Samir Handanović Football player

Samir Handanović (born 14 July 1984) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian Serie A club Inter Milan and the Slovenia national football team. He joined Udinese in 2004. During the course of the 2010–11 Serie A season, he saved a total of six penalty kicks, equalling an all-time league record set in the 1948–49 season. In 2012, he transferred to Inter Milan for €11 million.Having previously represented Slovenia's under-19 and under-21 team, Handanović made his senior international debut in 2004. He has gone on to earn over 74 caps for his country, the joint third-most appearances for Slovenia and most by a goalkeeper, and played for them at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. His older cousin Jasmin Handanović is also a Slovenian international goalkeeper.

Personal facts

Samir Handanović
Birth dateJuly 14, 1984
Birth place
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , Ljubljana
Height (meters)1.93

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Football player

position
Goalkeeper (association football)
teams
Inter Milan
S.S. Lazio
Udinese Calcio
NK Domžale
Slovenia national under-19 football team
Slovenia national under-21 football team
Slovenia national football team
A.C.D. Treviso 2013
A.C. Rimini 1912
NK Zagorje
ND Slovan

Samir Handanović on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/44323/samir-handanovic?cc=5739
  2. http://www.nzs.si/index.php?t=reprezentancaPortret&id=22775