Darko Jevtić

Darko Jevtić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Јевтић; born 8 February 1993) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Russian side Rubin Kazan. He is of Serbian origin.

Darko Jevtić
Jevtić with Rubin Kazan in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-02-08) 8 February 1993
Place of birth Basel, Switzerland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Rubin Kazan
Number 10
Youth career
2001–2005 Basel
2006 Concordia Basel
2006–2011 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Basel U21 14 (1)
2012–2014 Basel 2 (0)
2013–2014 → Wacker Innsbruck (loan) 19 (3)
2014–2015 → Lech Poznań (loan) 18 (4)
2015–2020 Lech Poznań 137 (29)
2015–2019 Lech Poznań II 3 (3)
2020– Rubin Kazan 41 (4)
2021–2022 → AEK Athens (loan) 16 (0)
2021 → AEK Athens B (loan) 1 (0)
International career
2008–2009 Switzerland U16 8 (1)
2009–2010 Switzerland U17 7 (1)
2010 Switzerland U18 4 (1)
2011 Switzerland U19 7 (2)
2012 Switzerland U20 3 (0)
2013–2014 Switzerland U21 10 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 September 2023

Club career

Basel

Jevtić started his youth football with Basel. In 2015 he moved across town played for nearly a year in the Concordia Basel youth team but returned to Basel in August 2006. He played in their U-16 team and was part of the team that won the Swiss Championship in 2008[1] and 2009.[2] Later he played in the U-18 team, the U-19 team in the 2011–12 NextGen series and the U-21 team before he signed his first professional contract and joined their first team in January 2012.

He joined Basel's first team during the winter break of their 2011–12 season under head coach Heiko Vogel. After having appeared in four test games, Jevtić played his domestic league debut for the club, being substituted in, during the away game in the Letzigrund on 28 July 2012 as Basel played a 2–2 draw with Grasshopper Club[3] He had a starting eleven appearances in the Swiss Cup match on 15 September 2012 away against amateur club FC Amriswil and in the last league match of the season at home game in the St. Jakob-Park he played the full 90 minutes as Basel won 1–0 against St. Gallen.[4]

At the end of the Swiss Super League season 2012–13 he won the Championship title with the team.[5] In the 2012–13 Swiss Cup Basel reached the final, but were runners up behind Grasshopper Club, being defeated 4–3 on penalties, following a 1–1 draw after extra time.[6] In the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Basel advanced as far as the semi-finals, there being matched against the reigning UEFA Champions League holders Chelsea, but they were knocked out, losing both home and away ties, beaten 2–5 on aggregate.[7]

In the next season, after appearing in six test games, Jevtić was in the starting formation in the cup game on 17 August 2013 as Basel won 1–0 against local amateur club BSC Old Boys.[8]

During his short period with Basel's first team, Jevtić played a total of 15 games for them scoring a total of three goals. Two of these games were in the Swiss Super League, two in the Swiss Cup and 11 were friendly games. He scored all three of his goals during the test games.[9]

Wacker Innsbruck (loan)

On 2 September 2013, Basel announced that Jevtić had joined the Austrian club Wacker Innsbruck on a one-year loan.[10]

Lech Poznań (loan)

On 11 June 2014, Jevtić was loaned to Polish Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań.[11] The contract contained the option of a definite purchase and on 25 January 2015, Lech Poznan exercised the option to sign Jevtić ona three-and-a-half-year contract.[12]

Lech Poznań

The Swiss midfielder soon became a key player for the team and stayed with them for six years.

Jevtić faced his previous club Basel in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase, in the third qualifying round. The first leg was held on 29 July 2015 at the INEA Stadion in Poznań, but Jevtić did not make an appearance in a 1–3 loss.[13] The second leg was played at the St. Jakob-Park on 5 August, with Jevtić was in the starting eleven Lech suffered a 1–0 defeat.[14] Lech continued in the Europa League play-off round and with a 4–0 aggregate win against Videoton, they qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage. Lech and Basel faced each other yet again, after being drawn together in the same group. The first direct match, on 1 October, was a home match for Basel. Jevtić played in the starting eleven, with Basel winning 2–0.[15] The return match was played in Poznań on 10 December and Jevtić again played in the starting team, with Basel recording yet another 0–1 victory.[16] Ending the group in first position Basel qualified themselves for the knockout phase, while Lech crashed out of the competition after finishing in third place.

Jevtić gathered excellent figures during his stay in Poland, scoring 33 goals and recording 32 assists in 155 league matches.

Rubin Kazan

On 22 January 2020, he signed a 4,5-year contract with Russian club Rubin Kazan.[17] With Rubin Kazan he also obtained good playing time (41 matches, 4 goals, 4 assists).

AEK Athens (loan)

On 31 August 2021, he signed a one-year contract with Greek club AEK Athens on loan from Russian club Rubin Kazan.[18]

Following his good time with Lech Poznań and then with FC Rubin Kazan there's a worrying period about his career path with AEK Athens, as he is at the shadow of captain Petros Mantalos. When it was acquired on loan last summer, everyone believed that this addition would be a serious reason for intense competition with the team captain. Something that happened in two games during the days of Vladan Milojević on the bench of the club, while Argirios Giannikis trusted him even less. But during January 2022, probably the decrease of Μantalos' performance open the door of the starting XI since he was acquired.[19]

International career

On 6 June 2013, Jevtić made his debut for the Swiss U-21 team as left winger in the 2–3 away defeat against Sweden. During his third appearance for the team on 5 September 2013, in the Group 5 qualification game to the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championships, he scored his first goal for them in the 2–0 away win against Latvia U-21 team in Slokas Stadium, Jūrmala.[20]

Career statistics

Club
As of 19 September 2023[21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League League Cup Europe Other1 Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Basel 2012–13 Swiss Super League 2010——30
2013–14 Swiss Super League 0010——10
Total 2020——40
Wacker Innsbruck (loan) 2013–14 Austrian Bundesliga 19310——203
Total 19310——203
Lech Poznań 2014–15[22] Ekstraklasa 2974040—377
2015–16[23] Ekstraklasa 264505010374
2016–17[24] Ekstraklasa 31871—00389
2017–18[25] Ekstraklasa 2450043—288
2018–19[26] Ekstraklasa 2630060—323
2019–20[27] Ekstraklasa 19610——206
Total 155331711931019237
Lech Poznań II 2014–15[22] III liga 12———12
2015–16[23] III liga 11———11
2019–20[27] II liga 10———206
Total 33———33
Rubin Kazan 2019–20 Russian Premier League 10000——100
2020–21 Russian Premier League 25320——273
2021–22 Russian Premier League 610020—81
Total 414202000454
AEK Athens (loan) 2021–22 Superleague Greece 16030——190
AEK Athens B (loan) 2021–22 Superleague Greece 2 1000——10
Career total 237392512131028447

1 Including Polish Super Cup.

Honours

Basel U16

  • Swiss Champion: 2007–08,[1] 2008–09[2]

Basel

Lech Poznań

References
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  17. "ДАРКО ЙЕВТИЧ – В "РУБИНЕ"" (Press release) (in Russian). Rubin Kazan. 22 January 2020.
  18. "Darko Jevtic signed for AEK FC!". aekfc.gr. Online. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  19. "ΑΕΚ: Το Μάνταλος ή Γέβτιτς για πρώτη φορά σοβαρά στη συζήτηση". awww.sport24.gr. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
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