Miralem Pjanić Football player

Miralem Pjanić (born 2 April 1990) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Roma and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team as a central midfielder. He has been described as an "old-fashioned playmaker with huge technical qualities". Pjanić is known for his passing, dribbling, creativity, vision, and free-kick ability, who is usually deployed as a deep-lying playmaker.A full international since 2008, he has earned over 50 caps for Bosnia and Herzegovina, representing the country at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.Pjanić developed an interest in football through his father, a former third division football player in SFR Yugoslavia, and began his football career in Luxembourg following his family's arrival to the country shortly before the outbreak of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2004, after attracting interest from a host of external clubs, Pjanić joined French club FC Metz and made his debut in the 2007–08 season at the age of 17. After a successful season, in June 2008, he joined Olympique Lyonnais on a five-year contract. With Lyon, Pjanić made his UEFA Champions League debut in 2008 and, in the following season, helped the club reach the semi-finals.Pjanić was formerly a youth international for Luxembourg and represented the national team at under-17 and under-19 level. He played at the 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship scoring the team's lone goal at the competition. In 2008, Pjanić opted to pursue a senior international career with his birth country Bosnia and Herzegovina and made his debut in August 2008. He scored his first international goal two years later in March 2010 against Ghana.He was ranked 81st in The 100 best footballers in the world by The Guardian in 2013.