Damjan Daničić

Damjan Daničić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дамјан Даничић, pronounced [dǎmjan dǎnitʃitɕ];^[2][3] born 24 January 2000) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Mladost Novi Sad.^[4]

Damjan Daničić

Personal information
Full name	Damjan Daničić
Date of birth	(2000-01-24) 24 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Zagreb, Croatia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Mladost Novi Sad
Number	30
Youth career
0000–2019	Red Star Belgrade
2018–2019	→ Grafičar Beograd (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2020	Voždovac	6	(0)
2020–2022	Dinamo Zagreb	5	(0)
2020–2022	→ Dinamo Zagreb II	35	(3)
2020–2021	→ Varaždin (loan)	5	(0)
2021	→ Istra 1961 (loan)	12	(0)
2022	Sumgayit	11	(0)
2023	Voždovac	10	(0)
2023–2024	OFK Beograd	1	(0)
2024–	Mladost Novi Sad	11	(0)
International career‡
2018–2019	Serbia U19[1]	5	(0)
2020–2022	Serbia U21	11	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2022

Club career

Voždovac

Daničić is a youth prospect of Serbian giants Red Star Belgrade, whose academy he left in 2019 and joined Serbian SuperLiga side Voždovac on free transfer.^[5] He made his SuperLiga debut on 27 July 2019 in a 2–2 draw with Proleter Novi Sad.^[6] Three months later, on 9 October, he made his Serbian Cup debut as Teleoptik defeated Voždovac 8–7 in a penalty shootout.^[7][8] He made seven appearances for Voždovac in the first half of the season.^[9]

Dinamo Zagreb

Due to lack of playing time, in the shadow of in-form Stefan Hajdin, Daničić signed in January 2020 with Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb, whose academy his father used to attend during coach Otto Barić's tenure, on free transfer.^{[10][11][12][13]} He became the second Serbian player after Komnen Andrić to play for Dinamo since the independence of Croatia.^[14] The transfer sparked minor controversy in Serbia due to rivalry between Dinamo and Daničić's youth club Red Star.^[10][11]

He debuted for Dinamo on 27 January 2020 in Premier League International Cup against Leicester City, as the English side won 2–1.^[15][16] He made his Druga HNL debut for Dinamo Zagreb II on 22 February 2020 in a 2–2 draw with Orijent 1919. The first team coach Zoran Mamić gave Daničić a chance in the first team on 18 July, as he made his Prva HNL debut in a goalless draw with Istra 1961.^[17][18]

On 19 October, he was loaned out to Prva HNL side Varaždin until the end of the season.^[19] He made his debut for Varaždin on 23 October in a 2–1 loss to Slaven Belupo.^[20] He was returned from loan in January 2021.^[21] He scored his first goal for Dinamo II on 12 April, in a 3–1 victory over Orijent 1919.^[22] He scored his second goal on 5 May in an upset 2–0 victory over Hrvatski Dragovoljac.^[23]

International career

Born in Zagreb to Serbian parents, Daničić holds both Serbian and Croatian citizenships,^[10] making him eligible for both Serbia and Croatia national teams.^[13]

He earned his first call-up to Serbia under-21 team on 29 September 2020, when coach Ilija Stolica called him up for Under-21 Euro 2021 qualifiers against Poland and Estonia.^[24] He debuted against the latter opponent on 13 October in a game that ended in a goalless draw.^[25]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 December 2021^[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Voždovac	2019–20	Serbian SuperLiga	6	0	1	0	—		7	0
Dinamo Zagreb II	2019–20	Druga HNL	2	0	—		—		2	0
	2020–21		22	2	—		—		22	2
	Total		24	2	—		—		24	2
Dinamo Zagreb	2019–20	Prva HNL	2	0	—		—		2	0
	2020–21		3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
Varaždin (loan)	2020–21	Prva HNL	5	0	1	0	—		6	0
Istra 1961 (loan)	2021–22		12	0	1	0	—		13	0
Career total			52	2	4	0	0	0	56	2

1. Includes appearances in Serbian Cup and Croatian Cup

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb

• Prva HNL: 2019–20

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