Dejan Ljubičić

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

Dejan Ljubičić
Ljubičić with Wiener Neustadt in 2017
Personal information
Full name Dejan Ljubičić
Date of birth (1997-10-08) 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 Köln
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 Köln 65 (8)
International career‡
2021– Austria 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:38, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:27, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

International career

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

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 Dinamo Zagreb.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 22 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wiener Neustadt (loan) 2017–18 2. Liga 7000——70
Rapid Wien 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 28340——323
2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga 2914012[lower-alpha 1]1—452
2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga 22210——232
2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 240205[lower-alpha 2]1—311
Total 1036110172001318
1. FC Köln 2021–22 Bundesliga 30320——323
2022–23 Bundesliga 275115[lower-alpha 3]2—338
2023–24 Bundesliga 800000—80
Total 6583152—7311
Career total 175141412240021119
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
As of match played 7 September 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Austria 202121
202220
202350
Total91

International goals
Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first.[7]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 November 2021Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria Moldova4–14–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification

References
  1. "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. 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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