Dalibor Pandža (born 23 March 1991 in

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) is a Bosnian professional

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who plays as a

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for German club

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Club career

Dalibor began his career in the youth from

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and was promoted to the

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team in March 2008. As Pandža is a

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and a great talent, the

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continued their practice with trying to get these players to play for

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rather than Bosnia, and offered Pandža a place in their team. But Pandža declined and stated that he only wanted to play for his country,

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. This made him very popular among

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even though many had never heard of him or seen him play at the time. Pandža signed with

FK Olimpik Fudbalski klub Olimpik Sarajevo ( en, Football Club Olimpik Sarajevo), commonly referred to as just Olimpik, was a professional football club from Sarajevo, based in the part of the city which is called Otoka. Being one of the first teams to be ...

in December 2018. In the 2018–19 First League of FBiH season, Pandža scored 7 goals in 14 league games for Olimpik. He left Olimpik in January 2020. On 23 January 2020 it was confirmed, that Pandža had joined German

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club

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wetterauer-zeitung.de, 23 January 2020

International career

Between 2008 and 2010, Pandža made 6 appearances for the Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 national team, making 6 appearances and scoring 1 goal in the process.

Style of play

Pandža can play as both right and a left winger.

Honours

Player

Club

Olimpik Sarajevo *

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: 2014–15

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