Mehmed Begzadić

Mehmed Begzadić
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-01-05) January 5, 1993
Place of birth Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Centre Forward
Club information
Current team
Locarno
Number 7
Youth career
0000–2011 Yverdon-Sport
2011–2012 Lausanne-Sport
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Yverdon-Sport 16 (1)
2010Baulmes (loan) 1 (0)
2012–2013 Team Vaud U21 13 (15)
2012– Lausanne-Sport 1 (0)
2013–Locarno (loan) 0 (0)
National team
2011 Switzerland U19 2 (1)
2013– Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 June 2013.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 April 2013

Mehmed Begzadić (born 5 January 1993) is a Swiss-Bosnian professional footballer currently playing for FC Locarno on loan from FC Lausanne-Sport.

Club career

Begzadić began his playing career at Yverdon-Sport FC and rose through the youth ranks, soon playing regularly for the reserve team and making a breakthrough into their first team in 2010. He made his league debut for Yverdon-Sport on 14 April 2010 against Servette FC in a 2-1 loss. In the later part of the 2009-10 season, Begzadić went on loan to FC Baulmes, making one appearance. Following his time at Yverdon, he transferred to Swiss Super League club FC Lausanne-Sport in July 2011. He made his league debut for Lausanne-Sport on 21 July 2012 in a 1-0 home loss against FC St. Gallen, coming on as a substitute for the final 19 minutes. During the 2012–13 season, Begzadić also featured for the reserve team.

International career

Despite having played for Switzerland at under-19 level, Begzadić decided to change his allegiance in order to compete for Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was called up for the under-21 team in order to play a practice match against the under-19 team in February 2013.[1]

References

  1. "Control match of BiH U-21 and U-19 football teams on 6 February in Čitluk". Sarajevo Times. sarajevotimes.com. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
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