Marco Djuricin

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Marco Djuricin
Personal information
Full nameMarco Djuricin
Date of birth (1992-12-12) 12 December 1992
Place of birthVienna, Austria
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current clubSK Sturm Graz
Youth career
0000–2008Austria Wien
2008–2009Hertha BSC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2013Hertha BSC II23(12)
2010–2013Hertha BSC11(2)
2012–2013SSV Jahn Regensburg (loan)16(3)
2013–SK Sturm Graz3(0)
National team
2008Austria U-175(3)
2009Austria U-181(0)
2009–2010Austria U-1912(4)
2012–Austria U-216(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

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Berlin ist Geschichte: Djuricin geht nach Graz" (in German). kicker.de. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012. 
  2. "Djuricin verstärkt den Jahn" (in German). kicker.de. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012. 
  3. "Marco Djuricin" (in German). SSV Jahn Regensburg. Retrieved 3 January 2013. 

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