Almere City has strengthened itself with Adi Nalic, the Flevolanders confirm through official channels. The nine-time international of Bosnia and Herzegovina will sign with the PhD candidate until mid-2026.

Nalic, a 26-year-old attacking midfielder, has Swedish nationality in addition to Bosnian. The Sölvesborg-born player comes on a free transfer from the national top club Hammarby IF. Before that, he played for Malmö FF, with which he won the national championship twice under coach Jon Dahl Tomasson.

Nalic played a total of 126 matches at the highest level and contributed to 39 goals. Nalic also made five appearances in the Champions League group stage in the 2021/22 season. Nalic came on in each of those lost games, against Chelsea, Juventus and Zenit Saint Petersburg (once), for a total of 82 minutes.

At the beginning of this season he played with Hammarby in the preliminary round of the Conference League against FC Twente. In Enschede (1-0 defeat) he came on fifteen minutes before the end, in Sweden (1-1) he played the full ninety minutes.

In 2021, Nalic made his debut for the Bosnia national team. Since then, eight more international matches have been added for the 1.90 meter tall midfielder, who may face the Dutch national team after the summer. In the Nations League, the Dutch team is linked to Bosnia, Hungary and Germany. However, his last international match dates back to September 8 last year, when Bosnia won 2-1 against Liechtenstein.

“I have recently spoken to many clubs about where I want to continue my career,” Nalic said on club channels. “The Dutch competition fascinates me because it plays beautiful and attacking football. Of the clubs I spoke to, Almere City FC stood out as a young and ambitious club.”

Technical manager Johan Hansma is also pleased with the upcoming collaboration. “With Adi we gain a lot of experience and creativity. For us it is a great opportunity to attract this player. He was very attracted to the story about our club and the way we play and want to use it.”

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