Dario Župarić
Croatian professional footballer (born 1992)
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Dario Župarić (Croatian pronunciation: [dâːrio ʒǔparitɕ]; born 3 May 1992) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Hapoel Haifa.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 3 May 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Županja, Croatia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hapoel Haifa F.C. | ||
| 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) |
| 2020–2026 | Portland Timbers | 89 | (1) |
| 2020 | Portland Timbers 2 | 1 | (0) |
| 2026– | Hapoel Haifa | 10 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Croatia U20 | 9 | (1) |
| 2011–2014 | Croatia U21 | 10 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 October 2014 | |||
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
- As of match played 23 October 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cibalia | 2010–11 | 1. HNL | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 58 | 1 | 11 | 0 | — | — | 69 | 1 | ||||
| Pescara | 2013–14 | 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 | |||
| Total | 99 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 106 | 1 | ||||
| Rijeka | 2016–17 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
| Total | 89 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 117 | 5 | ||
| Portland Timbers | 2020 | MLS | 23 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2021 | 31 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |||
| 2024 | 28 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 143 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 157 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 389 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 449 | 9 | ||
Honours
- Rijeka
- Portland Timbers