Marco Djuricin

Marco Djuricin

Personal information
Full name	Marco Djuricin
Date of birth	(1992-12-12) 12 December 1992
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	SK Sturm Graz
Youth career
0000–2008	Austria Wien
2008–2009	Hertha BSC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2009–2013	Hertha BSC II	23	(12)
2010–2013	Hertha BSC	11	(2)
2012–2013	→ SSV Jahn Regensburg (loan)	16	(3)
2013–	SK Sturm Graz	3	(0)
National team‡
2008	Austria U-17	5	(3)
2009	Austria U-18	1	(0)
2009–2010	Austria U-19	12	(4)
2012–	Austria U-21	6	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 June 2013

Marco Djuricin (born 12 December 1992 in Vienna) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a striker for SK Sturm Graz.^[1]

Career

Club career

Born in Vienna, Djuricin began playing club football for Austria Wien, before joining Rapid Wien in 2006. Two years later, he signed a with Hertha BSC, and joined the Berlin-based club's youth academy. In the 2009–10 season, Hertha's U-19 squad reached the final of the DFB Youth Cup. In spite of Djuricin's equalising goal, Hertha lost the match 2–1 to 1899 Hoffenheim.

In the 2010 summer break, Djuricin participated in the first team's training camp. Hertha coach Markus Babbel was impressed by his performance during the camp, and called in him up for Hertha's remaining pre-season friendlies. With seven goals, he was the club's top goalscorer during these games.

Following injuries to Patrick Ebert, Raffael, and Daniel Beichler, Djuricin received his first call-up to Hertha's first team for a fixture, the first match of the 2010–11 2. Bundesliga. He came on as a substitute in the 18th minute for Rob Friend, who had also injured himself, and went on to score two goals. He was subsequently made a permanent member of the first team. He went on to make another eight appearances that season, all of them as a substitute, and coming on after the 80th minute more often than not. Hertha won the 2. Bundesliga that season earning promotion to the top flight.

The following season, Djuricin struggled with the higher level of competition in the Bundesliga and made only two appearances the entire season. Over the 2012 summer break, new Hertha manager Jos Luhukay announced that Djuricin, along with Sebastian Neumann and Fanol Perdedaj, would no longer be a part of Hertha's first team. Ten days later, he was loaned to Jahn Regensburg for a season.^[2]

On 2 September 2012, Djuricin made his debut for Jahn Regensburg. It was also the first time he started a match at the professional level. He managed to establish himself in the club, starting six of the next eight matches, but injured himself prior to the thirteenth matchday, and has missed every match since.

After four years playing in Germany, in 2013 he returned to Austria to sign with SK Sturm Graz.^[1]

International career

Djuricin made his international debut for Austria's U-17 team. At the 2010 U-19 European Championship, he scored Austria's only goal of the tournament. However, this one goal was enough to secure Austria a victory over the Netherlands and a spot at the 2011 U-20 World Cup. Djuricin cites this goal as his favourite moment of his career so far.^[3] He later missed U-20 World cup after getting injured shortly before the first match.

Personal life

Djuricin's father, Goran, was also a footballer and was the assistant manager of the Austrian U-19 national team for half a year. He is currently the manager of an amateur club called ASK Ebreichsdorf.

References

External links

• Marco Djuricin at HerthaBSC.de (German)
• Marco Djuricin at transfermarkt.de (German)
• Marco Djuricin at fussballdaten.de (German)