Kevin Čustović

Kevin Čustović (born 3 February 2000) is a Swedish professional footballer, who plays as a defensive midfielder or full-back for League of Ireland Premier Division club Cork City on loan from Danish 1st Division club Vejle Boldklub.

Kevin Čustović
Personal information
Full name Kevin Čustović
Date of birth (2000-02-03) 3 February 2000
Place of birth Sweden
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, Full-back
Team information
Current team
 Cork City
(on loan from Vejle)
Number 27
Youth career
Västerås IK
Gideonsbergs IF
Skiljebo SK
2017–2019 Västerås SK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 IFK Västerås 26 (9)
2017–2021 Västerås SK 42 (0)
2018 → Skiljebo SK (loan) 4 (1)
2019 → Enköpings SK (loan) 12 (1)
2019 → Nyköpings BIS (loan) 7 (0)
2021– Vejle 14 (0)
2022 → Örebro SK (loan) 11 (1)
2023– → Cork City (loan) 22 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:34, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

Career

Early years

Čustović started playing for Västerås IK. He then went to Gideonsbergs IF before joining Skiljebo SK.[1] He later moved to IFK Västerås, where he despite his young age, made 26 appearances and scored nine goals for the club in the Swedish Division 4.[2]

Västerås SK

On 3 July 2017 it was confirmed, that 17-year old Čustović had joined Västerås SK and would be a part of the clubs Division 1 team.[3] Čustović made nine appearances in 2017 for Västerås, in addition to a few games for the U-21 team.

In the first half of the 2018 season, Čustović made six appearances for Västerås, including two cup games. To gain some more experience, Čustović was loaned out in September 2018 to his former club, Skiljebo SK. The deal included, that Čustović could play for both clubs until the end of the year.[2]

In April 2019, Čustović was loaned out again, this time to Enköpings SK in the Swedish Division 2.[4] In August 2019, he was loaned out to Division 1 club Nyköpings BIS.[5] He returned to Västerås for the 2020 season.

In February 2021, Čustović suffered from heart problems during a training camp in Spain with Västerås.[6] However, he had a good season with Västerås, playing 20 league games during the year, crowned with a contract extension of 1.5 years in June 2020.[7]

Vejle

On 5 July 2021 it was confirmed, that 21-year old Čustović had signed a four-year contract with newly promoted Danish Superliga club Vejle Boldklub.[8]

Čustović made his debut in the first Danish Superliga game of the season, on 18 July 2021, against Randers FC, where he was in the starting lineup.[9] However, he was pulled off the pitch by manager Carit Falch after just 35 minutes.[10] Vejle was down 0-2 and after the game, Falch explained that "there were some things he just didn't understand when the game was going so fast" and that "it was to protect the team".[11] On 11 August 2022 it was confirmed, that Čustović had been loaned out to Superettan club Örebro SK for the rest of 2022.[12]

On 30 January 2023, Čustović signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club Cork City on loan for the 2023 season.[13]

References
  1. 10 SNABBA FRÅGOR TILL KEVIN..., esk.nu, 29 April 2019
  2. Profile at Lgastatistik.se, lagstatistik.se
  3. KLART: VSK värvar ny mittfältare, vasterastidning.se, 3 July 2017
  4. Truppförändring i VSK Fotboll, vskfotboll.nu, 2 April 2019
  5. Custovic and Sporrong to Nyköping's BIS, vskfotboll.nu, 14 August 2019
  6. Kevin ger tummen upp efter hjärtproblem, sn.se, 13 February 2020
  7. Kevin Custovic förlänger med VSK Fotboll: ”Förmån att få representera VSK”, vskfotboll.nu, 17 June 2020
  8. Vejle Boldklub køber svensk midtbanetalent foran skandinaviske klubber, vejle-boldklub.dk, 5 July 2021
  9. Fire spillere debuterede i sæsonpremieren, vejle-boldklub.dk, 19 July 2021
  10. VEJLE VS. RANDERS 0 - 2, soccerway.com, 18 July 2021
  11. Flået ud i Superliga-debut: Måtte beskytte holdet, tipsbladet.dk, 19 July 2021
  12. KEVIN CUSTOVIC ANSLUTER PÅ LÅN TILL ÖSK, oskfotboll.se, 11 August 2022
  13. "Kevin Čustović signs on loan!". www.corkcityfc.ie. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
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