Player profile

Armin Gigovic

Midfielder · Young Boys

Bosnia and HerzegovinaSwedenActive

Armin Gigović is Young Boys’ number 8 on a contract until June 2029, signed from Holstein Kiel in August 2025, and has started the 2026–27 Super League as a regular.

Career

A Helsingborg graduate, he joined Rostov in 2020 and spent the following years on loan at Helsingborg, OB and Midtjylland before a permanent 2024 move to Holstein Kiel. Wikipedia has 32 Kiel league games and six goals, including his first for the club against Bayern Munich in September 2024.

Young Boys signed him in August 2025 until 2029. He debuted in the Swiss Cup against Courtételle on 17 August and scored twice in a Europa League qualifier against Slovan Bratislava on 28 August. His first Super League season ended with 31 league games and a goal; 2026–27 opened with a goal in four league matches by late August.

How they play

A 1.87 m central midfielder who can sit or box-to-box. Voetbaluitslagen logged a 90-minute, one-goal display in Young Boys’ 23 August 2026 Super League match against Vaduz.

Where they are now

Transfermarkt lists him as Young Boys’ number 8, joined 12 August 2025, contract to 30 June 2029. He played World Cup minutes for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2026, including a start against the United States on 2 July.

Bio

Date of birthApril 6, 2002 (age 24)

BirthplaceLund

Height187 cm

PositionMidfielder

StatusActive

Current clubYoung Boys

Club career

BSC Young Boys2025
Holstein Kiel2024–2025
FC Midtjylland2023–2024
FC Rostov2020–2024
Helsingborgs IF2022
Odense Boldklub2022
Helsingborgs IF2019–2020
Landskrona BoIS

International career

Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national football teamSince 2024Current
Sweden men's national football team2023–2024

Youth caps: U21 (2020–2024) · U17 (2019) · U19 (2019)

Honours

No honours on record yet.

Defining moments

Kiel to Bern2025
An August 2025 transfer from Holstein Kiel, on a four-year contract, took him to the Swiss Super League.
Europa League brace2025
Two goals against Slovan Bratislava in a qualifier, eleven days after his Young Boys debut, announced him in Europe.

Latest season stats (ESPN)

Starts (sub-ins): 3 (0)Goals: 0Assists: 0Shots: 4

In our archive

0 appearances0 goals0 assists

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Sources

Read for this profile

Wikipedia — Armin GigovićAugust 29, 2026
Transfermarkt — Armin GigovicAugust 29, 2026
Voetbaluitslagen — Young Boys vs Vaduz 23 Aug 2026August 29, 2026

Profile written / last reviewed August 29, 2026.

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