Mario Čuić | |
Birth Date: | 22 April 2001 |
Birth Place: | Split, Croatia |
Clubnumber: | 8 |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthyears1: | –2015 |
Youthclubs1: | Tomislav |
Youthyears2: | 2015–2020 |
Youthclubs2: | Hajduk Split |
Years1: | 2019–2021 |
Caps1: | 19 |
Goals1: | 3 |
Years2: | 2020–2023 |
Clubs2: | Hajduk Split |
Caps2: | 20 |
Goals2: | 2 |
Years3: | 2022–2023 |
Clubs3: | → Radomlje (loan) |
Caps3: | 40 |
Goals3: | 3 |
Years4: | 2023– |
Clubs4: | Istra 1961 |
Caps4: | 30 |
Goals4: | 2 |
Nationalyears1: | 2017–2019 |
Nationalteam1: | Croatia U17 |
Nationalcaps1: | 10 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Nationalyears2: | 2019 |
Nationalteam2: | Croatia U19 |
Nationalcaps2: | 6 |
Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
Nationalyears3: | 2023 |
Nationalteam3: | Croatia U23 |
Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 25 May 2024 |
Nationalteam-Update: | 9 June 2023 |
Mario Čuić (born 22 April 2001) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Prva HNL club Istra 1961.
Mario Čuić was born in Split, but raised in Donji Brišnik, a village in the municipality of Tomislavgrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] He started his football career at local club Tomislav. He moved to neighbouring Croatia, joining the youth academy of famed Dalmatian club Hajduk Split in 2015. In late 2019, he signed a five-year contract with Hajduk.[2]
Čuić made his debut for Hajduk on 11 June 2020, earning a place in the starting eleven and playing 66 minutes in a 1–0 win over Istra 1961. Aged 19, Čuić scored his first and second Hajduk goals in the Eternal derby in a 3–2 win over Dinamo Zagreb at Stadion Maksimir. The goals came in his sixth ever professional appearance.