Personal information | |||
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Full name | Danijel Dejan Djuric | ||
Date of birth | 5 January 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Varna, Bulgaria[1][2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Víkingur Reykjavík | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2012 | Hvöt Blönduós[1][3] | ||
2012–2019 | Breiðablik[3][4] | ||
2019–2022 | FC Midtjylland[3][5] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Víkingur Reykjavík | 41 | (15) |
International career‡ | |||
2017–2018 | Iceland U15 | 4 | (4) |
2018–2019 | Iceland U16 | 10 | (1) |
2018–2020 | Iceland U17 | 19 | (11) |
2019 | Iceland U18 | 2 | (2) |
2019–2022 | Iceland U19 | 11 | (0) |
2022– | Iceland U21 | 2 | (0) |
2022– | Iceland | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2023 |
Danijel Dejan Djuric (born 5 January 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Icelandic club Víkingur Reykjavík. Born in Bulgaria to a Serbian father and a Bulgarian mother, he plays for the Iceland national team.
Born in Bulgaria to a Bulgarian mother and Serbian father, Djuric moved to Iceland aged two.[1][6] His first youth club was Hvöt from Blönduós, before joining Breiðablik when his family moved to Kópavogur in 2012.[1][3] In 2019, he transferred to the youth side of Danish club FC Midtjylland.[3]
In July 2022, Djuric started his senior career when he transferred to Víkingur Reykjavík from Midtjylland.[5]
He has featured for the U15, U16, U17, U18, U19 and U21 youth teams of Iceland.[4] He made his debut with the senior team in a friendly match against South Korea on 11 November 2022, playing the first 73 minutes.[7]
Víkingur Reykjavík