Vanja Drkušić

Vanja Drkušić (born 30 October 1999) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a defender for Russian Premier League club Sochi and the Slovenia national team.

Vanja Drkušić
Drkušić with Sochi in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-10-30) 30 October 1999
Place of birth Novo Mesto, Slovenia[1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Sochi
Number 3
Youth career
0000–2013 Krka
2014–2015 Krško
2016–2018 Heerenveen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Heerenveen 0 (0)
2019–2020 Rende 0 (0)
2020–2022 Bravo 69 (4)
2022– Sochi 46 (2)
International career‡
2015–2016 Slovenia U17 17 (0)
2017 Slovenia U18 3 (0)
2017 Slovenia U19 5 (1)
2019 Slovenia U21 1 (0)
2023– Slovenia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2023

Club career

In December 2015, Drkušić joined Dutch top-flight side Heerenveen, after receiving interest from Maribor, Dinamo Zagreb and Atalanta.[3] In August 2019, he signed for Rende in the Italian third division.[4] Before the second half of 2019–20, Drkušić signed for Slovenian team Bravo. On 23 February 2020, he debuted for Bravo during a 2–1 win against Tabor Sežana.[5] On 11 July 2020, Drkušić scored his first goal for Bravo during a 1–1 draw with Domžale.[5]

On 24 January 2022, Drkušić signed for Russian Premier League side Sochi for an alleged fee of €100,000.[6][7] On 27 August 2022, he extended his contract with Sochi to 2025.[8]

International career

Drkušić made his debut for Slovenia on 26 March 2023 in a European Championship qualifier against San Marino.[9]

Career statistics
As of match played 3 September 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Heerenveen 2018–19 Eredivisie 0000——00
Rende 2019–20 Serie C 00——1[lower-alpha 1]010
Bravo 2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga 151———151
2020–21 Slovenian PrvaLiga 35110——361
2021–22 Slovenian PrvaLiga 19220——212
Total 694300000724
Sochi 2021–22 Russian Premier League 11000——110
2022–23 Russian Premier League 26151——312
2023–24 Russian Premier League 7100——71
Total 442510000493
Career total 11368100101227
  1. Appearance in Coppa Italia Serie C

References
  1. "Drkušić, Vanja Drkušić – Footballer". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. Vanja Drkušić at Russian Premier League
  3. Kovačič, Igor (27 December 2015). "Vanja Drkušić ob Mariboru in Dinamu izbral Heerenveen". Žurnal24 (in Slovenian). Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  4. "Heerenveen en Sloveen (19) gaan na drie jaar en zeven reservebeurten uit elkaar". voetbalprimeur.nl (in Dutch). 31 August 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  5. Vanja Drkušić at Soccerway
  6. "URADNO: Vanja Drkušić je pred leti naletel na zid na Nizozemskem, zdaj pa si je odprl pot v Rusijo" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  7. "Ваня Дркушич стал игроком "Сочи"" (in Russian). PFC Sochi. 24 January 2022. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  8. "Ваня Дркушич продлил контракт с "Сочи"" [Vanja Drkušić extended contract with Sochi] (in Russian). PFC Sochi. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  9. "Vanja Drkušić, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
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