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Damir Džombić
Personal information
Full name Damir Džombić
Date of birth (1985-01-03)3 January 1985(age 39)
Place of birth Srebrenik,SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft2+12in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
0000–2002 Wangen bei Olten
2002–2004 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Basel 25 (1)
2004–2007 Basel 6 (0)
2004–2005FC Wil(loan) 9 (0)
2007–2009 Vaduz 48 (1)
2009–2010 Aarau 1 (0)
2011 Wil 0 (0)
2011 Schaffhausen 4 (0)
2011-2012 FC Schötz 10 (0)
2012-2013 Kriens 20 (0)
2013-2014 Grenchen 12 (1)
2014 Wangen bei Olten 8 (0)
2014-2015 Brunnen
2016 Sursee
International career
2004 Switzerland U-19 1 (0)
2005 Bosnia-Herzegovina U-21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Damir Džombić(born 3 January 1985) is a Bosnian retiredfootballplayerwho played asdefender.

Club career[edit]

Džombić played his early youth football byWangen bei Olten.In 2002 he joined the youth department ofFC Baseland played in their U-21 team, in the third tier of Swiss football. During the spring in 2004 he was called up to their first team by head coachChristian Gross.Džombić played hisdomestic leaguedebut for the club in the away game in theStadion Brügglifeldon 18 April as Basel were defeated 3–0 byAarau.He played the full 90 minutes, but was booked for a rude foul.[1]At the end of the2003–04 league seasonBasel won the championship.[2]

To the beginning of the next 2004–05 season, Džombić only had appearances in test games. So at the end of July he was loaned out toSwiss Challenge LeagueteamFC Wilso that he could gain playing experience. Wil had been relegated the season before but had also won theSwiss Cupand were qualified for theUEFA Cup.Here in the first round, they played against Slovakian clubDukla Banská Bystrica.In the first leg an away game on 12 August 2004 in theSNP Stadium,Džombić was dismissed in the 78th minute for a second bookable foul.[3]

Then he returned to Basel, but he failed to break into their first-team. In February 2006 he suffered a cruciate ligament tear, which threw him back in his progression. To help in his rehabilitation, the next season he trained and played with the U-21 team. The club understood his situation and he was released in 2007.

On 20 June 2007 it was announced that Džombić had signed a one-year contract forLiechtenstein's second tier teamFC Vaduzon a free transfer.[4]He played with them regularly in the2007–08 Challenge League seasonand helped them win the division one point ahead ofAC Bellinzonato earn promotion to theSwiss Super Leaguein 2008.[5]The team also won the2007–08 Liechtenstein Cup.[6]The club and the centre back prolonged their contract for a further season. Džombić scored the first goal in his professional career againstFC Sionat theRheinpark Stadionon 16 August 2008. But this could not help the team, because they suffered a 2–1 defeat.[7]The team won the2008–09 Liechtenstein Cup.However, at the end of the2008–09 seasonVaduz were in bottom positions in the league table and suffered relegation.[8]

In the 2009–10 season Džombić was without a club and in August 2010 he signed forFC Aarau.[9]However it soon came to internal differences and in December he was released by the club. In January 2011 he joined FC Wil for training purposes only. As he was free agent he was able to sign forSchaffhausenoutside the transfer window and on 10 May it was announced that they had received the license to do so, until the end of the season.[10]

He later played for several lower league sides in Switzerland.[11]

International career[edit]

Džombić was capped for Swiss youth teams before he switched allegiance toBosnia and Herzegovina.He played for their U21 team in2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification.[12]

Honours[edit]

Basel
Vaduz

References[edit]

  1. ^Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (18 April 2004)."FC Aarau - FC Basel 3:0 (1:0)".Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”.Retrieved16 November2022.
  2. ^Garin, Erik; Winkler, Pierre; Schoenmakers, Jan (2006)."Switzerland 2003/04".Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.Retrieved16 November2022.
  3. ^uefa.com (12 August 2004)."Banská Bystrica 3:1 Wil".uefa.com.Retrieved16 November2022.
  4. ^(red.) (20 June 2007)."Damir Dzombic zum FC Vaduz"[Damir Dzombic to FC Vaduz] (in German).Retrieved16 November2022.
  5. ^Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio; Garin, Erik (2008)."Switzerland 2007/08".Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.Retrieved16 November2020.
  6. ^Stokkermans, Karel (2020)."Liechtenstein Cup 2007/08".Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.Retrieved16 November2022.
  7. ^(red.) (16 August 2008)."Sion siegt bei Vaduz in Unterzahl"[Sion win in Vaduz despite being shorthanded] (in German). Tagesanzeiger.Retrieved16 November2022.
  8. ^Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio; Garin, Erik (2008)."Switzerland 2008/09".Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.Retrieved16 November2020.
  9. ^(red.) (12 August 2010)."FC Aarau verpflichtet den Vaduzer Džombic"[FC Aarau signs Vaduz Džombic] (in German). Aargauer Zeitung.Retrieved16 November2022.
  10. ^(pad/Si) (10 May 2011)."Dzombic für Schaffhausen"[Dzombic to Schaffhausen] (in German). news.ch.Retrieved16 November2022.
  11. ^Profile- Joggeli
  12. ^http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/history/season=2006/round=1910/match=74416/index.html[dead link]

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