Emir Sulejmanović is a Bosnian professional basketball player for Football Club Barcelona Bachelor of the LEB Oro.
Background
Sulejmanović was born in Žepa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, but migrated with his family to Jyväskylä, Finland in 1997. The family finally settled in Kaarina in 2000, where Sulejmanović grew up playing junior basketball for the Kaarina Ura team
Career
Club career
In 2011 he transferred to the junior academy of KK Union Olimpija, signing a four-year contract as he made the full squad one year later. He participated in the Euroleague for the first time against Real Madrid Baloncesto in December 2012. In July 2013, Sulejmanović moved to Football Club Barcelona Bàsquet.
During the next two years he mostly played with the Football Club Barcelona B reserve squad.
In April 2015, he was loaned to Italian team Orlandina Basket for the rest of the season. Sulejmanović has played for the Finnish U-16 and U-20 junior national teams in the past
He has however announced that he will represent Bosnia and Herzegovina in future senior international tournaments
Emir was born on 13 July 1995 in the forests around Žepa which is located southwest of Srebrenica, his family at the time like thousands other Bosniaks were escaping from Žepa to territories controlled by the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.