Neven Subotić

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Neven Subotić
Full name	Neven Subotić
Date of birth	December 10, 1988 (1988-12-10) (age 19)
Place of birth	Banja Luka, Yugoslavia (now part of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Borussia Dortmund
Number	28
Youth clubs
2004—2006 2006—2007	University of South Florida FSV Mainz 05
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007—2008 2008—	FSV Mainz 05 Borussia Dortmund	34 (4) 0 (0)
National team²
2005 2006	United States U-17 United States U-20	10 (0) 2 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 May 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of May 5 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Neven Subotić (born on December 10, 1988 in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Yugoslavia), is an Bosnian-American football (soccer) defender, who currently plays for Borussia Dortmund. Subotić made his first-team debut at the very end of the 2006/07 season as Mainz were relegated from the Bundesliga. In the 2. Bundesliga the following year, he seized a starting role and quickly received high marks as one of the best young defenders in the league.

Subotić spent his early childhood in Germany and his teenage years in US since 1999. (Utah and then Bradenton, Florida). He was on the squad for the US entry in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship. While he has made appearances for the USA U-20 team, he was not selected to play in the 2007 U-20 World Cup. He is eligible to represent the US and Bosnia and Herzegovina (by birthplace) should he receive the call for international duty, and possibly Serbia (if either his grandparents, parents was born within Serbia), upon his 21th birthday.

On June 4, 2008 it was announced that Subotić had signed with Borussia Dortmund on a 5-year contract.