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]
 Ljubičić with Wiener Neustadt in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dejan Ljubičić | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 1997[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) | |||
International career
editLjubičić 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
editIn 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
editClub
edit- As of match played 18 May 2024
| 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
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Two appearances in the UEFA Champions League, three appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
edit- As of match played 7 September 2023
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 2021 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 1 | |
International goals
edit- 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
edit- ^ a b "Dejan Ljubicic | Playerprofile | Bundesliga". bundesliga.com. DFL. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ "1. FC Köln holt Rapid-Kapitän Ljubicic". kicker.de. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ alexander.huber (21 October 2017). "Ljubicic: "Richtig böse war ich schon lange nicht"".
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Faroe Islands-Austria". UEFA.com. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Stigla kazna: Fudbaleri koji su napali džamiju u Kiseljaku dobili deset dana zatvora". SportSport.ba.
- ^ Österreich, SPOX (4 November 2021). "Dejan Ljubicic über Bruder Robert: Rapid ist ein anderes Level"". www.spox.com.
- ^ Strecha, Alexander (15 November 2021). "Österreich gewinnt gegen Moldau 4:1, Foda bleibt Teamchef" (in German). kurier.at. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
External links
edit- Dejan Ljubičić at Soccerway
