Josip Juranović

Josip Juranović (Croatian pronunciation: [jǒsip jurǎːnoʋitɕ];[2][3] born 16 August 1995) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and the Croatia national team.

Josip Juranović
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-08-16) 16 August 1995
Place of birth Zagreb, Croatia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Celtic
Number 88
Youth career
2004–2011 Dubrava
2011 Croatia Sesvete
2011–2013 Dubrava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Dubrava 36 (14)
2015–2020 Hajduk Split 136 (3)
2020–2021 Legia Warsaw 28 (1)
2021– Celtic 26 (3)
National team‡
2017– Croatia 16 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:39, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:00, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Zagreb, Croatia, Juranović went through the ranks of the third-tier Dubrava, apart from a two-month stint at the nearby NK Croatia Sesvete academy. Making his third-level senior debut in the 2012–13 season, he first drew attention to himself by winning the Croatian leg of the Nike Chance competition for amateur players in early 2014, earning the right to vie for a spot in the Nike Academy team.[4] Not making the five-person cut,[5] however, he returned to his club. His club performances remained strong, and, touted by some media as the best player of the autumn leg of the 2014–15 Treća HNL Zapad,[6][7] he drew the attention of HNK Hajduk Split.

After signing a three-and-a-half-year contract with Hajduk Split in early 2015, he initially joined their third-tier B team, but was moved to the first team in April 2015 by the new manager Goran Vučević, and he made his Prva HNL debut in a 2–1 home loss against Rijeka.[8]

In June 2018, Juranović was selected in the Prva HNL team of the season for his performances during the 2017–18 season.[9]

Juranovic signed for Scottish Premiership side Celtic in August 2021 from Legia Warsaw on a five year deal. The transfer fee was a reported 2.5 million pounds.

International career

On 6 September 2019, Croatia manager Zlatko Dalić called Juranović up from standby for the country's Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Slovakia and Azerbaijan, in light of Tin Jedvaj's injury.[10]

Personal life

Juranović hails from Dubrava district of the capital of Zagreb.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of 10 February 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hajduk Split 2014–15 Prva HNL 6010———70
2015–16 31140—30—381
2016–17 18030—40—250
2017–18 27020—40—330
2018–19 22020—40—280
2019–20 32210—10—342
Total 1363130—160—1653
Legia Warsaw 2020–21 Ekstraklasa 26130—2010321
2021–22 2000—611091
Total 28130—8120412
Celtic 2021–22 Scottish Premiership 202003093—325
Career total 1846160303342023810

International
As of match played 26 March 2022[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Croatia 201710
201800
201910
202030
2021100
202210
Total160

Honours

Legia Warsaw

Celtic

Individual

References
  1. Josip Juranović at Soccerway
  2. "Jòsip". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Jòsip
  3. "Jȕraj". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Juránović
  4. 2014.03.05. - Josip Juranović Jopa - pobjednik projekta Nike Chance 2014. at Dubrava official site
  5. Winners of Nike Chance Global Showcase Announced at St George's Park at Nike, Inc. official site
  6. POJAČANJE IZ TREĆE LIGE Josip Juranović iz Dubrave potpisuje za Hajduk: 'To je prilika života' at Jutarnji List
  7. J. Juranović najbolji zagrebački amater: Još malo u Dubravi pa gore Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine at Sportnews.hr
  8. Poljud: Hajduk-Rijeka 1:2 Hajduk Split official site
  9. "Najbolji hrvatski igrač je Luka Modrić, a HNL-a Hilal Soudani!". 24Sata (in Croatian). 10 June 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  10. "Josip Juranović pozvan u a reprezentaciju Hrvatske".
  11. Josip Juranović: Hajduk je moja šansa života! at Slobodna Dalmacija
  12. "Josip Juranović, international footballer". eu-football.info. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  13. "Hibernian 1–2 Celtic" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  14. @PFAScotland (26 April 2022). "Your Premiership @PFAScotland Team of the Year" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 April 2022 – via Twitter.
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