Armin Gigović

Armin Gigović (born 6 April 2002) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder or defensive midfielder for FC Midtjylland. He is also under contract with Russian club 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
Team information
Current team
 Midtjylland
(on loan from Rostov)
Number 37
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) 16 (2)
2022 → OB (loan) 9 (1)
2023– → Midtjylland (loan) 23 (0)
International career‡
2019 Sweden U17 7 (0)
2019 Sweden U19 3 (1)
2020– Sweden U21 17 (2)
2023– Sweden 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:47, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:51, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Gigović started his football career in Landskrona BoIS. When he was 15 years old he moved to rival club Helsingborgs IF and played in their 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] On 1 July 2022, the loan was extended until 31 August 2022.[5]

OB

On 31 August 2022 it was confirmed that Gigović had joined Danish Superliga club OB on a free transfer, after his deal with Russian FC Rostov had been suspended due to the war in Ukraine. Gigović signed a deal for the rest of 2022 with the Danish club.[6]

FC Midtjylland

On 15 January 2023 it was confirmed that Gigović had joined Danish Superliga club FC Midtjylland on a loan deal for 6 months until the end of the 2022–23 season. On 4 June 2023, the arrangement was extended for the 2023–24 season.[7]

International career

Gigović made his full international debut for Sweden on 12 January 2023 in a friendly 2–1 win against Iceland, playing for 77 minutes before being replaced by Samuel Gustafson.[8]

Personal life

Gigović's family hails from Jelah near Tešanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[9] His father Almir is a former footballer from Šiprage in the Kotor Varoš municipality.[10][11] His mother Senada hails from Tutin in the Serbian region of Sandžak.[9]

On 24 August 2020, Armin Gigović tested positive for COVID-19.[12]

Career statistics

Club
As of 13 November 2022
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Helsingborg 2019 Allsvenskan 14000–140
2020 Allsvenskan 20110–211
Rostov 2020–21 RPL 17100–171
2021–22 RPL 13000–130
2022–23 RPL 0000–00
Total 3010000301
Helsingborg (loan) 2022 Allsvenskan 8100–81
OB (loan) 2022–23 Danish Superliga 9110–101
Career total 8131000833

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2023 1 0
Total 1 0

References
  1. "Helsingborg vs. Sirius – 15 July 2019 – Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
  2. "Армин Гигович — игрок "Ростова"" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 15 October 2020. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 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. "Armin Gigović stannar i HIF" (in Swedish). Helsingborg. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  6. "Armin Gigovic er nu også en af striberne" (in Danish). OB. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  7. "ARMIN GIGOVIC FORTSÆTTER I FC MIDTJYLLAND" (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. 4 June 2023.
  8. "Sverige - Island - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  9. "Bemuf Landskrona". Facebook (in Bosnian). 29 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  10. "Svenske 17-åringen jagas av storklubbar". www.expressen.se (in Swedish).
  11. "Talijani pišu da Genoa želi 18-godišnjeg Bosanca iz Švedske". Reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 18 June 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  12. "Jättetalangen testades positivt för coronavirus". www.expressen.se (in Swedish).
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