Ismar Tandir

Ismar "Izzy" Tandir (born August 19, 1995) is a footballer striker, who currently plays for Zemplín Michalovce. Born in Germany, Tandir represented Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally.

Ismar Tandir
Personal information
Full name Ismar Tandir
Date of birth (1995-08-19) 19 August 1995
Place of birth Frankfurt, Germany
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Zemplín Michalovce
Number 9
Youth career
2010–2013 New York Red Bulls
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Sochaux B 19 (11)
2014 Sacramento Republic 1 (0)
2015 Breiðablik 3 (1)
2016 Deportivo Aragón
2016 Javor Ivanjica 4 (0)
2017 Sloboda Tuzla 18 (3)
2018 Frýdek-Místek 9 (5)
2018–2019 Ružomberok 19 (9)
2019–2020 Sigma Olomouc 6 (2)
2020 → Pohronie (loan) 5 (0)
2020– Zemplín Michalovce 8 (2)
National team‡
2012–2014 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 14 (2)
2014 Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 July 2016

Club career

Born in Frankfurt, Germany, he moved to the United States still as a child.[1] Tandir initially played in the New York Red Bulls Academy where he won two national championships, first with the U16 and then with U18 teams.[1] He was the top scorer in the New York Red Bulls Academy in the last two seasons before moving to FC Sochaux in December 2012.[2] At Sochaux, he scored 11 goals in 19 appearances for their B team.[3]

Tandir signed his first professional contract with USL Pro club Sacramento Republic on August 19, 2014.[3] He made one appearance for Sacramento.[1] Next, he moved again to Europe, this time moving to Iceland and signing with Breiðablik on March 12, 2015.[4][5] He made two appearances with Breiðablik in the 2015 Úrvalsdeild.[4]

In December 2015 Tandir signed with Spanish side Deportivo Aragón, the reserve team of Real Zaragoza.[6][7] On July 15, 2016, he signed a 3-year contract with Serbian top-league side Javor Ivanjica.[8]

FK Pohronie

On 10 January 2020, it was announced that Tandir will return to Slovak Fortuna Liga for a half-season loan at the season's novice club FK Pohronie, based in the town of Žiar nad Hronom. This was to be his second try in the league, following a spell at Ružomberok.[9] During the winter friendlies, Tandir scored 4 goals.

Tandir made his Fortuna Liga debut for Pohronie on 15 February 2020 against Nitra at pod Zoborom. The match concluded in a goal-less tie, despite both teams being in a direct threat of relegation. Tandir played from the start as a centre forward along with Roland Gerebenits. He completed 90 minutes of the match.[10]

Overall, Tandir had appeared five-times for Pohronie with all appearances coming in the Fortuna Liga. On 30 June 2020, manager Mikuláš Radványi opted not to extend his loan and Tandir was released by the club as an unnecessary player, without scoring a single goal, despite the fact that the season was not yet concluded, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]

International career

Despite being born in Germany, Tandir has U.S. citizenship as well as Bosnian-Herzegovinian citizenship via his family roots.[2] Bosnia called him into a U19 national team camp in 2012 for his first international experience. His performance in that camp, and others since then, had made him receive regular calls for Bosnia and Herzegovina youth teams.[2]

Honors
NY Red Bulls Academy
Breiðablik

References
  1. Ismar Tandir profile Archived 2016-08-07 at the Wayback Machine at Sacramento Republic FC official website, retrieved 16-7-2016
  2. U.S. striker signs with Ligue 1 side by J. R. Eslilson, at topdrawersoccer.com, 2-1-2013, retrieved 16-7-2016
  3. Sacramento Republic FC Add Agustin Cazarez and Ismar Tandir Ahead of USL PRO Roster Freeze Archived 2014-08-21 at the Wayback Machine at Sacramento Republic FC official website, 19-6-2014, retrieved 16-7-2016
  4. Ismar Tandir profile at Soccerway
  5. Potencijalni mladi reprezentativac BiH: Ismar Tandir potpisao dvogodišnji ugovor sa islandskim Breiðablikom at sportavaz.ba, 12-3-2015, retrieved 16-7-2016 (in Bosnian)
  6. Ismar Tandir relishes new opportunity in Spain by Aaron Bauer, at onceametro.com, 7-12-2015, retrieved 16-7-2016
  7. Ismar Tandir pojačao redove Real Zaragoze at reprezentacija.ba, 12-12-2015, retrieved 16-7-2016 (in Bosnian)
  8. Napadač sa Islanda pojačava konkurenciju u timu at FK Javor Ivanjica official website, 15-7-2016 (in Serbian)
  9. GIBOX,s.r.o (www.gibox.cc), Generované pomocou YGScms spoločnosti. "Získali sme posilu na hrot útoku. K tímu sa pripojil Ismar Tandir". www.fkpohronie.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  10. "Súboj posledných nemal víťaza, Pohronie zostáva na dne tabuľky | ProFutbal.sk". profutbal.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2020-02-15.
  11. GIBOX,s.r.o (www.gibox.cc), Generované pomocou YGScms spoločnosti. "Tréner Radványi o posledných zápasoch a odchodoch z kádra". www.fkpohronie.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2020-07-08.
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