 Dugandžić with Sochi in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1994-04-07) 7 April 1994 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Osijek, Croatia | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Al-Tai | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2012 | Osijek | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Osijek | 50 | (9) |
| 2015 | → Ternana (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Ternana | 15 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Matera | 25 | (6) |
| 2018–2019 | Osijek | 6 | (0) |
| 2020 | Botoșani | 20 | (11) |
| 2020–2021 | Sochi | 22 | (5) |
| 2022 | CFR Cluj | 14 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Rapid București | 44 | (28) |
| 2023– | Al-Tai | 27 | (4) |
| International career | |||
| 2009 | Croatia U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2012 | Croatia U18 | 6 | (6) |
| 2012–2013 | Croatia U19 | 10 | (6) |
| 2015 | Croatia U21 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 September 2024 | |||
Marko Dugandžić (born 7 April 1994) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Professional League club Al-Tai.
Club career
His good performances for Osijek attracted many European teams, such as Fiorentina, Blackburn Rovers and Leeds United. Instead, he signed for Serie B Ternana in January 2015.
On 14 October 2020, after a short stint at Romanian side Botoșani, Dugandžić joined Russian Premier League club PFC Sochi.
On 11 January 2022, he returned to Romania and signed with CFR Cluj.
Rapid București
On 22 July 2022, Dugandžić was transferred to another Liga I side Rapid București for a reported fee of €400,000. He made his debut against Rapid's rivals from Ghencea, FCSB, scoring a goal and assisting captain Cristian Săpunaru. He also scored against rivals Petrolul Ploiesti in the Primvs Derby. After that, he became a vital player for Rapid, scoring 16 goals across the 2022–23 regular season. During the championship play-off stage, he added another six goals to his tally and was crowned the top scorer of the season, with 22 goals.
Al-Tai
On 7 September 2023, Dugandžić joined Saudi Arabian side Al-Tai.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 17 September 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Osijek | 2012–13 | Prva NHL | 6 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 3 | — | 30 | 6 | |||||
| 2014–15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 38 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 45 | 6 | |||
| Ternana (loan) | 2014–15 | Serie B | 6 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Ternana | 2015–16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 14 | 2 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 25 | 2 | |||||
| Matera | 2017–18 | Serie C | 25 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 26 | 6 | |||
| Osijek | 2018–19 | Prva NHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 5 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | |||
| Total | 31 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 9 | |||
| Botoșani | 2019–20 | Liga I | 13 | 8 | — | 13 | 8 | |||||
| 2020–21 | 5 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 7 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 18 | 10 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 20 | 11 | ||||
| Sochi | 2020–21 | RPL | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 17 | 2 | |||
| 2021–22 | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 7 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 24 | 5 | |||
| CFR Cluj | 2021–22 | Liga I | 13 | 1 | — | 13 | 1 | |||||
| 2022–23 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 14 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |||
| Rapid București | 2022–23 | Liga I | 37 | 22 | 4 | 0 | — | 41 | 22 | |||
| 2023–24 | 7 | 6 | — | 7 | 6 | |||||||
| Total | 44 | 28 | 4 | 0 | — | 48 | 28 | |||||
| Al-Tai | 2023–24 | Saudi Professional League | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 2 | |||
| 2024–25 | First Division League | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 211 | 54 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 244 | 66 | ||
- Appearance in Coppa Italia Serie C
- Appearance in Supercupa României
Honours
CFR Cluj
- Liga I: 2021–22
- Supercupa României runner-up: 2022
Individual
References
- "Состав футбольного клуба "Сочи" пополнил хорватский нападающий Марко Дуганджич" (in Russian). PFC Sochi. 14 October 2020.
- "BUN VENIT, MARKO DUGANDZIC!" (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. 11 January 2022.
- "MARKO DUGANDZIC S-A TRANSFERAT LA AL-TAI FC" (in Romanian). Rapid București. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- Marko Dugandžić at WorldFootball.net
External links
- Marko Dugandžić at Croatian Football Statistics (archived) (in Croatian)
- Marko Dugandžić at Sportnet.hr (in Croatian)
- Marko Dugandžić at the Croatian Football Federation
- Marko Dugandžić at Soccerway
| Al-Tai FC – current squad | |
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Osijek
- Men's association football forwards
- Croatian men's footballers
- Croatia men's youth international footballers
- Croatia men's under-21 international footballers
- NK Osijek players
- Ternana Calcio players
- FC Matera players
- FC Botoșani players
- PFC Sochi players
- CFR Cluj players
- FC Rapid București players
- Al-Tai FC players
- Croatian Football League players
- First Football League (Croatia) players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- Liga I players
- Russian Premier League players
- Saudi Pro League players
- Saudi First Division League players
- Croatian expatriate men's footballers
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia