Ermin Bičakčić (pronounced [ěrmin bǐtʃaktʃitɕ]; born 24 January 1990) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for 2.
Bičakčić started his professional career at VfB Stuttgart, playing mainly in its reserve team, before joining Eintracht Braunschweig in 2012.
Because of the outbreak of the Bosnian War, Bičakčić's family fled from his native Bosnia and Herzegovina and moved to Germany, where he started playing football at local clubs, before joining VfB Stuttgart's youth academy in 2005.
[1] He made his professional debut playing for VfB Stuttgart's reserve squad against SV Sandhausen on 23 March 2010 at the age of 20.
[11] He made his competitive debut for the club in a DFB-Pokal tie against USC Paloma on 17 August and managed to score a goal.
[19] In September 2020, he suffered a severe knee injury, which was diagnosed as an anterior cruciate ligament tear and was ruled out for at least six months.
[31] On 10 September, in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Slovakia, Bičakčić scored his first senior international goal.
[32] In June 2014, Bičakčić was named in Bosnia and Herzegovina's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, country's first major competition.
[34] Bičakčić is a practising Muslim; together with international teammates Ermedin Demirović, Jusuf Gazibegović, Haris Tabaković, Nihad Mujakić, Haris Hajradinović, Dženis Burnić, Sead Kolašinac, Enver Kulašin, Nail Omerović, Benjamin Tahirović and Osman Hadžikić he visited a mosque in Ilidža during the national team's concentration.