Suad Gruda

Suad Gruda

Personal information
Date of birth	(1991-07-27) 27 July 1991
Place of birth	Macedonia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	IFK Luleå
2007–2008	Degerfors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009	IFK Luleå
2010–2011	Gefle	4	(0)
2012	JIPPO	24	(0)
2013	Nyköpings BIS	13	(1)
2013	Umeå	10	(0)
2014–2019	Nyköpings BIS	106	(4)
International career‡
2011	Montenegro U21	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 November 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 May 2013

Suad Gruda (born 27 July 1991) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Macedonia and raised in Sweden, he represented Montenegro U21 national team internationally.

Club career

Gruda was born in Macedonia but his family relocated to Sweden and Luleå the year after his birth. There he spent his youth years at IFK Luleå before moving to Degerfors IF and then Allsvenskan club Gefle IF in 2010 after having spent a year playing first team football with his original club. After leaving Gefle two years later he played for second tier JIPPO in Finland before signing with Nyköpings BIS in March 2013. On 11 August 2013, Gruda left Nyköpings BIS for Umeå FC, but returned to his old club the next season.

In November 2019, he retired from playing, citing persistent knee problems.

International career

Gruda represented the Montenegro national under-21 football team during one game against Andorra in the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification.

External links

• Suad Gruda at Elite Football
• Profile at Nyköpings BIS official website
• Suad Gruda club team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)