Ismet Hadžić

Ismet Hadžić "Hadžija"
Personal information
Full name	Ismet Hadžić
Date of birth	7 July 1954
Place of birth	Tuzla, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death	14 July 2015 (aged 61)
Place of death	Zagreb, Croatia
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
0000–1972	Sloboda Tuzla
Senior career*
Years	Team
1972–1979	Sloboda Tuzla
1980–1986	Dinamo Zagreb
1986–1987	Prishtina
Total
International career
1979–1983	Yugoslavia
Managerial career
	Dinamo Zagreb Academy
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing Yugoslavia
Mediterranean Games
	*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 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]

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]

Dinamo Zagreb

Yugoslavia

^ T. Židak (27 February 2010). "Iz 'devetog kruga pakla' vratio se Ismet Hadžić" (in Croatian). Jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
^ D. Brkić (14 July 2015). "Preminuo Ismet Hadžić, legendarni fudbaler Slobode i Dinama" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
^ D. Brkić (16 July 2015). "Tuzlaci se oprostili od fudbalske legende Ismeta Hadžića Hadžije" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 16 July 2015.

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