Bljedi Bardic ( sq, Bledi Bardhi, born January 10, 1992) is a Montenegrin

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player of

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descent who currently plays for

New Amsterdam FC New Amsterdam Football Club is an American professional soccer club based in Hempstead, New York. The club competes in the National Independent Soccer Association, the third tier of American soccer. New Amsterdam FC was established on April 20, ...

in the

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. Born in

Bar, Montenegro Bar ( Montenegrin and Serbian: Бар, ; sq, Tivar; it, Antivari or ''Antibari'') is a coastal town and seaport in southern Montenegro. It is the capital of the Bar Municipality and a center for tourism. According to the 2011 census, the ci ...

, where Bardic played youth soccer for

OFK Bar Omladinski fudbalski klub Bar was a Montenegrin football club based in the town of Bar. The club existed from 2001 to 2012. History OFK Bar were founded in 2001 and played their home games at the Stadion Topolica. At season 2008–09, OFK Bar won ...

where he was leading goalscorer. After spending 2 years at OFK Bar youth team, Bardic moved in Shkodër, Albania where he played for KF Vllaznia Shkodër for 1 year. Bardic moved back in Bar and signed his professional contract with Senior Team

Career

Professional

On 6 September 2011, Bardic signed his first contract with

. He played 20 games and scored 7 goals. Bardic continued his career in the

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where he signed for

Clarkstown SC Eagles FC Motown is an American soccer club based in Morristown, New Jersey. Founded in 2012, the team currently plays in both the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) and USL League Two. In 2020, the team joined the newly formed Northeast Elite Soccer ...

of the

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. With 86 goals, he is the team's all-time leading goal scorer. On May 27, 2016, Bardic signed for

Puerto Rico FC Puerto Rico FC was a professional football club based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2015, the team played in the North American Soccer League (NASL), the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. The team debuted in the 2016 fall seas ...

. In his second appearance Bardic scored the winning goal against the

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and he was named man of the match. On January 15, 2021, after four years in the New York Cosmos organization, Bardic signed for

of the

References

External links

NASL profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bardic, Bljedi 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Bar, Montenegro Men's association football forwards Montenegrin men's footballers OFK Bar players FC Motown players Puerto Rico FC players New York Cosmos B players New York Cosmos (2010) players New Amsterdam FC players Montenegrin Second League players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players National Premier Soccer League players National Independent Soccer Association players Montenegrin expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in the United States Albanians in Montenegro