamer Tanković

Muamer Tanković (born 22 February 1995) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for Pafos.

Muamer Tanković was born to Bosnian Muslim parents in Norrköping and grew up in Hageby, a Million Programme area in the southern part of the city.

He started to play football at a young age at the local club Hageby IF, before joining local giants IFK Norrköping in 2005, aged 10.

Tanković never made his competitive senior debut for Norrköping in Allsvenskan, but appeared as an unused substitute in six league games.

While at Norrköping, Tanković went on trial with German side Hamburger SV.

Tanković was also linked with Chelsea, Manchester United and Juventus.

In September 2011, he joined Fulham, aged sixteen, on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.

He made his Fulham debut as an 87th-minute substitute for compatriot Alexander Kačaniklić in the FA Cup third round replay against Norwich City at Craven Cottage on 14 January 2014 and his Premier League debut on 28 January against Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium, replacing Dimitar Berbatov for the last 7 minutes of a 2–0 defeat.

Tanković started his first league match against Manchester United on 9 February 2014 at Old Trafford, and was substituted at half-time for Darren Bent as the game finished 2–2.

Tanković was released by Fulham in May 2014 when his contract expired.

Muamer Tanković signed a five year-deal with the Dutch club AZ on a free transfer in June 2014 At AZ, he linked up with fellow countrymen Viktor Elm and Mattias Johansson.

Tanković scored in his competitive debut for the club on 9 August 2014, in a 3–0 away win against Heracles.

He went on to score two goals and provide three assists during the opening four fixtures of the 2014-15 Eredivisie.

On 6 October 2014, in a 2–2 game against Twente, coming on as a sub, he sparked some controversy when celebrating a late equalizer by running out to the sideline and taking a seat at the bench.

The gesture was meant as a gibe against manager Marco van Basten, who did not opt to start him in the fixture.

In the fourth round of the KNVB Cup, in December 2014, Tanković scored a brace against NEC as AZ won 2–1 and qualified for the quarter-finals.

His last league goal of the season came against Feyenoord on 14 December 2014, in a 2–2 draw.

Tanković started the season as a rotation player, but soon accelerated into goal scoring form.

His form declined during the spring of 2015.

He eventually finished the season with making 26 league appearances, scoring 5 goals.

In late September 2015, Tankovic scored a brace in a KNVB Cup win against VVV-Venlo.

He followed it up a week later by scoring one goal and providing one assist in a 3–1 league win against Heracles.

He was named as the single best player in the Eredivisie "team of the week" by the football statistics website Whoscored.

Tanković appeared in 7 of AZ's games in the 2015–16 Europa League, where the club got knocked out in the group stage after finishing at the foot of the table.

He made his continental senior debut in a game against the Turkish side Istanbul Basaksehir on 30 July 2015.

Once again, his form declined as the season progressed.

Tanković got no to little playing time during the second half of the season, and ended up featuring in 19 league games.

His scoring tally remained at 3 goals.

During the season, Tanković was used sparingly by manager John van den Brom.

At times he was made available to play for feeder club Jong AZ in the Dutch third tier, Tweede Divisie.

His season had a few highlights, however.

On 3 December 2016, Tanković scored one goal and provided one assist as AZ drew 1–1 against Excelsior in the league.

Weeks later, Tanković scored a long range strike against the Russian outfit Zenit Saint Petersburg in a 3–2 win in the 2016–17 Europa League.

His decisive goal meant that AZ finished second in their group, thus qualifying for the tournament's round of 32.

On 10 August 2017, Tanković transferred to Hammarby, thus returning to his native country.

The transfer fee was undisclosed, but reports suggested that he moved on a free.

Tanković signed a three-year contract with the Stockholm-based side.

He made his debut for the side only a few days later, coming on as a second half sub, in a 2–2 home draw against Östersund.

Tanković scored his first competitive goal for the club on 16 August, in a 3–1 win against Akropolis in round 2 of the 2017–18 Svenska Cupen.

During the fall, Tanković struggled to produce points and received heavy criticism from pundit Alexander Axén, before scoring his first league goal for Hammarby in a 1–3 loss against Halmstads on the ultimate match day of 2017.