Nermin Vazda (born 30 August 1967) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nermin Vazda | ||
| Date of birth | 30 August 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Višegrad, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Drina HE Višegrad | |||
| –1985 | Sarajevo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1989 | Sarajevo | 37 | (3) |
| 1989–1990 | Leotar | 19 | (6) |
| 1990–1993 | Željezničar | 24 | (16) |
| 1993–1995 | Sarıyer | 35 | (6) |
| 1995–1996 | Türkiyemspor Berlin | 25 | (24) |
| 1996–1997 | Bosna Visoko | 28 | (17) |
| 1997–1999 | Željezničar | 59 | (37) |
| Total | 227 | (107) | |
| International career | |||
| 1997 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career edit
Vazda started off his career at his hometown club Drina HE Višegrad, before moving to Sarajevo and signing with the youth team of FK Sarajevo, for who he played until 1985, before getting moved up to the first team in the same year.[1]
In 1989, he left Sarajevo and went to Leotar, for who he played one year. After leaving Leotar in 1990, Vazda came back to Sarajevo and signed with Željezničar. He stayed at Željezničar until 1993, making 24 league appearances in the process and scoring 16 goals.[1]
With the start of the Bosnian War, Vazda left Željezničar and Bosnia as well, going to Turkey and signing with Sarıyer in July 1993. After two years at Sarıyer, in 1995 he signed with German club Türkiyemspor Berlin. After a great season with Türkiyemspor, scoring 24 goals in 25 league games in the Berlin-Liga (German sixth level), Vazda came back to Bosnia after the war ended and signed a contract with rising club Bosna Visoko.[1]
In the summer of 1997, six years after leaving the club, he came back to Željezničar. Vazda won his first trophy with Željezničar in the 1997–98 season, the First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, after beating former club Sarajevo 1–0 in the Play-off final.[2] He scored 19 goals for the club in the 1997–98 season, making him joint-top goalscorer of the league.[3] He was also the 1996–97 and 1998–99 season top goalscorer, scoring 17 and 18 goals respectively. On 25 November 1998, he also won the Bosnian Supercup with Željezničar, once again beating Sarajevo, this time 4–0 at the Grbavica Stadium.[4]
In June 1999, after the end of the 1998–99 season, Vazda decided to end his football career at the age of 31. He played 83 league matches for Željezničar and scored 52 goals with an goal average of 0,64 goals per game, making him one of the best all time goalscorers in the history of Željezničar. In his career, he played 227 league games and scored 107 goals.[1]
International career edit
Vazda played in four matches for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, all of the matches being friendly games at the 1997 Dunhill Cup in Malaysia.[5]
Personal life edit
Vazda's son Anes is also a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.[6]
Honours edit
Player edit
Željezničar
Individual
- Bosnian First League top goalscorer: 1996–97, 1997–98 (shared), 1998–99
References edit
- ^ a b c d M. Branković (13 August 2019). "Iz ugla-Nermin Vazda". 1921.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ "Odigran prvi play-off za prvaka BiH u fudbalu". historija.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ Bosnia-Hercegovina 1997/98 at rsssf.org
- ^ "VIDEO: Prije 16 godina Željo savladao Sarajevo i osvojio Super kup BiH". fkzeljeznicar.ba (in Bosnian). 25 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Vazda za Sport1: Znali smo da možemo napraviti iznenađenje i došli do zaslužene pobjede" (in Bosnian). Interviewed by Jasmin Konjhodžić. Sport1.ba. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
External links edit
- Nermin Vazda at National-Football-Teams.com
- Nermin Vazda at Soccerway
- Nermin Vazda at the Turkish Football Federation