Dusan Djurić

Dusan Djurić
Personal information
Full name Dušan Ðurić
Date of birth September 13, 1984 (1984-09-13) (age 27)
Place of birth Halmstad, Sweden
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Forward
Club information
Current club Zürich
Number 14
Youth career
0000–2002 Halmstads BK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2003–2007 Halmstads BK 116 (16)
2008– Zürich 85 (23)
National team‡
2004–2006 Sweden U21 21 (2)
2005– Sweden 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:12, 9 September 2010 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:47, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Dusan Djurić (Serbian: Душан Ђурић, transl. Dušan Ðurić; Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [duʃan dʑuritɕ]) (born September 16, 1984 in Halmstad, Sweden) is a Swedish football midfielder of Serbian decent, who plays for Swiss team FC Zürich.

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Career

Starting his career in Halmstads BK youth team, he was raised up to the senior team in 2003 and debuted against GIF Sundsvall in the premeier game of the season, coming on as a substitute.[1] Prior to the 2004 season he had successfully established himself as a player in the starting line-up and aided the club to become runner-up, 2 points behind Malmö FF.[2] Djurić continued on as a starting player during the poor season of 2005, as Halmstads BK successfully qualified to the 2005–06 UEFA Cup group stage, in which Djurić became the only goalscorer for the club, against Sampdoria. During the following seasons he started mainly as a midfielder but gradually stept up to become a forward. Following the UEFA Cup in 2005 Djurić attracted the attention of bigger clubs in Europe, such as Sporting CP, Real Sociedad[3] and Anderlecht,[4] he however signed a contract with Swiss club FC Zürich on 7 January 2008.[5]

National team

U21

Djurić made his debut for Swedens U21 team in 2004 against Portugals U21 team on February 17.[6] He was also part of Swedens squad to the 2004 UEFA European U21 Championship,[7] which ended in 4th place.

Senior

Djurić where called up to Swedens national team prior to its January tour in United States in 2005, being placed on the bench against South Korea, he came on as a substitute against Mexico.[8]

Personal life

His parents are from Loznica, Serbia.[9]

Honours

Club

FC Zurich

References

  1. ^ "Allsvenskan – omgång 1" (in Swedish). aftonbladet.se. http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/sport/fotboll/allsvenskan/2003/03omg1.html. Retrieved 2010-09-09. 
  2. ^ "Femtonde SM-guldet till Malmö FF" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. http://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/tidigare-ar/resultat-2004/. Retrieved 2010-09-09. 
  3. ^ "Hetaste bytet i allsvenskan" (in Swedish). aftonbladet.se. 2005-10-20. http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/sverige/allsvenskan/article322730.ab. Retrieved 2010-09-09. 
  4. ^ "Anderlecht jagar Dusan Djuric" (in Swedish). expressen.se. 2007-02-09. http://fotboll.expressen.se/Nyheter/1.204952/anderlecht-jagar-dusan-djuric. Retrieved 2010-09-09. 
  5. ^ "Dusan proffs i Zürich" (in Swedish). hbk.se. 2008-01-07. http://www.hbk.se/extra/news/?module_instance=1&id=2194. Retrieved 2010-09-09. 
  6. ^ "U21 herr: 1–4 mot Portugal i säsongsöppningen" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. 2004-02-17. http://svenskfotboll.se/arkiv/tidigare/2004/02/u21-herr-1-4-mot-portugal-i-sasongsoppningen/. Retrieved 2010-09-09. 
  7. ^ "Em-truppen" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. http://svenskfotboll.se/landslag/u21-herr/tidigare-ar/spelaret-2004/em-truppen/. Retrieved 2010-09-09. 
  8. ^ "Herr: Sverige höll undan mot Mexiko" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. 2005-01-27. http://svenskfotboll.se/arkiv/tidigare/2005/01/herr-sverige-holl-undan-mot-mexiko/. Retrieved 2010-09-09. 
  9. ^ "Har du gjort något Vasquez-mål?" (in Swedish). expressen.se. 2007-08-31. http://www.expressen.se/sport/1.820670/har-du-gjort-nagot-vasquez-mal. Retrieved 2010-09-09. 

External links

Sweden squad – 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Fourth Place
FC Zürich – current squad