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Bio

Ahead of the 2021-22 Hero ISL, Amir Dervisevic joined SC East Bengal from Slovenian heavyweights NK Maribor, where he spent eight years playing 161 games for the 15-time Slovenian premier league winners and netting 18 goals. The skilful central midfielder played a key role in Maribor winning three championship titles, one Slovenian Cup crown and helped them to a place in the group stages of the Champions League in 2014. Dervisevic was born in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana but played for Maribor for the large part of his career with the biggest club in his hometown, NK Olimpija Ljubljana, being arch-rivals. Dervisevic started his career with Interblock, a Slovenian club in the city of Ljubljana in 2011. He then joined Krka for one season before moving to Maribor where during his stay, he became a darling of the fans. The 2018/19 season saw Dervisevic get a national team call-up riding his superlative performances for Maribor.