03/09/2026
Ponekad sam se znao zapitati kada će doći ovaj trenutak…
Ali nikada nisam mogao zamisliti koliko ću biti emotivan dok budem pisao ove riječi.
2. oktobra, protiv Švedske, odigrat’ ću svoju sljedeću i posljednju utakmicu za našu reprezentaciju. 🇧🇦
Ništa u mojoj karijeri ne može se porediti s ponosom koji sam osjećao svaki put kada sam obukao taj dres. Ništa.
Bio je to moj dječački san, san koji sam nosio sa sobom svaki od 151 put kada sam imao čast predstavljati svoju zemlju na fudbalskom terenu.
Uvijek sam bio jednako ponosan što ga nosim, baš kao i prvi put.
Prošlo je gotovo dvadeset godina od te utakmice protiv Turske.
Mnogo toga se od tada promijenilo, promijenio sam se i ja, ali moja ljubav prema ovom dresu nikada nije.
Sada osjećam da je došlo vrijeme da se povučem. Ako sam s reprezentacijom stigao do svoje 40. godine, onda je to zato što sam davao sve što sam imao. Svaki put. Sve.
Igrati za svoju zemlju bila je najemotivnija privilegija koju mi je fudbal ikada pružio.
Plasman na naše prvo Svjetsko prvenstvo 2014. godine i dalje je jedan od najsretnijih trenutaka mog života kao fudbalera.
Emocije koje sam osjetio one noći nakon gola protiv Velsa, a zatim i u Zenici protiv Italije u martu, zauvijek će ostati u mom srcu.
Vidjeti moje ljude kako slave na ulicama naših gradova bio je još jedan nevjerovatan poklon koji mi je fudbal dao.
Bit će vremena da zahvalim svima koji su bili uz mene i podržavali me tokom ovog predivnog putovanja.
Za sada samo želim da te večeri protiv Švedske budete tamo, da zajedno podijelimo još jednu emociju…
Jer svaki od ovih nevjerovatnih trenutaka bio je nešto što smo proživjeli zajedno.
I upravo tako želim doživjeti svoju posljednju noć u dresu reprezentacije: sa svima vama uz sebe, noseći dres koji volim još od dječačkih dana – i koji ću voljeti do kraja života. 🇧🇦
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Sometimes I found myself wondering when this moment would come…
But I never imagined how emotional I would feel writing these words.
On October 2nd, against Sweden, I will play my next and final match for our national team 🇧🇦
Nothing in my career has ever compared to the pride I have felt every single time I wore that shirt. Nothing.
It was my childhood dream, a dream I carried with me on each of the 151 occasions I had the honour of representing my country on a football pitch.
I was always proud to do so, just as I was the first time.
Almost twenty years have passed since that match against Turkey.
So many things have changed, and I have changed too, but my love for this shirt never has.
Now I feel the time has come to step aside. If I have made it to the age of 40 with the national team, it is because I truly gave everything I had. Every time. Everything.
Playing for my country has been the most emotional opportunity football has ever given me.
Qualifying for our first World Cup in 2014 remains one of the happiest moments of my life as a footballer.
The emotions I felt on the night of the goal against Wales, and then in Zenica against Italy in March, will stay in my heart forever.
Seeing my people celebrating in the streets of our cities was another incredible gift that football has given me.
There will be time to thank everyone who has been by my side and supported me throughout this wonderful journey.
For now, I just hope you will be there that night against Sweden, so we can share one more emotion…
Because every one of these incredible moments has been something we have lived together.
And that is how I want to experience my final night representing my country: with all of you by my side, wearing the shirt I have loved since I was a boy - and the shirt I will love for the rest of my life. 🇧🇦
Hvala ti za sve Dzeko😭😭😭
