Miralem Pjanić

Miralem Pjanić
	File:Miralem Pjanić in 2007.jpg
Personal information
Full name	Miralem Pjanić
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	FC Metz
Number	15

Miralem Pjanić (born April 2, 1990 in Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian-Herzegovian football player who plays for FC Metz in France. He also plays for the Bosnian national team under 21. Pjanić played in the 2006 European Under-17 Championships for Luxembourg, for which Luxembourg had qualified automatically as hosts. He scored Luxembourg's only goal: a fantastic first time, long range, dipping effort lobbing Spanish goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo. In that same year a memorable game against Belgium ended 5-5 with Pjanic scoring 4 goals for Luxembourg.

Pjanić is now a member of the U-19 Luxembourg team, but there remains considerable doubt over his future international career as the player has, as yet, not fully committed to putting on the Luxembourg shirt. His native country Bosnia-Herzegovina and his current footballing home France are showing keen interest in luring him to their respective national sides. In an interview for a bosnian newspaper Pjanić said that he only wants to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina. (31.8.2007) [1] He has been added to the Bosnia Herzegovina U-21 squad as of September 27, 2007. [2]

It has been reported [3] that various illustrious clubs in Europe have expressed interest in signing the young player (Schalke, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, A.C. Milan, PSV, Liverpool and Bayern Munich), however Pjanić has stated that he would like to stay on with his current club FC Metz and it remains to be seen when he will break into the first team after the promotion of FC Metz to Ligue 1 in 2007/08. He made his first appearance in Ligue 1 during the game FC Metz-PSG, August 17, 2007.

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