Tomi Juric

Tomi Juric
Juric playing for Australia in 2017
Personal information
Full name Tomi Juric[1]
Date of birth (1991-07-22) 22 July 1991[1]
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 FC Luzern
Number 9
Youth career
Hurstville Zagreb
Sydney Olympic
Sydney United
2008–2009 Trnje
2009–2010 Croatia Sesvete
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Croatia Sesvete 24 (12)
2011–2012 Lokomotiva 14 (3)
2012–2013 Inter Zaprešić 12 (1)
2013 Adelaide United 7 (2)
2013–2015 Western Sydney Wanderers 34 (12)
2015–2016 Roda JC 17 (4)
2016– FC Luzern 57 (15)
National team‡
2013– Australia 38 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:05, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

Tomi Juric (/ˈtɒmi ˈjʊrɪtʃ/ TOM-ee YUR-itch;[3] Croatian: Jurić, pronounced [jǔːritɕ];[4] born 22 July 1991) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss Super League club FC Luzern and Australia.

Club career

Adelaide United

On 10 February 2013, after spending a number of seasons abroad in Croatia playing for NK Lokomotiva and NK Inter Zaprešić in the Prva HNL, Juric signed a short-term contract to play for Australian club Adelaide United in the A-League.[5] On 16 February 2013, Juric scored on his Adelaide United debut in a 2–1 defeat at Sydney FC.

Western Sydney Wanderers

On 20 May 2013 Juric signed for Western Sydney Wanderers on a two-year deal, becoming the Wanderers first signing of the A-League off-season. On debut for the Wanderers he scored the equaliser against the Central Coast Mariners in the 1–1 draw on 12 October 2013. Juric scored his first Asian Champions League goal in the Round of 16 against Sanfrecce Hiroshima on 7 May 2014. In a successful first season at Western Sydney, Juric finished with 12 goals in 29 appearances, four of those coming in the 2014 Asian Champions League which his side won, Juric scoring, an amazing goal, the only goal in a 1–0 aggregate win over the Arabian team Al-Hilal.

On 15 January 2015, Juric turned his back on a proposed $10 million move to Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua, opting to chase a move to Europe, where he believed he would have a better chance of staying involved with the Socceroos beyond the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.[6] Juric was released by the Wanderers on 16 May 2015.

Roda JC

On 15 August 2015, Juric signed a one-year deal with Eredivisie side Roda JC. He made his Eredivisie debut for Roda JC on 20 September 2015 at the Parkstad Limburg Stadion in Kerkrade against Feyenoord as a 71st-minute substitute for Edwin Gyasi.[7] He was released at the end of the 2015–16 season.[8]

FC Luzern

On 2 July 2016, despite interest from the Chinese Super League, Juric joined FC Luzern.[9] On his first appearance for Luzern, Juric manage to score a brace. [10] After scoring four goals in seventeen appearances for Luzern, English club Reading FC who were impressed with his ability to hold up play and trouble defences, were reportedly interested in his services. [11] Despite intense interest from England, Juric further endeared himself to the Luzern faithful and stayed. Though injury troubles slowed him down, Juric finished the 2016–17 Swiss Super League season, with 8 goals in 30 appearances. [12]

2017-18

Despite a second injury hit season in the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, Juric was once again Luzern's second highest goalscorer with seven goals in twenty seven appearances.[13]

International career

On 28 June 2013, Juric was called up to the Socceroos training camp on the Central Coast.[14] Juric made his debut for the Socceroos off the bench in the Socceroos' 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup match against South Korea.

Juric was chosen by Ange Postecoglou, the Australian manager, to take part in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and on 13 January 2015, Juric scored his first Asian Cup goal against Oman, coming of the bench as a substitute for Tim Cahill. He set up the winning goal in the final in extra time for Australia, holding off Korean defenders and pulling off a nutmeg to put a cross through to James Troisi.

In May 2018 he was named in Australia’s 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 May 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Croatia Sesvete 2010–11 Croatian Second Football League 241200002412
Lokomotiva 2011–12 Croatian First Football League 1430000143
Inter Zaprešić 2012–13 1201000130
Adelaide United 2012–13 A-League 72000072
Western Sydney Wanderers 2013–14 20800942912
2014–15 1441071225
Total3412101655117
Roda JC 2015–16 Eredivisie 1743300207
FC Luzern 2016–17 Swiss Super League 30843103511
2017–18 2773012319
Total 571573226620
Career total1584812618719561

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 26 June 2018.[16]
Australia
YearAppsGoals
201331
201420
2015101
201652
2017124
201860
Total388

International goals

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.[17]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.25 July 2013Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong, South Korea Japan2–22–32013 EAFF East Asian Cup
2.13 January 2015Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia Oman4–04–02015 AFC Asian Cup
3.1 September 2016nib Stadium, Perth, Australia Iraq2–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.6 October 2016King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia2–12–2
5.8 June 2017Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia Saudi Arabia1–03–2
6.2–1
7.19 June 2017Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia Germany
2–3
2–3
2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
8.5 September 2017Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia Thailand1–02–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Western Sydney Wanderers

Australia

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017: List of players: Australia" (PDF). FIFA. 2 July 2017. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Australia" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 2. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Australian Socceroos, FFA TV: Tomi Juric talks AFC Asian Cup, retrieved 17 November 2017
  4. ↑ "Jȕraj". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 20 June 2018. Júrić
  5. ↑ "Reds secure Juric for remainder of Season 8". footballaustralia.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "Juric snubs China after talks with Postecoglou". Theworldgame.sbs.com.au. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Roda JC vs. Feyenoord". soccerway.com. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "Juric kiest voor vertrek bij Roda JC" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  9. ↑ Davidson, John (2 July 2016). "Juric lands at Luzern". FourFourTwo.
  10. ↑ Stoll, Nick (1 August 2016). "Juric scores double for Swiss side Luzern". The World Game. SBS.
  11. ↑ {{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-au/news/reading-bid-for-tomi-juric-luzern-socceroos/xf0oe7xzebuc1xnybhlooss4e%7Ctitle=Reading Bid For Tomi Juric|publisher=Goal|date=21 January 2017}
  12. ↑ "FC Luzern » Appearances Super League 2016/2017 » sorted by goals". World Football». 21 January 2017.
  13. ↑ {{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/team_performance/fc-luzern/sui-super-league-2017-2018/nach-toren/%7Cpublisher=World Football
  14. ↑ "Juric makes Roos training camp". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  15. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
  16. ↑ Tomi Juric at National-Football-Teams.com
  17. ↑ "Jurić, Tomi". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  18. ↑ John Greco (11 November 2014). "Four Wanderers in ACL Dream Team". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
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