Emir Sulejmanović

Emir Sulejmanović is a Bosnian-Finnish professional basketball player for Unicaja of the Spanish Liga ACB and the Champions League.

Professional career

Sulejmanović was born in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, but migrated with his family to Jyväskylä, Finland in 1997. The family finally settled in Kaarina in 2000, where Sulejmanović grew up playing junior basketball for the Ura Basket team. In 2011 he transferred to the junior academy of KK Union Olimpija, signing a four-year contract as he made the full squad one year later. He participated in the EuroLeague for the first time against Real Madrid Baloncesto in December 2012.
In July 2013, Sulejmanović moved to FC Barcelona Bàsquet. During the next two years he mostly played with the FC Barcelona B reserve squad. In April 2015, he was loaned to Italian team Orlandina Basket for the rest of the season.
On August 4, 2016, Sulejmanović signed with Croatian club Cibona.
On August 14, 2017, Sulejmanović signed a two-year deal with Spanish club Fuenlabrada. On October 11, 2017, he was loaned to Cafés Candelas Breogán of the LEB Oro. On July 18, 2018, he was loaned to Cafés Candelas Breogán. On August 16, 2019, Sulejmanović signed a two-year deal with Spanish club RETAbet Bilbao Basket. He averaged 6 points and 5 rebounds per game. On July 12, 2020, he parted ways with the team. Sulejmanović signed with CB 1939 Canarias on July 14.
On July 20, 2022, he has signed with Bilbao of the Spanish Liga ACB.
On July 14, 2023, he signed with Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB.
On June 28, 2025, he signed with Unicaja of the Liga ACB.

Sulejmanović has played for the Finnish U-16 and U-20 junior national teams in the past. He however decided to represent the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.