Dario Župarić
Croatian professional footballer (born 1992)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1992-05-03) 3 May 1992 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Županja, Croatia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Portland Timbers | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2002 | Sladorana Županja | ||
| 2002–2007 | Graničar Županja | ||
| 2007–2011 | Cibalia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2013 | Cibalia | 58 | (1) |
| 2013–2017 | Pescara | 99 | (1) |
| 2017–2019 | Rijeka | 89 | (4) |
| 2020– | Portland Timbers | 89 | (1) |
| 2020 | Portland Timbers 2 | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Croatia U20 | 9 | (1) |
| 2011–2014 | Croatia U21 | 10 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 February 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2014 | |||
Dario Župarić (Croatian pronunciation: [dâːrio ʒǔparitɕ]; born 3 May 1992) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer.
Club career
Župarić was born in Županja and played youth football with Graničar Županja before starting his professional career with Cibalia. In June 2013, he was transferred to Pescara, for a club record €700,000.[2] In January 2017, Župarić was loaned to Rijeka in Croatia initially until June 2018, but during the loan deal he signed a permanent contract with the club until June 2020.[3]
On 20 November 2019, Župarić joined Major League Soccer side Portland Timbers,[4] but will stay in Rijeka on loan until the end of the year.[5]
International career
Župarić won three caps with Bosnia and Herzegovina under-19. Even though he was born in Croatia, he initially chose to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina because of his parents who are Bosnian Croats.[6] In October 2011, he debuted for Croatia under-21 squad.
Club statistics
| Season | Club | League | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2010–11 | Cibalia | 1. HNL | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | 29 | 1 | |||
| 2012–13 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 38 | 0 | |||
| Cibalia total | 58 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | Pescara | Serie B | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 22 | 1 | |
| 2014–15 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 37 | 1 | |||
| 2015–16 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 38 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | ||
| Pescara total | 99 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17 | Rijeka | 1. HNL | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 12 | 2 | |
| 2017–18 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 46 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
| Rijeka total | 89 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 117 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 246 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 292 | 7 | ||
| Last Update: 18 December 2019. | ||||||||||
Honours
- Rijeka
- Portland Timbers
References
- ^ "Dario Župarić". Portland Timbers. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ alfredopedulla.com
- ^ calciomercato.com
- ^ "Portland Timbers acquire defender Dario Zuparic". 20 November 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "STIGLA POTVRDA Dario Župarić odlazi u Portland, ali će igrati za bijele do zimske stanke - Novi list".
- ^ "Sportin.ba | Vijesti | Župarić: Bolje mi je igrati za BiH, nego u Hrvatsk". Archived from the original on 4 February 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ "Dario Zuparic goal clinches MLS Back is Tournament for Portland Timbers". The Guardian. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
External links
- Dario Župarić at the Croatian Football Federation
- Dario Župarić at Soccerway
- Dario Župarić at Croatian Football Statistics (archived) (in Croatian)
