Darijo Grujcic (Serbian: Grujčić; born 19 May 1999) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Dutch Eredivisie club Fortuna Sittard.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 May 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Lustenau, Austria | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Fortuna Sittard | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2013 | Austria Lustenau | ||
2013–2017 | AKA Vorarlberg | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2028 | Dornbirn | 30 | (2) |
2018–2020 | Austria Lustenau | 43 | (0) |
2019 | Austria Lustenau II | 2 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Wacker Innsbruck | 40 | (1) |
2022–2024 | Austria Lustenau | 49 | (4) |
2024– | Fortuna Sittard | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | Austria U18 | 4 | (0) |
2018 | Austria U19 | 4 | (2) |
2018 | Austria U21 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:01, 9 September 2022 (UTC) |
Career
editGrujcic is a youth product of Austria Lustenau and AKA Vorarlberg. He began his senior career with Dornbirn in the Austrian Regionalliga in 2017. On 30 November 2017, he signed a pre-contract with his childhood club Austria Lustenau that ran from January 2018 to June 2020.[1] When his contract expired, he moved to Wacker Innsbruck in the summer of 2020.[2] Wacker Innsbruck ran into financial issues in the summer of 2022, and on 27 April 2022 Grujcic was free to leave the club on a free transfer.[3] On 31 May 2022, he once again transferred to Austria Lustenau as they were newly promoted to the Austrian Football Bundesliga for the 2022-23 season.[4]
On 26 June 2024, Grujcic signed with Fortuna Sittard in the Netherlands for two seasons, with an optional third season.[5]
Personal life
editGrujcic's father, Darko Grujcic, is a retired former footballer.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Innenverteidiger Darijo Grujcic wechselt zu Austria Lustenau". www.austria-lustenau.at.
- ^ "FC Wacker Innsbruck - Innenverteidiger wechselt zu Wacker Innsbruck". fc-wacker-innsbruck.at.
- ^ "FC Wacker Innsbruck - Zulassungsurteil + Vertragsauflösungen". www.fc-wacker-innsbruck.at. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ Sport, Vorarlberg (31 May 2022). "Darijo Grujcic kehrt zu Austria Lustenau zurück". Kronen Zeitung.
- ^ "DARIJO GRUJCIC VERSTERKT ACHTERHOEDE FORTUNA" [DARIJO GRUJCIC STRENGTHENS FORTUNA'S DEFENCE] (in Dutch). Fortuna Sittard. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Darijo Grujcic zu Angebot aus Premier League: "Es ist eine Ehre, aber ich bin aktuell in Lustenau glücklich"". www.austria-lustenau.at.
External links
edit- Darijo Grujcic at Soccerway
- OEFB Profile