Darijo Grujcic

Darijo Grujcic
Grujcic in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-05-19) 19 May 1999 (age 25)
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)

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.

Career

Grujcic 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

Grujcic's father, Darko Grujcic, is a retired former footballer.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Innenverteidiger Darijo Grujcic wechselt zu Austria Lustenau". www.austria-lustenau.at.
  2. ^ "FC Wacker Innsbruck - Innenverteidiger wechselt zu Wacker Innsbruck". fc-wacker-innsbruck.at.
  3. ^ "FC Wacker Innsbruck - Zulassungsurteil + Vertragsauflösungen". www.fc-wacker-innsbruck.at. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  4. ^ Sport, Vorarlberg (31 May 2022). "Darijo Grujcic kehrt zu Austria Lustenau zurück". Kronen Zeitung.
  5. ^ "DARIJO GRUJCIC VERSTERKT ACHTERHOEDE FORTUNA" [DARIJO GRUJCIC STRENGTHENS FORTUNA'S DEFENCE] (in Dutch). Fortuna Sittard. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Darijo Grujcic zu Angebot aus Premier League: "Es ist eine Ehre, aber ich bin aktuell in Lustenau glücklich"". www.austria-lustenau.at.