Almir Pandzo

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Almir Pandzo
Personal information
Full name Almir Pandzo
Born (1992-09-02) 2 September 1992 (age 29)
Gornji Vakuf, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Left Back, Middle Back
Club information
Current club RK Iskra Bugojno
Number 3
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2007–2009
U-16 RK Iskra Bugojno
2008–2010
U-18 RK Iskra Bugojno
2009–2013
RK Iskra Bugojno
2015–
HC WOLFE WIEN
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2016
Australia 1 (0)

Almir Pandzo (born 2 September 1992) is a Bosnian-born Australian handball player.

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Personal life

Because of the Bosnian War he migrated to Australia with his parents in the 1990s.

Career

Almir started his handball career at RK Iskra Bugojno and went on to represent the U17 SBK handball team in 2008. Pandzo has been part of the RK Iskra Handball team for a number of years (2008-2013). Pandzo was called in the national team first time for the 2013 World Cup in Spain. On the first preparation match Pandzo had an injury that took him out of the team (ligament tear in his right hand fingers). Pandzo made his debut for the Australian national team on 22 Jan 2013 against Chile.

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