Komnen Andrić (Serbian Cyrillic: Комнен Андрић; born 1 July 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Rijeka in Croatia.

Komnen Andrić
Andrić with Ufa in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-07-01) 1 July 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Baljevac na Ibru, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Rijeka
Number 9
Youth career
Rudar Baljevac[1]
Radnički Kragujevac
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Radnički Kragujevac 23 (1)
2014–2016 OFK Beograd 39 (7)
2016–2017 Belenenses 8 (0)
2017Žalgiris (loan) 8 (1)
2017–2019 Inter Zaprešić 34 (18)
2019–2022 Dinamo Zagreb 42 (12)
2019 Dinamo Zagreb II 1 (0)
2020Inter Zaprešić (loan) 14 (3)
2020–2021Ufa (loan) 16 (3)
2022–2024 Clermont 41 (4)
2024– Rijeka 9 (1)
International career
2015 Serbia U20 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:23, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

Club career

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Early career

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On 27 February 2013, Andrić made his senior debut for Radnički Kragujevac in the Serbian SuperLiga, coming on as a substitute against Rad. On 17 August 2013, Andrić scored his first senior goal against Napredak Kruševac in a 2–1 win.

Andrić signed for Belenenses in the Primeira Liga in July 2016.[2]

On 9 February 2017 he was loaned to Lithuanian A Lyga champions Žalgiris with a buy-out clause.[3] Serb played only 9 times for Green Whites, scoring only once, so club decided not to use it and allow player to return to Belenenses on 30 June 2017.[4]

Inter Zaprešić

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On 31 August 2017, Andrić signed for Croatian club Inter Zaprešić.[5] Over the course of two seasons with Inter Zaprešić, he became team captain under coach Samir Toplak.[6] He was also the first Serbian captain in the history of the Croatian First Football League.[6] He was the league's top scorer halfway into the 2018–19 season. In August 2018, he turned down an offer from Dinamo Zagreb.[6]

Dinamo Zagreb

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On 19 January 2019 he signed a five-year contract with Dinamo Zagreb[7] in a €1 million transfer from Inter Zaprešić.[8] He became the first Serbian footballer to play for Dinamo Zagreb since the breakup of Yugoslavia.[8] On 24 February 2019, he scored his first goal for Dinamo Zagreb in a 3–0 win against Osijek.[9]

On 16 October 2020, he joined Russian Premier League club Ufa on loan with an option to purchase.[10] On 20 May 2021, Ufa announced that he will return to Dinamo Zagreb as his loan expired and Ufa decided not to exercise the option to purchase.[11]

Clermont

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On 15 July 2022, Andrić signed for French Ligue 1 side Clermont on a three-year deal with an option for extension.[12]

Rijeka

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On 7 August 2024, Andrić signed for Croatian side Rijeka on a two-year deal.[13]

Honours

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Zalgiris

Dinamo Zagreb

References

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  1. ^ "Komnen Andrić". FK Radnički 1923 Kragujevac official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Komnen Andrić". srbijafudbal.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Vilniaus "Žalgiris" sukirto rankomis su Serbijos talentu". YouTube. FK Žalgiris. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  4. ^ "K.Andričius grįžo į Portugaliją" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  5. ^ [1] Archived 20 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine NK Inter Zaprešić: POTPISAO KOMNEN ANDRIĆ (in Croatian). 31 August 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  6. ^ a b c Mateo Galić (12 October 2018). "Prvi topnik HNL-a: Otac je radio u rudniku da bih imao za kopačke!". Goal.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Komnen Andrić novi je igrač Dinama!". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  8. ^ a b Hrvoje Tironi (19 January 2019). "Andrić u Dinamu za milijun €, mjesečno će dobivati 20.000". Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  9. ^ [2] Darko Mitrović. Sportske.net: Srbin blista posle debitantskog gola za zagrebačke Modre (in Serbian)! 25 February 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Комнен Андрич подписал контракт с ФК "Уфа"!" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 16 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Комнен Андрич возвращается в загребское "Динамо"" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 20 May 2021.
  12. ^ "KOMNEN ANDRIĆ SIGNE AU CLERMONT FOOT 63" (in French). Clermont. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Komnen Andrić: Trebao mi je klub poput Rijeke" (in Croatian). HNK Rijeka. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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