Armin Gigović

Armin Gigović (born 6 April 2002) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder or defensive midfielder for Helsingborgs IF. He is also under contract with the Russian club FC Rostov, but that contract is suspended.

Armin Gigović
Gigović with FC Rostov in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-04-06) 6 April 2002
Place of birth Lund, Sweden
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Helsingborgs IF
Youth career
2013–2017 Landskrona BoIS
2017–2019 Helsingborgs IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Helsingborgs IF 34 (1)
2020– Rostov 30 (1)
2022– → Helsingborgs IF (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2019 Sweden U17 7 (0)
2019 Sweden U19 3 (1)
2020– Sweden U21 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 March 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:38, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Gigović started his football career in Landskrona BoIS. When he 15 years old he moved to the rival club Helsingborgs IF and played in the youth teams.

Helsingborgs IF

In the beginning Gigović played for the academy in HIF and in the summer 2018 he played SM for 16 year olds in Gothenburg, which was arranged by Gothia Cup. Almost exactly one year later, on 15 July 2019 he made his debut for the senior Helsingborgs IF team. [1] He got subbed in at the 75th minute for David Boysen, and HIF won the match against IK Sirius with 1–0. In August 2019 Armin extended his contract with HIF until the end of 2021. Already back then there was a big interest from other clubs in Europe about him, among them Genoa, Wolves, CSKA Moscow and Amiens.

On 15 October 2020, the Swedish newspaper Sport Expressen revealed that Gigović and Pontus Almqvist were going to the Russian club Rostov. Later that evening the transfer got confirmed from Helsingborgs IF and Rostov.

Rostov

On 15 October 2020, Gigović signed a five-year contract with Russian Premier League club Rostov.[2]

Return to Helsingborgs IF

On 7 March 2022, FIFA introduced special regulations related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Those regulations allow foreign players in Russia to unilaterally temporarily suspend their contracts with their Russian clubs until the end of the 2021–22 season and join clubs outside of Russia until that date.[3] On 31 March 2022, Gigović used that rule to return to Helsingborgs IF until the end of June 2022.[4]

Personal life

Gigović's father, Almir, was a footballer from Bosnia and Herzegovina.[5]

On 24 August 2020, Armin Gigović tested positive for COVID-19.[6]

Career statistics
As of 11 December 2021
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Helsingborg 2019 Allsvenskan 14000–140
2020 Allsvenskan 20110–211
Total 3411000351
Rostov 2020–21 Russian Premier League 17100–171
2021–22 Russian Premier League 12000–120
Total 2910000291
Career total 6321000642

References
  1. "Helsingborg vs. Sirius – 15 July 2019 – Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
  2. "Армин Гигович — игрок "Ростова"" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 15 October 2020.
  3. "FIFA adopts temporary employment and registration rules to address several issues in relation to war in Ukraine". FIFA. 7 March 2022.
  4. "Armin Gigović återvänder till HIF" (Press release) (in Swedish). Helsingborg. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  5. "Svenske 17-åringen jagas av storklubbar". www.expressen.se (in Swedish).
  6. "Jättetalangen testades positivt för coronavirus". www.expressen.se (in Swedish).
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