Ali Suljic

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Ali Suljic
0Full Name	Ali Suljic
0Date of Birth	18 September 1997
0Place of Birth	Motala, Sweden
0Position	Defender
0Chelsea career	2012 - 2018
0Debut	n/a
0Games (goals)	n/a
0Other clubs	n/a

Ali Suljic is a defender who was formerly a member of Chelsea's academy.

Contents 1 Pre-Chelsea career 2 Chelsea career 3 International 4 Career statistics 5 Career honours

Pre-Chelsea career

Ali joined Chelsea as an Under-15 during the 2012-13 season after impressing on trial from IF Motala, where he had already played half a dozen senior first team matches.

Chelsea career

Ali moved to England permanently at the start of the 2013-14 season and played for the Under-16 team before joining the Swedish squad at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Qatar in October and November. He made his Under-18 bow for Chelsea early in the 2014-15 season but his season was generally a stop-start affair. He did well when he played though, scoring a few goals and impressing on his fledgling steps at Under-21 level.

Things proved a little tougher in 2015-16 as, although he got a solid run of matches in the first half of the season, appearances proved harder to come by as the campaign drew on. Unfortunately, he missed all of 2016-17 through illness, and was never able to recover enough to force his way back into the reckoning at Chelsea, leaving on a free transfer in January 2018.

International

Ali has represented Sweden to Under-19 level. He was a regular feature alongside Isak Ssewankambo in their run to the Final of the 2013 European Under-17 Championships and subsequent qualification for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup.

He is also eligible to play for Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Career statistics

Youth, Reserve and Under-21 Football

Season	Under-18		Euro U19		Under-21		Total
	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2014-15	15	2	0	0	1	1	16	3
2015-16	16	1	2	0	0	0	18	1
2016-17	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	0
2017-18	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	0
Total	31	3	2	0	1	1	34	4

Career honours

• 2014-15 FA Youth Cup