Darko Zorić

Darko Zorić

Zorić with Montenegro in 2014
Personal information
Full name Darko Zorić
Date of birth (1993-09-12) 12 September 1993
Place of birth Nikšić, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 12 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
AEK Athens
Number 17
Youth career
–2010 Sutjeska Nikšić
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Sutjeska Nikšić 7 (0)
2011–2014 Čelik Nikšić 54 (16)
2014– AEK Athens 19 (3)
2015–2016Borac Čačak (loan) 25 (4)
National team
2013–2014 Montenegro U21 8 (1)
2014– Montenegro 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:58, 18 May 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 April 2016

Darko Zorić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Зорић; born 12 September 1993) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as midfielder for AEK Athens.

Club career

Early career

Zorić made his professional debut with Sutjeska Nikšić in 2010 at the age of 17. After just playing seven games with Sutjeska, he transferred to city rivals Čelik Nikšić, with whom Zorić would reach two Montenegrin Cup finals. Throughout the winter of 2013-2014, negotiations took place between Zorić and Inter Milan[1] and Red Star Belgrade.[2]

AEK Athens

On 11 February 2014, it was announced that Zorić signed a contract with AEK Athens F.C., but would play the rest of the 2013-14 season with Čelik before moving to AEK in July 2014.[3] It was reported that Dušan Bajević tipped off the Greek club into recruiting Zorić.[3]On 31 August 2015 he joined serbian side Borac Čačak. After a prolific season with 7 goals and 7 assists, he returned to AEK.

International career

Zorić debuted at the age of 20 for the Montenegro national football team on May 23, 2014, in a 2-0 loss against Slovakia under coach Branko Brnović.[4]

Honours

Čelik
AEK Athens

References

  1. G Factor: Darko Zoric, il giovane montenegrino sul taccuino di Inter e Borussia Dortmund (Italian) 7 December 2013
  2. Janković, Nikola. Mondo: Darko Zorić potvrdio: Pregovaram sa Zvezdom! (Serbian) 14 January 2014
  3. 1 2 Mijušković, Dejan. "Zorić potpisao za AEK, pa pozajmljen Čeliku".
  4. Soccerway: SLOVAKIA VS. MONTENEGRO 2 - 0
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