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Dejan Ljubičić

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Dejan Ljubičić
Ljubičić with Wiener Neustadt in 2017
Personal information
Full name Dejan Ljubičić
Date of birth (1997-10-08) 8 October 1997 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 1. FC Koln
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Rapid Wien II 45 (3)
2017–2021 Rapid Wien 103 (6)
2017 → Wiener Neustadt (loan) 7 (0)
2021– 1. FC Koln 83 (8)
International career‡
2021– Austria 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:26, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:27, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Dejan Ljubičić (born 8 October 1997) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Koln and the Austria national team.[2]

International career

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Ljubičić was born in Austria to Bosnian Croat parents from Busovača.[3][4] He debuted for the Austria national team in a 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over the Faroe Islands on 9 October 2021.[5]

Personal life

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In August 2021, he was sentenced for throwing bottles at a mosque in Kiseljak three years earlier. He had to pay a fine of 1,000 BAM or serve ten days in prison.[6]

His younger brother Robert plays for AEK Athens.[7]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 18 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wiener Neustadt (loan) 2017–18 2. Liga 7 0 0 0 — — 7 0
Rapid Wien 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 28 3 4 0 — — 32 3
2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga 29 1 4 0 12[a] 1 — 45 2
2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga 22 2 1 0 — — 23 2
2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 24 0 2 0 5[b] 1 — 31 1
Total 103 6 11 0 17 2 0 0 131 8
1. FC Köln 2021–22 Bundesliga 30 3 2 0 — — 32 3
2022–23 Bundesliga 27 5 1 1 5[c] 2 — 33 8
2023–24 Bundesliga 26 0 1 0 — — 27 0
2024–25 2. Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 83 8 4 1 5 2 — 92 11
Career total 193 14 15 1 22 4 0 0 230 19
Notes
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Two appearances in the UEFA Champions League, three appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

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As of match played 7 September 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Austria 2021 2 1
2022 2 0
2023 5 0
Total 9 1

International goals

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Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first.[8]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 15 November 2021 Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria  Moldova 4–1 4–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dejan Ljubicic | Playerprofile | Bundesliga". bundesliga.com. DFL. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  2. ^ "1. FC Köln holt Rapid-Kapitän Ljubicic". kicker.de. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  3. ^ alexander.huber (21 October 2017). "Ljubicic: "Richtig böse war ich schon lange nicht"".
  4. ^ Olivari, Davorin (15 June 2022). "Velike ambicije novog Dinamovog pojačanja: 'Bilo bi mi drago da dobijem poziv za hrvatsku reprezentaciju'". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Faroe Islands-Austria". UEFA.com. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Stigla kazna: Fudbaleri koji su napali džamiju u Kiseljaku dobili deset dana zatvora". SportSport.ba.
  7. ^ Österreich, SPOX (4 November 2021). "Dejan Ljubicic über Bruder Robert: Rapid ist ein anderes Level"". www.spox.com.
  8. ^ Strecha, Alexander (15 November 2021). "Österreich gewinnt gegen Moldau 4:1, Foda bleibt Teamchef" (in German). kurier.at. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
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