Suad Gruda
Footballer (born 1991)
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Suad Gruda (born 27 July 1991) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Montenegro and raised in Sweden, he represented Montenegro U21 national team internationally.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 July 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Montenegro, Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| IFK Luleå | |||
| 2007–2008 | Degerfors | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009 | IFK Luleå | ||
| 2010–2011 | Gefle | 13 | (0) |
| 2012 | JIPPO | 24 | (5) |
| 2013 | Nyköpings BIS | 13 | (1) |
| 2013 | Umeå | 13 | (2) |
| 2014–2019 | Nyköpings BIS | 106 | (14) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Montenegro U21 | 23 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 November 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 May 2013 | |||
Club career
Gruda was born in Montenegro but his family relocated to Sweden, during the war in former Yugoslavia, and they ended up in Luleå some years after his birth.[1] There he spent his youth years at IFK Luleå before moving to Degerfors IF[2] and then Allsvenskan club Gefle IF in 2010 after having spent a year playing first team football with his original club. After leaving Gefle two years later he played for second tier JIPPO in Finland[3] before signing with Nyköpings BIS in March 2013.[4] On 11 August 2013, Gruda left Nyköpings BIS for Umeå FC, but returned to his old club the next season.
In November 2019, he retired from playing, citing persistent knee problems.[5]
International career
Gruda represented the Montenegro national under-21 football team during several games, one of them against Armenia in the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification.[6]
