#1 He owns a World Cup record
At the 2014 World Cup, Bosnia and Herzegovina made their first appearance ever at a major international tournament. After helping his newly chosen country of football qualify for the coveted World Cup finals in 2014, Kolašinac would shock the world in Brazil. In their first game ever at the World Cup, Sead Kolašinac would go on to make a name for himself in the most unwarranted way ever.
In an opening game defeat to eventual finalists Argentina, Sead Kolašinac scored the quickest own goal in World Cup history. The German-born Bosnian was on the unfortunate end of a deflected Lionel Messi cross in the 3rd minute of the tie. The own goal was the 39th own goal in World Cup history and only two more have been scored since.
Bosnia and Herzegovina would go on to lose another group match to Nigeria and then win their last game of the group against Iran, 3-1. Three points, however, wouldn’t be enough for the Bosnians to progress from the group, meaning Kolašinac and his men were sent home early.
Bosnia are currently on course to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia and I’m sure Kolašinac will be hoping to break records in a more positive light.
