Marco Djuricin

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Marco Djuricin
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Djuricin lining up for Austria U21 in 2014.
Personal information
Full name Marco Djuricin[1]
Date of birth (1992-12-12) 12 December 1992 (age 29)
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Austria Wien
Number 92
Youth career
1999–2003 SV Donau
2004–2005 Rapid Wien
2005–2006 Austria Wien
2006–2008 Rapid Wien
2008 FC Stadlau
2008–2010 Hertha BSC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Hertha BSC II 23 (12)
2010–2013 Hertha BSC 11 (2)
2012–2013 → Jahn Regensburg (loan) 16 (3)
2012 → Jahn Regensburg II (loan) 1 (3)
2013–2014 Sturm Graz 36 (17)
2015–2018 Red Bull Salzburg 16 (2)
2015–2016 → Brentford (loan) 22 (4)
2016–2017 → Ferencváros (loan) 25 (8)
2017–2018 → Grasshoppers (loan) 23 (5)
2018–2019 Grasshoppers 23 (6)
2019–2021 Karlsruher SC 23 (0)
2021– Austria Wien 34 (13)
2021– Austria Wien II 1 (1)
National team‡
2008 Austria U17 5 (3)
2009 Austria U18 1 (0)
2009–2010 Austria U19 12 (4)
2012–2014 Austria U21 8 (2)
2015– Austria 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:45, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:11, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Marco Djuricin (Serbo-Croatian: Marko Đuričin, Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Ђуричин; born 12 December 1992) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Austria Wien. He came to prominence in his native Austria with Sturm Graz, scoring 24 goals in 44 appearances, before joining Red Bull Salzburg in 2015. He has played professionally in Austria, Germany, England, Hungary and Switzerland. He has been capped by Austria at international level.

Club career[]

Hertha BSC[]

A forward, Djuricin began his career with SV Donau in 1999, before have alternate spells with Rapid Wien and Austria Wien.[2] After a short spell with FC Stadlau in 2008, he moved to Germany to enter the youth academy at Bundesliga club Hertha BSC.[2] During the 2009–10 season, Hertha's U19 team reached the final of the DFB Youth Cup, but despite Djuricin's equaliser, Hertha lost the match 2–1 to 1899 Hoffenheim.[3] During the 2010–11 pre-season, Djuricin was called up to the first team's training camp in his native Austria.[4] Coach Markus Babbel was impressed by his performance during the camp and called in him up for Hertha's remaining pre-season friendlies.[4]

Breakthrough[]

Djuricin made his debut for Hertha's reserve team in a 2–2 Regionalliga Nord draw with Hallescher FC on 6 August 2010.[5] Following injuries to Patrick Ebert, Raffael and Daniel Beichler, Djuricin received his maiden first team call up on the opening day of the 2010–11 2. Bundesliga season against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.[6] He made his debut after just 18 minutes as a substitute for Rob Friend.[6] Djuricin had a dream debut, scoring two second-half goals to help Hertha to a 3–2 win.[6] He signed a new four-year contract shortly after the match.[7] Djuricin went on to make nine appearances during a successful 2010–11 season for Hertha, which saw the club promoted back to the Bundesliga at the first time of asking.[1]

Djuricin spent the majority of the 2011–12 Bundesliga season with the reserves, scoring 9 goals in 16 appearances.[1] He made two first team substitute appearances in early 2012 and was on the bench for both of Hertha's relegation playoff matches, which were lost to Fortuna Düsseldorf and consigned the club to relegation straight back to the 2. Bundesliga.[1] In the summer of 2012, new Hertha manager Jos Luhukay announced that Djuricin was not in his first team plans.[8] He spent the entire 2012–13 season away on loan and departed Hertha in June 2013.[9] He made just 11 appearances and scored two goals in three seasons as a first team player at the Olympiastadion.[1]

Jahn Regensburg (loan)[]

On 9 August 2012, Djuricin joined 2. Bundesliga club Jahn Regensburg on loan for the duration of the 2012–13 season.[10] He missed two months of the campaign with a broken sesamoid in his foot and made 17 appearances and scored three goals in a dire season for the Jahn,[11][12] with a bottom-place finish consigning the club to relegation to the 3. Liga.[1]

Sturm Graz[]

Djuricin returned to Austria to sign with Austrian Bundesliga club Sturm Graz in June 2013.[9] He made his debut in a 0–0 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round draw with Breiðablik on 18 July 2013, the first European appearance of his career.[1] After just two further appearances, a cruciate ligament injury saw Djuricin fail to return to the team until December.[12] He finished the 2013–14 season with 23 appearances and seven goals.[1] Djuricin showed good goalscoring form in the first half of the 2014–15 season,[1] netting 17 goals in 21 games before departing the UPC-Arena on 8 January 2015.[13] He made 44 appearances and scored 24 goals during 18 months with Graz.[1]

Red Bull Salzburg[]

Djuricin warming up with Red Bull Salzburg in 2015

On 8 January 2015, Djuricin signed for high-flying Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg on a three-and-a-half-year contract.[13] He found the net just 3 times in 16 appearances in the second half of the 2014–15 season, but received the first silverware of his career when Salzburg won the league title at the end of the campaign.[1] He collected another medal by virtue of being an unused substitute in Salzburg's 2–0 victory over Austria Wien in the 2015 ÖFB Cup Final.[14] After four appearances early in the 2015–16 season,[1] Djuricin departed on loan for the rest of the campaign and he also spent the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons away on loan.[15] He left the club when his contract expired at the end of the 2017–18 season.[15]

Brentford (loan)[]

On 29 August 2015, Djuricin moved to England to sign for Championship club Brentford on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season.[16] He scored within 29 minutes of his debut in a 1–1 draw with against Leeds United on 12 September and made it two goals in three games with the winner versus Preston North End a week later.[17] He came into form again in late October, scoring twice in three matches in wins versus Wolverhampton Wanderers and West London rivals Queens Park Rangers,[17] the latter match being Brentford's first win over QPR for 50 years.[18] An ankle ligament injury suffered early in a 1–1 draw with Blackburn Rovers on 7 November kept Djuricin out of the team for two months.[19][20] He returned to the bench in mid-January 2016 and broke back into the starting lineup in late February,[20] but was sidelined due to illness in March.[21] Djuricin made just two further appearances and finished the season with 4 goals from 23 appearances.[17][22]

Ferencváros (loan)[]

On 23 June 2016, Djuricin joined Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Ferencváros on loan for the duration of the 2016–17 season.[23] He made 30 appearances and scored 10 goals during the season,[24] but was left out of the matchday squad which emerged victorious in the 2017 Magyar Kupa Final.[25]

Grasshoppers (loan and permanent transfer)[]

In July 2017, Djuricin moved to Swiss Super League club Grasshopper Club Zürich on a season-long loan, with the option to transfer permanently.[26] He made 25 appearances and scored 9 goals during the 2017–18 season and permanently joined the club on a two-year contract.[1][15] After 24 appearances and seven goals during the 2018–19 season,[1] Djuricin departed the club.[27]

Karlsruher SC[]

On 14 June 2019, Djuricin returned to Germany to join 2. Bundesliga club Karlsruher SC on a two-year contract.[27] He finished the 2019–20 season with 19 appearances.[1] After making just seven appearances during the first half of the 2020–21 season,[1] Djuricin's contract was terminated by mutual consent on 31 January 2021.[28]

Austria Wien[]

On 2 February 2021, Djuricin signed a contract with Austrian Bundesliga club Austria Wien on a free transfer.[28] In what remained of the 2020–21 season, he scored seven goals in 17 appearances,[1] helped the club qualify for the 2021–22 Europa Conference League and signed a new three-year contract.[29][30]

International career[]

Djuricin won 26 caps and scored 9 goals for Austria between under-17 and under-21 level. He scored a penalty at the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship and the resulting win over the Netherlands qualified the team for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia, though he would miss the tournament through injury.[31]

Djuricin made his senior Austria debut on 27 March 2015 in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match away to Liechtenstein at the Rheinpark Stadion in Vaduz and replaced Marc Janko for the final 13 minutes of a 5–0 victory.[32]

Personal life[]

Djuricin is of Serbian-Croatian descent.[4] His father, Goran,[33] is a former footballer and a manager.[34]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 12 December 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup1 Europe2 Total Ref.
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hertha BSC II 2010–11 Regionalliga Nord 7 3 — — 7 3 [35]
2011–12 16 9 16 9 [36]
Total 23 12 — — 23 12 —
Hertha BSC 2010–11 2. Bundesliga 9 2 0 0 — 9 2 [35]
2011–12 Bundesliga 2 0 0 0 2 0 [36]
Total 11 2 0 0 — 11 2 —
Jahn Regensburg (loan) 2012–13 2. Bundesliga 16 3 1 0 — 17 3 [37]
Jahn Regensburg II (loan) 2012–13 Bayernliga Süd 1 3 — — 1 3 [38]
Sturm Graz 2013–14 Austrian Bundesliga 18 6 3 1 2 0 23 7 [24]
2014–15 18 11 3 6 — 21 17 [24]
Total 36 17 6 7 2 0 44 24 —
Red Bull Salzburg 2014–15 Austrian Bundesliga 13 2 1 0 2 1 16 3 [24]
2015–16 3 0 1 3 1 0 5 3 [24]
Total 16 2 2 3 3 1 21 6 —
Brentford (loan) 2015–16 Championship 22 4 1 0 — 23 4 [17]
Ferencváros (loan) 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 25 8 3 2 2 0 30 10 [1]
Grasshoppers (loan) 2017–18 Swiss Super League 23 5 2 4 — 25 9 [1]
Grasshoppers 2018–19 Swiss Super League 23 6 1 1 — 24 7 [1]
Karlsruher SC 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 17 0 2 0 — 19 0 [1]
2020–21 6 0 1 0 — 7 0 [1]
Total 23 0 3 0 — 26 0 —
Austria Wien 2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 17 7 0 0 — 17 7 [1]
2021–22 17 6 2 1 2 1 21 8 [1]
Total 34 13 2 1 2 1 38 15 —
Austria Wien II 2020–21 Austrian 2. Liga 1 1 — — 1 1 [1]
Career total 254 76 21 18 9 2 284 96 —

Honours[]

Red Bull Salzburg

References[]

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