Mijat Gaćinović

Mijat Gaćinović
Gaćinović with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2017
Personal information
Full name Mijat Gaćinović
Date of birth (1995-02-08) 8 February 1995
Place of birth Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Eintracht Frankfurt
Number 11
Youth career
Leotar
Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Vojvodina 50 (12)
2015– Eintracht Frankfurt 70 (3)
National team
2011 Bosnia and Herzegovina U17[lower-alpha 1] 3 (1)
2013–2014 Serbia U19[lower-alpha 1] 11 (2)
2014–2015 Serbia U20 10 (0)
2015–2017 Serbia U21 12 (3)
2017– Serbia 8 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2018

Mijat Gaćinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Мијат Гаћиновић, pronounced [mǐjat ɡatɕîːnoʋitɕ]; born 8 February 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club Eintracht Frankfurt.

Club career

Vojvodina

Gaćinović was born in Novi Sad while his father Vladimir played for FK Bečej.[1][2] His family is from Trebinje, where Gaćinović returned when his father finished his career. He started to play football at Leotar, before joining the youth academy of Vojvodina. He made his first team debut under manager Nebojša Vignjević on 19 March 2013, coming off the bench as a substitute for Miroslav Vulićević in a 3–0 home win over Donji Srem. On 18 May 2013, Gaćinović scored his first senior goal in a 3–2 home league victory over Radnički Niš.

After already establishing his place in the starting lineup, Gaćinović helped Vojvodina win the 2013–14 Serbian Cup in the club's centennial year. He was named the team's captain in early 2015, eventually becoming their top league scorer in the 2014–15 season, netting 11 goals.

Eintracht Frankfurt

In the summer of 2015, Gaćinović moved to Germany and signed with Eintracht Frankfurt. He made his official debut for the club on 28 November 2015, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–2 away league loss against Mainz 05. On 19 May 2016, Gaćinović scored the equalizer in the first leg of the 2015–16 Bundesliga relegation playoffs against Nürnberg, before assisting the only goal in the return leg away to keep his club in the top flight.[3]

International career

Gaćinović played for Bosnia and Herzegovina at Under-17 level, before eventually choosing to represent Serbia at Under-19 level. He was a member of the team that won the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Furthermore, Gaćinović scored an equalizer against Portugal in the 85th minute of the semi-final. He also appeared at the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

Subsequently, Gaćinović represented Serbia at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, winning the gold medal.[4]

He debuted for the senior national team on 24 March 2017 against Georgia, replacing Filip Kostić in the 81st minute, and scored the third goal for Serbia in the 86th minute. In May 2018 he was named in Serbia’s preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 7 October 2018[6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vojvodina 2012–13 51100061
2013–14 2004130271
2014–15 251130002811
Total 50128130006113
Eintracht Frankfurt 2015–16 70002191
2016–17 2826000342
2017–18 2914300334
2018–19 60000060
Total 7031030021826
Career total 12015184302114319

International

Serbia national team
YearAppsGoals
201752
201830
Total82

International goals

As of match played 2 September 2017[6]
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 24 March 2017Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia1 Georgia3–13–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 2 September 2017Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia2 Moldova1–03–0

Honours

Club

Vojvodina

Eintracht Frankfurt

International

Serbia

Individual

Orders

Notes

  1. 1 2 Only official UEFA matches included

References

  1. "Gaćinović isplanirao finiš sezone: S "kraja sveta" na zapad Evrope". novosti.rs (in Serbian). 12 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  2. "Sve što niste znali o "orlićima", šampionima sveta!". sport.blic.rs (in Serbian). 21 June 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  3. "Eintracht Frankfurt beat Nürnberg to secure survival". bundesliga.com. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  4. "Ecstasy in Auckland as Serbia make history". fifa.com. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  5. "Један тим, срцем свим – Младен Крстајић одабрао" [One team, with all their hearts – Mladen Krstajić selects]. FSS.rs (in Serbian). Football Association of Serbia. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  6. 1 2 Mijat Gaćinović at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  7. "Dodik odlikovao "orliće" iz Srpske" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
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