Ismet Hadžić

Ismet Hadžić

Personal information
Date of birth	(1954-07-07)7 July 1954
Place of birth	Tuzla, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death	14 July 2015(2015-07-14) (aged 61)
Place of death	Zagreb, Croatia
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
0000–1972	Sloboda Tuzla
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1979	Sloboda Tuzla	164	(5)
1980–1986	Dinamo Zagreb	115	(0)
1986–1987	Prishtina	2	(0)
Total		281	(5)
International career
1979–1983	Yugoslavia	5	(0)
Managerial career
	Dinamo Zagreb Academy
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games 1979 Split Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ismet Hadžić "Hadžija" (7 July 1954 – 14 July 2015) was a Bosnian-Herzegovinian professional footballer who played as a defender for FK Sloboda Tuzla, GNK Dinamo Zagreb, FC Prishtina and the Yugoslavia national team. He was also a coach in the GNK Dinamo Zagreb Academy.

Club career

He was part of the Dinamo Zagreb squad that won the 1981–82 Yugoslav First League and the 1982–83 Yugoslav Cup.^[1]

International career

He made his debut for Yugoslavia in an April 1979 European Championship qualification match away against Cyprus and has earned a total of 5 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an April 1983 friendly match against France.^[2]

Death

Hadžić died at the age of 61 on 14 July 2015 in Zagreb, Croatia.^[3] He was buried in his hometown of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 16 July 2015.^[4]

Honours

Player

Dinamo Zagreb

• Yugoslav First League: 1981–82
• Yugoslav Cup: 1982–83

Yugoslavia

• Mediterranean Games: 1979

References

1. T. Židak (27 February 2010). "Iz 'devetog kruga pakla' vratio se Ismet Hadžić" (in Croatian). Jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
2. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
3. D. Brkić (14 July 2015). "Preminuo Ismet Hadžić, legendarni fudbaler Slobode i Dinama" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
4. D. Brkić (16 July 2015). "Tuzlaci se oprostili od fudbalske legende Ismeta Hadžića Hadžije" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 16 July 2015.

External links

• Ismet Hadžić at National-Football-Teams.com
• EX-YU Fotball Statistics by years Archived 21 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine