Personal Information
Full Name | Asmir Begović |
Date of Birth | June 20, 1987 |
Nationality | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Height | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) |
Role | Goalkeeper |
Past Team(s) |
Asmir Begovic: A Brief Biography
Asmir Begović is a Bosnian football goalkeeper who plays for the club Stoke City, the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Asmir lives in Germany with his wife Nicolle , a daughter Taylor and his father Amir Begović was also a goalkeeper. He originated his profession over signed a youth contract alongside Portsmouth in 2003, get along with La Louviere on loan in 2005 consequently , he went out to four clubs in order to earnings first team experience before accomplished his Portsmouth debut in May 2009. Before long, Asmir Begović confirmed with a four-and-a-half-year contract at Stoke city for a fee of £3.25m in January 2010, where he inaugurated himself as first choice goalkeeper together with played as first choice keeper in the season 2010-11. Though Begović resigned a new same year contract extension with Stoke City that keeping him at the club until 2016 on March 1st 2012. Despite the fact he came into view for Canada in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup as well as acquired for the Canada\'s 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier and for two Bosnian 2010 World Cup qualifiers.