Boris Pandža
Boris Pandža (* December 15, 1986 in Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia ) is a Bosnian - Herzegovinian soccer player on the position of a defender. He currently plays for Gornik Zabrze in the Ekstraklasa.
Career
Youth and club career
Pandža began his active career as a football player in his hometown in the junior area of HŠK Zrinjski Mostar. After a few years in youth he moved to the youth department of Široki Brijeg. There he played until 2004 in various youth leagues before he aufrückte in the cadre of professional team.
There he came from the 2004/05 season to his first stakes in professional football. Immediately on his first season he was with the team in the final table in third place, which meant the starting place in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup in 2005/ 06.
The 2005/06 season was a lot better than in the previous season for Pandža and his team. After a total of 30 league games in which also Pandža one time or another was used, he stood with the professional team of NK Široki Brijeg on the first place in the table. Although the team had achieved at the end of the season only 38 goals, which even below the average, but was the championship for most of the defensive line of NK Široki Brijeg and thus also due to Pandža as a central defender, during the whole season only 19 goals " conceded ".
The end of 2006 Pandža gave his resignation to the club from Široki Brijeg known; whereupon he signed a contract in early 2007 for a transfer fee of 200,000 euros at the Croatian giants Hajduk Split. In his first season at the Croatian Club came Pandža from the 26th round of eight games to use in which he each time the total playing time was on the court. His club debut was doing 14 April 2007 in a 1-0 away win over Cibalia Vinkovci.
In the final table of the 2006/07 season Hajduk Split was 20 points less behind Dinamo Zagreb on the second place in the standings thus securing not only the runner-up title, but also a starting place in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup in 2007 /08. The team reached without involvement Pandžas the second qualifying round, where you though retired after return match with a total score of 1-2 against the Italian club Sampdoria. In the 0-1 defeat in the first leg, where he was the entire second half on the court, Pandža gained his first UEFA Cup experience.
During the 2007/ 08 season, the young central defender completed ten games and was doing twice cautioned with a yellow card. At the end of the season the team was ranked Although only in fifth place, qualifying as a finalist in Hrvatski Nogometni kup, the Croatian football trophy for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup in 2008 /09. In the first leg of the first round (4-0 over FC Birkirkara) came Pandža used; in the second qualifying round divided the team again, as it did the year before, during the current competition out.
In league events of the 2008 /09 Pandža came increasingly used and came at the end of the season as Croatian runner on a balance of 24 missions, a gate, and an Assist Furthermore, he got during the entire season twelve times the penalty area. Its so far the first and only goal as a professional football player, he scored in the last game of the season for him in the 31st round in the 2-0 home win over HNK Šibenik in 25 minutes via header. After him have observed representatives of the English Premier League clubs Stoke City, was reported in the media about the good prospects that Pandža in the summer of 2009 should go to England. However, as was reported later, burst the alleged contract offer and Pandža progressed at Hajduk Split for use. He also came up with the team once more into the final of the Croatian Cup, where, as has been the year before, was eliminated against Dinamo Zagreb.
During the ongoing season 2009/10 Pandža came so far in eight league games for use and scoring a goal. He also played in two games of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2009/10 the full duration by. Then the team retired with a total score of 1:2 from from back and leg against MŠK Žilina from the competition.
National
His first international experience made Pandža, as he completed several missions for the Bosnia-Herzegovina U-21 National Team. Since 2007 he plays for the A national team of his native land, for which he completed 21 games to date. His A- team debut was on June 2, 2007, in the qualifying match for Euro 2008 against Turkey, when he entered the game for Zlatan Muslimović in the 95th minutes. Already on his second team effort four days later (1-0 over Malta) he was the total playing time on the court.