Seid Korac

Seid Korac (Bosnian: Seid Korač; born 20 October 2001) is a Luxembourgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Allsvenskan club Degerfors IF and the Luxembourg national team.[2]

Seid Korac
Personal information
Full name Seid Korac
Date of birth (2001-10-20) 20 October 2001
Place of birth Niederkorn, Luxembourg
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back[1]
Team information
Current team
 Degerfors
Youth career
0000–2014 CS Oberkorn
2014–2017 Rodange 91
2019–2020 1. FC Nürnberg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Rodange 91 4 (0)
2020–2021 1. FC Nürnberg II 7 (0)
2021–2023 Esbjerg fB 18 (1)
2022 → Akritas Chlorakas (loan) 13 (0)
2023– Degerfors 5 (0)
International career‡
2017 Luxembourg U16 6 (0)
2017 Luxembourg U17 8 (0)
2018 Luxembourg U18 2 (0)
2018–2019 Luxembourg U19 7 (0)
2019– Luxembourg U21 8 (1)
2020– Luxembourg 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:58, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Having started his youth career at CS Oberkorn, Korac joined the Rodange 91 academy in 2014, along with his two older brothers Irfan and Kenan.[3] Integrated into the professional team competing in the Luxembourg National Division from 2017,[4] he contributed to the team avoiding relegation in the 2017–18 season.

Korac left Rodange in January 2019 to join Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg.[3] In Nuremberg, Korac quickly distinguished himself with the youth teams, scoring a goal in his first appearance with the U19s.[5] The following season, he joined the club's reserve team, playing in the Regionalliga.[6][7]

On 11 August 2021, Korac joined Danish 1st Division club Esbjerg fB on a deal until June 2024.[8] On 24 August 2022, Korac was loaned out to newly promoted Cypriot First Division side Akritas Chlorakas until the end of 2022.[9] In the beginning of January 2023, Korac left Esbjerg and joined Allsvenskan club Degerfors IF, signing a deal until the end of 2025.[10]

International career

Korac made his international debut for Luxembourg on 11 November 2020 in a friendly match against Austria.[11]

Personal life

Korac is Bosniak of Serbian descent.[2]

Career statistics

International
As of 11 November 2020[11]
Luxembourg
YearAppsGoals
202010
Total10

References
  1. Seid Korac at WorldFootball.net
  2. Seid Korac at WorldFootball.net
  3. "Football/Luxembourg – Seid Korac quitte Rodange pour Nuremberg". L'essentiel (in French). 11 January 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Nadin, Christophe (31 July 2017). "Rodange: des atouts offensifs, des doutes à dissiper derrière". Luxemburger Wort - Edition francophone (in French). Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  5. Nadin, Christophe (4 February 2019). "Nuremberg: Korac débarque et marque d'entrée". Luxemburger Wort - Edition francophone (in French). Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  6. "Vorbereitungsstart der U21: Laktattest zum Auftakt". 1. FC Nürnberg (in German). 20 July 2020. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  7. "Neues aus dem NLZ: Teamtage, Fotos und ein Neuzugang". 1. FC Nürnberg (in German). 10 September 2020. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  8. "Esbjerg fB henter Seid Korac - efb.dk". Esbjerg fB (in Danish). 11 August 2021. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  9. EfB udlejer Korac, efb.dk, 24 August 2022
  10. Seid Korac klar för Degerfors IF, degerforsif.se, 12 January 2023
  11. "Luxembourg-Austria | UEFA Nations League 2019/20". UEFA. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
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