Nermin Vazda Explained

Nermin Vazda
Birth Date:30 August 1967
Birth Place:Višegrad, SFR Yugoslavia
Position:Forward
Youthclubs1:Drina HE Višegrad
Youthyears2:–1985
Youthclubs2:Sarajevo
Years1:1985–1989
Clubs1:Sarajevo
Caps1:37
Goals1:3
Years2:1989–1990
Clubs2:Leotar
Caps2:19
Goals2:6
Years3:1990–1993
Clubs3:Željezničar
Caps3:24
Goals3:16
Years4:1993–1995
Clubs4:Sarıyer
Caps4:35
Goals4:6
Years5:1995–1996
Clubs5:Türkiyemspor Berlin
Caps5:25
Goals5:24
Years6:1996–1997
Clubs6:Bosna Visoko
Caps6:28
Goals6:17
Years7:1997–1999
Clubs7:Željezničar
Caps7:59
Goals7:37
Totalcaps:227
Totalgoals:107
Nationalyears1:1997
Nationalteam1:Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nationalcaps1:4
Nationalgoals1:0

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

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 matches being friendly games at the 1997 Dunhill Cup in Malaysia.[5]

Personal life

Vazda's son Anes is also a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.[6]

Honours

Player

Željezničar

1997–98

1998

Individual

1996–97, 1997–98 (shared), 1998–99

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Iz ugla-Nermin Vazda. 13 August 2019. 13 August 2019. Bosnian. M. Branković. 1921.ba.
  2. Web site: Odigran prvi play-off za prvaka BiH u fudbalu. 13 August 2019. Bosnian. historija.ba.
  3. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bih98.html Bosnia-Hercegovina 1997/98
  4. Web site: VIDEO: Prije 16 godina Željo savladao Sarajevo i osvojio Super kup BiH. 25 November 2014. 25 November 2018. Bosnian. fkzeljeznicar.ba.
  5. Web site: Player Database. eu-football.info. 2021-06-02.
  6. Web site: Vazda za Sport1: Znali smo da možemo napraviti iznenađenje i došli do zaslužene pobjede. 24 August 2020. 24 August 2020. Bosnian. Jasmin Konjhodžić. Sport1.ba.