Stjepan Vuleta

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Stjepan Vuleta
Personal information
Full name Stjepan Vuleta
Date of birth (1993-10-29) 29 October 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Chur, Switzerland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2002—2005 Buchs
2005—2007 Schaan
2007–2010 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Basel U-21 34 (15)
2012–2014 Basel 2 (0)
2013 → Wil (loan) 14 (3)
2013–2014 → Wacker Innsbruck (loan) 13 (2)
2014–2015 Wacker Innsbruck 7 (1)
2016–2018 Buchs
2018–2020 Gossau 33 (10)
2020–2021 Eschen/Mauren 13 (9)
International career
2008–2009 Switzerland U16 6 (1)
2009–2010 Switzerland U17 11 (7)
2010–2011 Switzerland U18 10 (1)
2012 Switzerland U19 5 (0)
2012 Switzerland U20 1 (0)
2013 Switzerland U21 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stjepan Vuleta (born 29 October 1993) is a retired Swiss professional footballer who played as a forward. Vuleta retired at the end of 2021 due to injuries.[1]

His father Franjo Vuleta was emigrated from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Switzerland due to the Bosnian war.

Career[edit]

Basel[edit]

Vuleta came through the ranks in Basel. He played in their U-16 team and was part of the team that won the Swiss Championship in 2008[2] and 2009.[3] He then played in their U-18 team and again became Swiss U-18 champion,[4] Vuleta played two years in the Basel U-21 team before he signed a three-year professional contract and joined their first team.[5][6]

Vuleta made his official first team debut, playing in the starting eleven, in a UEFA Champions League preliminary stage match against Flora Tallinn on 24 July 2012, which Basel won 3–0.[7] He played his Swiss Super League debut on 25 August 2012, as he was substituted in, during the 1–2 away defeat in the AFG Arena against St. Gallen.[8]

Wil[edit]

On 5 February 2013, it was announced that Vuleta would be loaned out to Wil in the Challenge League to gain playing experience.[9]

Wacker Innsbruck[edit]

On 9 July 2013, Vuleta joined the Austrian club FC Wacker Innsbruck on loan from FC Basel for one year.[10]

International[edit]

Vuleta has played international football at various age levels, including Swiss under-16s, under-17s, under-19s, and under-21s. He played his debut on for the U-16 team 2 September 2008 in the 6–2 win against Bulgaria.

Titles and honours[edit]

Basel

  • Swiss Champion at U-16 level: 2007/08[2] and 2008/09[3]
  • Swiss Cup winner at U-16 level: 2007–08[11]
  • Swiss Champion at U-18 level: 2009/10[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ STJEPAN VULETA MUSS MIT DEM AKTIV-FUSSBALL AUFHÖREN, usv.li, 27 December 2021
  2. ^ a b FC Basel 1893 (2008). "Die U16 des FCB, die Schweizer Meister 2008 wurde" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 15 June 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b Marti, Caspar (2009). "Der FC Basel 1893 holt in Biel das Double" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  4. ^ a b Marti, Caspar (2010). "Die U18 des FCB ist Schweizer Meister!" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  5. ^ Meister, Remo (2012). "Dreijahresvertrag für Stjepan Vuleta" (in German). FC Basel1893. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  6. ^ FC Buchs (2012). "Stjepan Vuleta unterzeichnet Profivertrag". FC Bucha. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  7. ^ Kreis, Stefan (2012). "Fünf Jahre Wartezeit" (in German). Basler Zeitung. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  8. ^ Meister, Remo (2012). "Im St. Galler Regen erleidet der FCB die zweite Niederlage in Serie" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  9. ^ FC Basel 1893 (2013). "Stjepan Vuleta leihweise nach Wil" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 5 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "Flyout | FC Basel - die offizielle Website".
  11. ^ FC Basel 1893 (2008). "Zwei weitere Nachwuchstitel für den FCB" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 15 June 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links[edit]

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