Samir Handanović

Slovenian association football player (born 1984)
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Summary

Samir Handanović was born on July 14, 1984[1], in Ljubljana[2]. He ranks in the top 0.69% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,673 views/month, #6,861 of 1,000,298).[3]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Slovenia[4]
  • Sex or gender: male[5]
  • Commons category: Samir Handanović[6]
  • Position played on team / speciality: goalkeeper[7]
  • Sport: association football[8]
  • Service retirement: 2023[9]
  • Family name: Jasmin Handanović[10]
  • Given name: Samir[11]
  • Participant in: 2010 FIFA World Cup[12]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Slovene[13]
  • Country for sport: Slovenia[14]
  • Name in native language: Samir Handanovič[15], Samir Handanović[16]
  • Sport number: 1[17]
  • Start of work period: 2003[18]
  • End of work period: 2023[19]
  • Height: 193 cm[20]
  • Mass: 89 kg[21]
  • P14750: CCD1-CBF9-B339-86D1-B7FD[22]

Why It Matters

Samir Handanović has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] He is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

FAQs

Where was Samir Handanović born?

Samir Handanović was born in Ljubljana[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [1] ↑ . Argentine Soccer Database. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . nzs.si. nzs.si. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . 24ur.com. 24ur.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . legaseriea.it. legaseriea.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . legaseriea.it. legaseriea.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Nokya · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Playmakerstats.com player id → 7705
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Playmakerstats.com player id: 7705, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/289935|batch #289935]]"
  2. 26d ago · Roger.ec1 · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Besoccer player id → 58315
    Nzs player id → 22775, samir-handanovic-46463
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Besoccer player id: 58315, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273568|batch #273568]]"
  3. 8w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → CCD1-CBF9-B339-86D1-B7FD
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46379|batch #46379]]: HAND ID (2)"
  4. 12w ago · Sporti · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Family name → Jasmin Handanović
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Family name: Jasmin Handanović"
  5. 20w ago · Osnenzo · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Family name → Jasmin Handanović
    Country for sport → Slovenia
    Instance of → human
    Languages spoken, written or signed → Slovene
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||it, en */"
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