The Cologne defender, who previously played for the German youth team, volunteered to play for the national team.
The national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina received a significant boost before the Euro 2024 playoff match against the Ukrainian national team.
The head coach of the national team, Savo Milosevic, in the upcoming match will be able to count on the help of a newcomer to the national team, the 22-year-old defender of German Cologne, Denis Husseinbasic. It was reported by sport.novi.ba.
The footballer was born and raised in Germany, last summer he played for the youth team of Bundestim in Euro 2023, but decided to change his sports citizenship and received a Bosnian passport. The FIFA Committee granted the football player’s request to change his football citizenship, and in the upcoming matches he will be able to help the national team.
Note that this season Huseinbasic is the main defender of Cologne, who played 17 matches for the “goats” in the Bundesliga.
We remind you that the match between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ukraine will take place on March 21 in Zenica. The winner of this match will take on the strongest of the Israel-Iceland pair. These matches will determine the winner of the ticket to the 2024 European Championship.
We remind you that the schedule of matches of the Ukrainian national team in the Nations League was known earlier.
Source: korrespondent
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