Mijat Gaćinović

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Mijat Gaćinović
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Gaćinović with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2017
Personal information
Full name Mijat Gaćinović
Date of birth (1995-02-08) 8 February 1995 (age 26)
Place of birth Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 1899 Hoffenheim
Number 20
Youth career
Leotar
Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Vojvodina 50 (12)
2015–2020 Eintracht Frankfurt 116 (3)
2020– 1899 Hoffenheim 27 (0)
National team‡
2017– Serbia 23 (2)
Honours
Men's Football
Representing  Serbia
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2015 New Zealand U-20 Team
UEFA U-19 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013 Lithuania
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 September 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2020

Mijat Gaćinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Мијат Гаћиновић, pronounced [mîjaːt ɡatɕǐːnoʋitɕ]; born 8 February 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim and the Serbia national team.

Club career[]

Vojvodina[]

Gaćinović was born in Novi Sad while his father Vladimir played for FK Bečej.[1][2] His family is from Trebinje in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where Gaćinović returned when his father finished his career. He started to play football at Leotar, before joining the youth academy of Vojvodina. He made his first team debut under manager Nebojša Vignjević on 19 March 2013, coming off the bench as a substitute for Miroslav Vulićević in a 3–0 home win over Donji Srem. On 18 May 2013, Gaćinović scored his first senior goal in a 3–2 home league victory over Radnički Niš.

After already establishing his place in the starting lineup, Gaćinović helped Vojvodina win the 2013–14 Serbian Cup in the club's centennial year. He was named the team's captain in early 2015, eventually becoming their top league scorer in the 2014–15 season, netting 11 goals.

Eintracht Frankfurt[]

In the summer of 2015, Gaćinović moved to Germany and signed with Eintracht Frankfurt. He made his official debut for the club on 28 November 2015, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–2 away league loss against Mainz 05. On 19 May 2016, Gaćinović scored the equalizer in the first leg of the 2015–16 Bundesliga relegation playoffs against Nürnberg, before assisting the only goal in the return leg away to keep his club in the top flight.[3]

Hoffenheim[]

On 4 August 2020, Gaćinović signed for Hoffenheim as part of a swap deal, with Steven Zuber going to Frankfurt. He put pen to paper on a 4-year contract.[4]

International career[]

Gaćinović played for Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Under-17 level, before eventually choosing to represent Serbia at the Under-19 level. He was a member of the team that won the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Furthermore, Gaćinović scored an equalizer against Portugal in the 85th minute of the semi-final. He also appeared at the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

Subsequently, Gaćinović represented Serbia at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, winning the gold medal.[5]

He debuted for the senior national team on 24 March 2017 against Georgia, replacing Filip Kostić in the 81st minute, and scored the third goal for Serbia in the 86th minute. In May 2018 he was named in Serbia’s preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, but he wasn't selected for the final squad.[6]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of end of 2019–20 season[7]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vojvodina 2012–13 5 1 1 0 0 0 — 6 1
2013–14 20 0 4 1 3 0 — 27 1
2014–15 25 11 3 0 0 0 — 28 11
Total 50 12 8 1 3 0 0 0 61 13
Eintracht Frankfurt 2015–16 7 0 0 0 — 2 1 9 1
2016–17 28 2 6 0 — — 34 2
2017–18 29 1 4 3 — — 33 4
2018–19 29 0 1 0 14 2 1 0 45 2
2019–20 23 0 3 0 10 1 0 0 36 1
Total 116 3 14 3 24 3 3 1 157 10
Career total 166 15 22 4 27 3 3 1 218 23

International[]

Serbia national team
Year Apps Goals
2017 5 2
2018 6 0
2019 7 0
2020 5 0
Total 23 2

International goals[]

As of match played 2 September 2017[7]
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 24 March 2017 Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia 1  Georgia 3–1 3–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 2 September 2017 Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 2  Moldova 1–0 3–0

Honours[]

Club[]

Vojvodina

Eintracht Frankfurt

International[]

Serbia

Individual[]

Orders

Notes[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Gaćinović isplanirao finiš sezone: S "kraja sveta" na zapad Evrope". novosti.rs (in Serbian). 12 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Sve što niste znali o "orlićima", šampionima sveta!". sport.blic.rs (in Serbian). 21 June 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Eintracht Frankfurt beat Nürnberg to secure survival". bundesliga.com. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Mijat Gacinovic and Steven Zuber swap clubs". BuLi News. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Ecstasy in Auckland as Serbia make history". fifa.com. 20 June 2015. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Један тим, срцем свим – Младен Крстајић одабрао" [One team, with all their hearts – Mladen Krstajić selects]. FSS.rs (in Serbian). Football Association of Serbia. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  7. ^ a b Mijat Gaćinović at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Dodik odlikovao "orliće" iz Srpske" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

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