Amar Dedic
_85.jpg) Dedić playing for Red Bull Salzburg in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Amar Dedić | ||
| Date of birth | 18 August 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Zell am See, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
| Number | 70 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2012 | LUV Graz | ||
| 2012–2015 | Sturm Graz | ||
| 2015–2019 | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2025 | Red Bull Salzburg | 60 | (4) |
| 2019–2021 | → Liefering (loan) | 50 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | → Wolfsberger AC (loan) | 32 | (2) |
| 2025 | Olympique Marseille | 23 | (1) |
| 2025 | Benfica Lisbon | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 | 12 | (0) |
| 2019 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2021 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 | 5 | (1) |
| 2022– | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 may 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2023 | |||
Amar Dedić (born 18 August 2002) is a Bosnian professional footballer. He plays as defender for club Benfica Lisbon in the Primeira Liga and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
Club career
Red Bull Salzburg
Dedić started playing football at a local club. Then he went to Sturm Graz youth in 2012. In 2015 he moved to Red Bull Salzburg's youth academy. There he played in all ranks. In August 2019 he signed his first contract with Red Bull Salzburg. He made his professional debut playing for Liefering against Amstetten on 26 July at the age of 16. On 19 June 2020, he scored his first professional goal in a triumph over Dornbirn.
He made his debut for Red Bull Salzburg in the cup match against Bregenz on 9 September.
In June 2021, he went on loan to Wolfsberger AC. In June 2022 he came back to Salzburg. In the 2022–23 season he became number 1 as right back. In the UEFA Champions League he played in all six group stage matches.
Olympique Marseille
In February 2025, he left Salzburg after ten years . He went to France to play for Olympique Marseille. He made ten appearances for Marseille in Ligue 1. For the 2025/26 season, he came back to Salzburg. immediately sold on to Benfica Lisbon in Portugal, where he signed a contract until 2030.
Benfica Lissabon
He was sold on to Benfica Lisbon in Portugal. There he signed a contract until 2030.
International career
Dedić represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at all youth levels. He was captain of the under-17 team.
In March 2022 he was called into the senior team for friendly games against Georgia and Luxembourg. He debuted against Luxembourg on 29 March.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 12 November 2023
| Club | Season | League | Austrian Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Liefering (loan) | 2019–20 | 2. Liga | 24 | 2 | – | – | 24 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | 2. Liga | 26 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | |||
| Total | 50 | 2 | – | – | 50 | 2 | ||||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2020–21 | Austrian Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | Austrian Bundesliga | 27 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 38 | 3 | |
| 2023–24 | Austrian Bundesliga | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 5 | |
| Total | 40 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 59 | 8 | ||
| Wolfsberger AC (loan) | 2021–22 | Austrian Bundesliga | 32 | 2 | 5 | 1 | – | 37 | 3 | |
| Career total | 122 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 146 | 13 | ||
- ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 8 March 2026
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dedić goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 March 2023 | Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 |  Iceland |
3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
Honours
References
- ↑ "Amar Dedic". redbullsalzburg.at (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ↑ "Gračanlija potpisao profesionalni ugovor sa Red Bull Salzburgom!". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 1 August 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ↑ "Amar Dedić sa 16 godina debitovao u seniorskom fudbalu". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 26 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ↑ "Amar Dedić je sa 17 godina zabio svoj prvi gol u seniorskoj karijeri". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 19 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ↑ "Naš talentovani reprezentativac debitovao za Salzburg". avaz.ba (in Bosnian). 10 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ↑ "Supertalentovani Amar Dedić će narednu sezonu igrati u austrijskoj Bundesligi". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ↑ RB Salzburg Homepage
- ↑ SL Benfica
- ↑ "Dedić: Zahvalio sam se Austrijancima i rekao im da želim igrati samo za BiH". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 22 February 2021. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ↑ "Petev objavio spisak: Dedić i Miličević novi igrači". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ↑ "Zmajevi na Bilinom polju protiv Luksemburga prekinuli crni niz". radiosarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ↑ "A. Dedić". soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- 1 2 "Amar Dedić". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
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