Damjan Daničić
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Damjan Daničić | ||
| Date of birth | 24 January 2000 | ||
| 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 | |||
| –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) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 June 2022 | |||
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]
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]