Kenan Bilalović
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 June 2005 | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Aberdeen | ||
| Youth career | |||
| IFK Värnamo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2025 | IFK Värnamo | 33 | (1) |
| 2024 | → Skövde AIK (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2025– | Aberdeen | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023 | Sweden U18 | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 June 2023 | |||
Kenan Bilalović (born 22 June 2005) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Aberdeen.
Club career
As a youth player, Bilalović joined the youth academy of Swedish side IFK Värnamo and was promoted to the club's senior team ahead of the 2023 season, where he made thirty-three league appearances and scored one goal.
During the summer of 2024, he was sent on loan to Swedish side Skövde AIK, where he made eight league appearances and scored zero goals.[1] Following his stint there, he signed for Scottish side Aberdeen in 2025.[2]
International career
Born in Sweden, Bilalović is of Bosnian descent.[3] He is a Sweden youth international. On 15 June 2003, he debuted for the Sweden national under-18 football team during a 1–0 friendly away win over the Wales national under-18 football team.
Style of play
Bilalović plays as a winger and is left-footed. Scottish newspaper The Press and Journal wrote in 2025 that he "although his previous five starts for Varnamo came on the right flank... Bilalovic... is recognised more as a left-winger... [his] left foot is his stronger one, so would be better suited to hitting the byeline and getting crosses in from the left side".[4]
References
- ^ "IFK Värnamos 19-åring imponerade i säsongspremiären: "Hoppas explodera"" [IFK Värnamo's 19-year-old impressed in the season premiere: "Hope to explode"] (in Swedish). Värnamo Nyheter. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ Kenan Bilalović at Soccerway
- ^ read, Ruaraidh Britton·2 min (August 14, 2025). "Aberdeen announce Kenan Bilalović signing as winger agrees five-year deal". Yahoo Sports.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Aberdeen transfer lowdown: Expert on fitness fanatic Kenan Bilalovic's time at IFK Varnamo and winger's playing style". The Press and Journal. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.