Nermin Vazda

Nermin Vazda (born 30 August 1967) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played as a centre-forward.

Nermin Vazda
Personal information
Full name Nermin Vazda
Date of birth (1967-08-30) 30 August 1967
Place of birth Višegrad, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Centre-forward
Youth career
Drina HE Višegrad
0000–1985 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)
National team
1997 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

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

Vazda played in four matches for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, all of the mathces being friendly games at the 1997 Dunhill Cup in Malaysia.[1]

Personal life

Vazda's son Anes is also a professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Bosnian Premier League club Mladost Doboj Kakanj.[5]

Honours

Player

Željezničar

Individual

Performance

References
  1. M. Branković (13 August 2019). "Iz ugla-Nermin Vazda". 1921.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  2. "Odigran prvi play-off za prvaka BiH u fudbalu". historija.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  3. Bosnia-Hercegovina 1997/98 at rsssf.com
  4. "VIDEO: Prije 16 godina Željo savladao Sarajevo i osvojio Super kup BiH". fkzeljeznicar.ba (in Bosnian). 25 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  5. "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.
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