Izudin Daði Dervić (born 22 February 1963) is a former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

. Born in Bosnia, he represented Iceland at international level.

Early life and career

Dervić was born in

Bosnia Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

and grew up in Prnjavor where he first started playing football. He later moved to

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where he played for

NK Olimpija Ljubljana Nogometni klub Olimpija Ljubljana (; ), commonly referred to as Olimpija Ljubljana or simply Olimpija, is a Slovenian professional football club based in Ljubljana that competes in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the top division of the Slovenian foot ...

before moving to

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

in 1990 to play for

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International career

Dervić received an Icelandic citizenship in May 1993 and took up the middle name ''Daði''. Three weeks later he was selected to the Icelandic national team. He debuted for the team against

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on 2 June 1993, becoming the first naturalized citizen to play for Iceland. He earned a total of 14 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an August 1995 European Championship qualification match against

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References

External links

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Izudin Dervić coaching career
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KSÍ The Football Association of Iceland (, , KSÍ) is the governing body of football in Iceland. It was founded on 26 March 1947, joined FIFA the same year, and UEFA in 1954. It organises the football league, Úrvalsdeild, and the Iceland men's na ...

'' 1963 births Living people Footballers from Banja Luka Icelandic people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers Icelandic men's footballers Iceland men's international footballers NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players Selfoss men's football players Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar players Valur (men's football) players Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur players Knattspyrnufélag Fjallabyggðar players Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur players Ungmennafélagið Fjölnir players Yugoslav First League players Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players 1. deild karla players 3. deild karla players Icelandic football managers Icelandic people with family names 20th-century Icelandic sportsmen {{Yugoslavia-footy-bio-stub