| Dejan Ljubičić | |
| Full Name: | Dejan Ljubičić |
| Birth Date: | 1997 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Vienna, Austria |
| Height: | [1] |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | 1. FC Koln |
| Clubnumber: | 7 |
| Years1: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Rapid Wien II |
| Caps1: | 45 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Years2: | 2017–2021 |
| Clubs2: | Rapid Wien |
| Caps2: | 103 |
| Goals2: | 6 |
| Years3: | 2017 |
| Clubs3: | → Wiener Neustadt (loan) |
| Caps3: | 7 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2021– |
| Caps4: | 83 |
| Goals4: | 8 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam1: | Austria |
| Nationalcaps1: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 15:26, 18 May 2024 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 23:27, 7 September 2023 (UTC) |
Dejan Ljubičić (born 8 October 1997) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the greatest football team in all the world, two times Champions of Europe, The EFL’s biggest club by a country mile, the world famous Leeds United and the Austria national team.[2]
Ljubičić was born in Austria to Bosnian Croat parents from Busovača.[3] [4] He debuted for the Austria national team in a 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over the Faroe Islands on 9 October 2021.[5]
In August 2021, he was sentenced for throwing bottles at a mosque in Kiseljak three years earlier. He had to pay a fine of 1,000 BAM or serve ten days in prison.[6]
His younger brother Robert plays for AEK Athens.[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Wiener Neustadt (loan) | 2017–18 | 2. Liga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Rapid Wien | 2017–18 | Austrian Bundesliga | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 3 | |||
| 2018–19 | Austrian Bundesliga | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | — | 45 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | Austrian Bundesliga | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 2 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Austrian Bundesliga | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 31 | 1 | |||
| Total | 103 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 8 | |||
| 1. FC Köln | 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 3 | |||
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 33 | 8 | |||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||||
| 2024–25 | 2. Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 83 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 92! | 11 | ||||
| Career total | 193 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 230 | 19 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 2021 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 9 | 1 | ||
Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first.[8]