Amar Sejdič

Amar Sejdić (born November 29, 1996) is a German soccer player who plays for Montreal Impact. Sejdić is of Bosnian descent. Sejdić played four years of college soccer for the Maryland Terrapins.

Amar Sejdić
Personal information
Full name Amar Sejdić
Date of birth (1996-11-29) November 29, 1996
Place of birth Berlin, Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Montreal Impact
Number 14
Youth career
2011–2014 Derby City Rovers
2013–2014 Vitesse
2014–2015 Real Salt Lake
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Maryland Terrapins 78 (23)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Derby City Rovers 28 (1)
2019– Montreal Impact 1 (0)
2019 → Ottawa Fury (loan) 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 September 2019

Career

Youth and college

Sejdić was born in Berlin, Germany. At age four, Sejdić moved to the United States.[1]

Sejdić began his youth career with the U-15 team for the Derby City Rovers in Louisville, Kentucky. After three years with the Rovers he moved abroad to play in the youth academy of Vitesse in the Dutch Eredivisie. Sejdić played a single season with the U-16 team of Vitesse before coming back to the United States to play with the U-17 and U-18 academy teams of Real Salt Lake. Upon graduating high school, Sejdić signed a National Letter of Intent to play college soccer at the University of Maryland, College Park.[2]

Ahead of the 2015 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, Sejdić was Ranked number 50 by TopDrawerSoccer.com in his graduating class and number 37 by College Soccer News in his graduating class.[3] Of incoming first year students, he was ranked 10th by TopDrawer Soccer and during the year he became a regular rotation player, appearing in 15 matches for the Terrapins. Sejdič scored his first two college goals against St. John's on August 30, 2015. On September 27, 2015; Sejdič notched his first collegiate assist in a 4–1 win against Wisconsin.

During his second year he appeared in all matches for the Terrapins, where he contributed to nine goals and nine assists during the 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.[4] Two of Sejdič's nine goals came during the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, in a 4–5 loss to Providence.[5] During the 2017 season, Sejdič remained an integral part of the team and scored three goals and dished out four assists.[6]

Sejdić had a breakout season during 2018, as he was named to the Big Ten best XI during the 2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season.[7] Sejdič helped lead Maryland to their fourth College Cup title,[8] earning offensive MVP honors.[9][10]

Senior

During the 2017 and 2018 PDL seasons, Sejdić played for Derby City Rovers.[11]

On January 11, 2019, Sejdić was selected in the second round of the 2019 MLS SuperDraft with the 34th overall pick by Montreal Impact.[12][13]

Honours

Club
Montreal Impact

References
  1. Menexis, George (January 14, 2019). "Get to know SuperDraft pick Amar Sejdic". MLSSoccer. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  2. "2015 Recruiting Rundown: Big Ten Men | Club Soccer | Youth Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  3. "Amar Sejdic". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  4. "2016 Men's Soccer Cumulative Statistics". University of Maryland Athletics. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  5. "Providence uses epic comeback to beat undefeated Maryland - ESPN Video". ESPN. November 21, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  6. "2017 Men's Soccer Cumulative Statistics". University of Maryland Athletics. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  7. "Big Ten Announces 2018 Men's Soccer Postseason Honors". bigten.org. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  8. Montiel, Sean (December 10, 2018). "Amar Sejdic left his mark on Maryland men's soccer with a championship-winning goal". Testudo Times. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  9. December 11, Joe Catapano |; 2018. "Amar Sejdic took Maryland soccer to the national title game. Then he won it". Arc Publishing. Archived from the original on December 12, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. Gramajo, Mike; USA, Pro Soccer (January 8, 2019). "MLS Combine Q&A: Getting to know Amar Sejdic". Pro Soccer USA. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  11. "Derby City Rovers Scoring Stats". ESPN. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  12. "L'Impact de Montréal choisit Amar Sejdic". L'Impact de Montréal choisit Amar Sejdic. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  13. Menexis, George (January 14, 2019). "Get to know SuperDraft pick Amar Sejdic".
  14. "Montréal takes 2019 Canadian Championship title". Retrieved September 28, 2019.
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