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Saša Kajkut (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Кајкут, born 7 July 1984) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a striker for FK Borac Banja Luka in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Club career
As a teenager, Kajkut played for the local team FK Omladinac Banja Luka, after which he moved to FK Borac Banja Luka where he started his professional career. After that he moved to Croatian 2nd division teams NK Zadar and NK Pomorac.
0ne of Kajkut's remarkable memorable moment in his career is connected to the 2nd leg match for FC Sheriff Tiraspol (a Moldova team) against a team from Andorra in the 2007–08 UCL qualifier (first qualifying round).He first passed the ball to Wilfried Balima for scoring Sheriff's lead of 0–1 in 68th minute (just 3 minutes after he entered the game), and then scored his first goal for the new team in 77th minute. He created history in just 12 minutes, as he became the first ever player from Banja Luka scoring in an official Champions League Match. With this extraordinary performance he became one of the favourite players for Sheriff fans though he only stayed there for one single season.
After Sheriff, he went back to Borac, then he played for Baku FC, again for Borac and NK Čelik Zenica.
On 31 December 2013, Kajkut signed for South China permanently after a successful trial.
On 18 August 2015, Kerkyra was dismissed by Superleague Greece for fake shareholds transfers. The club got relegated to Football League and Kajkut was eventually released by the club. The player was approached directly from Veria and agreed to join the Macedonian club on 19 August 2015. His yearly wages are €100,000. Kajkut was officially announced as Veria's player on 28 August 2015. Kajkut debuted on 12 September 2015, in a 3–0 home defeat against PAOK. He scored his first goal for Veria with a penalty kick in Greek Football Cup match against Atromitos.
After Varia, he once again went back to Bosnia and played for FK Krupa, HŠK Zrinjski Mostar and FK Željezničar Sarajevo.
Since June 2018, for a fourth time in his career, Kajkut has been playing for Borac. In the 2018–19 First league of RS season, with Borac, Kajkut won the league title and got promoted back to the Bosnian Premier League.
International career
Kajkut made his first and only international appearance for Bosnia and Herzegovina on 1 June 2009, a 0–0 away friendly match draw against Uzbekistan, coming in as a 46th minute substitute for Emir Hadžić.
Honours
Sheriff Tiraspol
- Divizia Națională: 2007–08
- Moldovan Super Cup: 2007
Borac Banja Luka
- Republika Srpska Cup: 2008–09, 2011–12
- First League of RS: 2018–19
South China
- Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield: 2013–14
Zrinjski Mostar
- Bosnian Premier League: 2016–17
Željezničar Sarajevo
- Bosnian Cup: 2017–18
Individual
Awards
- Bosnian Premier League Player of the Season: 2012–13