Elvir Kafedžić

Elvir Kafedžić
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-12-19) December 19, 1982
Place of birth Foča, Yugoslavia
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
2001-2005 Lindenwood Lions
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004 St. Louis Strikers 9 (5)
2005-2006 St. Louis Steamers (indoor) 24 (8)
2006-2007 Chicago Storm (indoor)
2007 California Cougars (indoor)
2010 AC St. Louis 14 (0)
2011-2012 Illinois Piasa (indoor)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 2, 2011.

† Appearances (goals)

Elvir Kafedžić (born December 19, 1981 in Foča) is a Bosnian footballer who plays for the St. Louis Ambush of the Major Arena Soccer League.

Career

College and amateur

Kafedžić grew up in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the aftermath of the Bosnian war, before his family immigrated to Berlin, Germany in the early 1990s. In 1999, Kafedžić and his family moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he attended Affton High School for one year. He subsequently played college soccer at Lindenwood University, where he was part of the Lions team that won 2004 NAIA National Championship.

During his college years he also played with the St. Louis Strikers in the USL Premier Development League.

Professional

Kafedžić has extensive professional indoor soccer experience. He played with the St. Louis Steamers, Chicago Storm and California Cougars, and was a member of US national futsal team that traveled to play in tournaments in Brazil and Spain in 2007.

Kafedžić signed his first professional outdoor contract in 2010 when he was signed by AC St. Louis of the USSF Division 2 Professional League.[1]

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