Boban Lazić

Boban Lazić (born 29 January 1994) is a Bosnian footballer who plays as a forward or right winger. He was eligible for national teams of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and had already played for Netherlands U-17.
However, in 2013 Lazić had discussed his future in talks with Vlado Jagodić, then manager of Bosnian U21 national team, in which he expressed his firm decision to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Club career
Ajax
Born in Woerden, in the Netherlands, Lazić was recruited from ARC into the Ajax Academy in 2004 at age 10. During the 2011–12 season, Lazić was playing for the Ajax A1 squad, the team's highest youth level, winning the Nike Eredivisie league title, as well finishing as runners-up to Inter Milan in the NextGen Series (the Champions League equivalent for under-20 teams) after losing on penalties (5–3) following a 1–1 deadlock after extra time. Lazic would be the first choice on the right wing for head coach Wim Jonk that season, playing alongside the likes of Viktor Fischer, Danzell Gravenberch and Davy Klaassen.
He signed his first professional contract with Ajax on 31 May 2012, a three-year contract binding him to the Amsterdam club until the summer of 2015. The following season saw Lazić playing in the Beloften Eredivisie for the club's reserve squad Jong Ajax, not receiving any call-ups for the first team. He made his first appearance for the first team the following year on 13 July 2013 in a pre-season friendly encounter against RKC Waalwijk. Coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute, Lazić scored the final goal in the 78th minute off an assist from Bojan Krkić, who was on loan from FC Barcelona. The match ended in a 5–1 away victory for Ajax at the Mandemakers Stadion in Waalwijk. Ahead of the 2013–14 season, Jong Ajax were promoted to the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of professional football in the Netherlands, which resulted in Lazić making his professional debut against MVV Maastricht on 16 August 2013. The match ended as an away loss for Ajax, as they went down 1–0 in Maastricht. Lazić was brought in for Dejan Meleg in the 45th minute, playing for the second half of the fixture. He scored his first professional goal on 30 August 2013, scoring in the 65th minute in the 2–1 win against Jong Twente at Sportpark De Toekomst.
Olympiacos
On the last day of the winter transfer window of the 2013–14 season, on 31 January 2014 it was announced that Lazić was released from his contract with Ajax, following a trial period with Ligue 1 side Stade Rennais. He then signed a six-month contract with Olympiacos, with an option for an additional two years, joining the first team of the club from Piraeus.
PEC Zwolle
Sidelined by an injury for the duration of the 2014–15 Superleague season in Greece, Lazić returned to the Netherlands, signing a contract with Eredivisie side PEC Zwolle.
He was sent on loan to VVV-Venlo in January 2016, but returned to Zwolle after only 2 sub appearances. In March 2017 he moved to Eerste Divisie side FC Oss.
FK Teleoptik
After almost five years away from football, Lazic came out of retirement to play for FK Teleoptik from July 2021 until November of the same year.
BVV Barendrecht
He signed a contract with the Dutch team BVV Barendrecht on the 3rd of February 2022.
International career
Lazić received his first International call-ups for the Netherlands U-15 team, making four appearances in friendly fixtures for the Dutch, while scoring once. He then participated in the Netherlands under-17 team qualification rounds ahead of the 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in Serbia, and played two games.
After prolonged absence from football, caused by injury complications, Lazić finally received call by Bosnian U-21 manager for the qualification game against Kazakhstan on September 2, 2015.
Personal life
Lazić has an older cousin, Vlatko Lazić, who is a professional footballer currently playing as a wing-back for Eerste Divisie side De Graafschap.
Career statistics
Club performance
1 Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches.
2 Includes Johan Cruijff Shield and Play-off matches.
Honours
Club
Ajax A1 (Under-19)
A-Junioren Eredivisie: 2011–12
NextGen Series Runner-up: 2011–12
References
External links
Netherlands U15 stats at OnsOranje
Netherlands U17 stats at OnsOranje
Netherlands U17 stats at UEFA.com
1994 births
Living people
People from Woerden
Dutch people of Serbian descent
Dutch people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Men's association football forwards
Men's association football midfielders
Dutch men's footballers
Netherlands men's youth international footballers
Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers
Bosnia and Herzegovina men's under-21 international footballers
AFC Ajax players
Jong Ajax players
Olympiacos F.C. players
PEC Zwolle players
VVV-Venlo players
TOP Oss players
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Dutch expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Greece
SV ARC players
Footballers from Utrecht (province)
Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
FK Teleoptik players