Benjamin Hadžić (born 4 March 1999) is a German-born Bosnian

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who plays as a

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for Schweinfurt 05.

Club career

Hadžić joined the youth sector of

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in 2013 from

1. FC Nürnberg 1. Fußball-Club Nürnberg Verein für Leibesübungen e. V., often called 1. FC Nürnberg (, en, 1. Football Club Nuremberg) or simply Nürnberg, is a German association football club in Nuremberg, Bavaria, who currently compete in the 2. Bund ...

. For the 2017/18 season he moved to VfB Stuttgart. In June 2018 he completed a trial with the

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club

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, but was not signed. In August 2018 he moved to

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, where he was registered for the clubs reserve team. Hadžić made his professional debut for

in the Bundesliga on 19 December 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute for

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in the 1–1 away draw against SC Freiburg. By the end of the season he made three appearances in the Bundesliga and 25 for the

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team. In the 2019–20 season he was only used for the reserve team and therefore, he moved to the Austrian second division club

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in February 2020, with whom he received a contract that ran until June 2022.

International career

Hadžić was included in Bosnia and Herzegovina's squad for the

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in Azerbaijan. He scored twice in their third match against Ukraine, which finished as a 2–1 win. However, Bosnia and Herzegovina were eliminated in the group stage of the tournament.

References

External links

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at kicker.de 1999 births Living people People from Wesel (district) Sportspeople from Düsseldorf (region) Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia German people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina through descent Association football forwards Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina youth international footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina under-21 international footballers German footballers Hannover 96 II players Hannover 96 players SK Austria Klagenfurt players 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 players Bundesliga players Regionalliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Austria {{BosniaHerzegovina-footy-forward-stub