Danijel Ljuboja

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Personal information
Danijel Ljuboja
Image:Danijel Ljuboja.jpg
Full name	Danijel Ljuboja
Date of birth	September 4, 1978 (age 28)
Place of birth	Vinkovci, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	187cm
Position	forward
Club information
Current club	Hamburger SV (on loan)
Youth clubs
	Dinamo Vinkovci NK Osijek Red Star Belgrade
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1998-00 2000-04 2004-05 2005-2006 2006-	Sochaux Strasbourg Paris Saint-Germain VfB Stuttgart Hamburger SV	62 (20) 121 (34) 42 (7) 26 (8)
National team**
2003-	Serbia Serb.-Mont. until July 28, 2006	18 (1)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 June 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 20 August 2006.

Danijel Ljuboja, (Serbian Cyrillic: Данијел Љубоја) (born September 4, 1978) is a Serbian football forward who is under contract with Ligue 1 team Paris Saint-Germain, and is possibly best known for his Mohawk inspired hairstyle. In August 2006, German club Hamburger SV signed the Serb on a season-long loan.

Ljuboja was born in Vinkovci, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia, where he played in the youth teams of NK Dinamo Vinkovci, NK Osijek and in FK Crvena zvezda in Belgrade. He moved to France where his professional career started with Sochaux in the 1998/99 season. In his two year stint with the team, he played 62 games scoring 21 goals. Following his stay with Sochaux, Ljuboja moved to Strasbourg in the 2000/01 season where Danijel made 121 league appearances scoring 34 goals, and two appearances in the 2001/02 UEFA Cup Competition scoring twice. During the 2003/04 January transfer window Ljuboja moved from Strasbourg to PSG, where he scored 7 times in 42 league appearances and played 5 games with the team in the 2004-05 Champions League. In 2005, he transferred to German club side Stuttgart, at first on loan, forming a striking partnership with Jon Dahl Tomasson. He was contracted in April 2006 (through 2009), but by that his income, that was still paid half by PSG, was lowered significantly. Although he had a valid contract, he demanded from Stuttgart the same wages he got before from PSG. Stuttgart in consequence told him to look out for a new club in the summer of 2006 and let him train with their second team that plays in the 3rd German league. In August 2006, Ljuboja was transferred on loan to Champions League participant Hamburger SV for one year with the option to buy the player afterwards.

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	Serbia and Montenegro squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Jevrić \| 2 Ergić \| 3 Dragutinović \| 4 Duljaj \| 5 Vidić \| 6 Gavrančić \| 7 Koroman \| 8 Kežman \| 9 Milošević \| 10 Stanković \| 11 P. Đorđević \| 12 Kovačević \| 13 Basta \| 14 N. Đorđević \| 15 Dudić \| 16 ~~D. Petković~~ \| 17 Nađ \| 18 Vukić \| 19 Žigić \| 20 Krstajić \| 21 Ljuboja \| 22 Ilić \| 23 Stojković \| Coach: I. Petković

Hamburger SV - Current Squad
1 Wächter \| 2 Sorín \| 3 Atouba \| 4 Reinhardt \| 5 Mathijsen \| 6 Wicky \| 7 Mahdavikia \| 8 Karl \| 9 Guerrero \| 10 Kompany \| 11 Lauth \| 12 Kirschstein \| 13 Fillinger \| 14 Jarolím \| 15 Trochowski \| 16 Klingbeil \| 17 Sanogo \| 18 Hampel \| 20 Demel \| 22 Berisha \| 23 van der Vaart \| 25 Ben-Hatira \| 27 Laas \| 28 de Jong \| 30 Benjamin \| 33 Feilhaber \| 37 Hennings \| 38 Ljuboja