Bojan Vručina

Bojan Vručina
Personal information
Date of birth	8 November 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Varaždin, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Međimurec DP
Youth career
1990–1992	Podravina
1992–1996	Varteks
1996–1997	Podravina
1997–2002	Varteks
2002–2004	Podravina
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2010	Slaven Belupo
2008	→ MSV Duisburg (loan)
2010	Hapoel Tel Aviv
2010–2011	Panserraikos
2011–2012	Slaven Belupo
2012–2013	Kaposvár
2014–2016	Shkëndija
2016	Trikala
2016–2017	Rudar Velenje
2017–2018	Shabab Al-Ordon
2018–2019	SV Wildon
2019–2020	Borac Imbriovec
2020–2022	Zadrugar Hrastovsko
2022	Sc St.Margarethen/Raab
2022	Drava-Ajax
2022–	Međimurec DP
International career
2004	Croatia U20
2006	Croatia U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 January 2023

Bojan Vručina (born 8 November 1984) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Međimurec Dunjkovec-Pretetinec.

Club career

After youth years with Varteks and Podravina Ludbreg, Vručina started his professional career at Slaven Belupo in the second half of the 2003–04 season. In the 2006–07 season, he appeared in 32 of the club's 33 games in the Croatian league, scoring eleven goals. In the summer of 2007, he also appeared in all of the club's four UEFA Cup qualifiers, scoring three goals.

In the second half of the 2007–08 season, Vručina was signed by German Bundesliga side MSV Duisburg on loan until the end of the season. He made his Bundesliga debut on 2 February 2008 as a late substitute in their 3–3 draw against Borussia Dortmund. However, he failed to find his place as a regular at the club and only appeared in eight league games, seven of them as a substitute. Following Duisburg's relegation to the 2. Bundesliga, he returned to Slaven Belupo.

In the summer of 2008, he helped Slaven Belupo reach the first round of the UEFA Cup for the first time in the club's history, scoring five goals in their four qualifiers for the competition. However, they failed to reach the group stage after losing to CSKA Moscow in the first round. Vručina nevertheless continued to perform well for the club in the Croatian league and he was their top goalscorer with 14 goals.

On 28 January 2010, Vručina signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Hapoel Tel Aviv^[1] and was a part of the historic win of the Israeli State Cup and Ligat Ha'Al (the Israeli Premier League)

In August 2010, he signed a one-year contract with Superleague Greece club Panserraikos^[2] After playing three official matches with the club, he suffered a knee injury and on 28 September it was announced that he would need a knee surgery that would keep him out of action for about five months.^[3]

Vručina and Panserraikos agreed termination of his contract in December 2011 and in March 2012 he joined his former club Slaven Belupo as a free agent.^[4]

On 25 June 2019, Vručina signed a contract with Croatian fifth division club Borac Imbriovec.^[5] He also had two spells in the Austrian lower leagues.^[6]

International career

In 2006, Vručina won five international caps for the Croatian national under-21 team, scoring his only goal in a friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina on 1 August 2006.^[7]

In late March 2009, he received his first call-up for Croatia's senior national team after being named to their squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Andorra on 1 April 2009.

References

^ Vrucina is set for Hapoel Archived 7 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Aνακοίνωσε Βρούτσινα ο Πανσερραϊκός". sport24.gr (in Greek). 2 August 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
^ "Σοκ με Βρούτσινα έως και 5 μήνες εκτός!". sport24.gr (in Greek). 29 September 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
^ "Bojan Vručina back to old flock". Sportnet. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
^ "Nekadašnji Slavenov golgeter Bojan Vručina novi je napadač Borca iz Imbriovca" (in Croatian). ePodravina. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
^ Austrian career stats – ÖFB
^ "Hrvatski nogometni savez".

External links

Bojan Vručina at Soccerway.com
Bojan Vručina at WorldFootball.net
Bojan Vručina at kicker (in German)
Bojan Vručina at FBref.com
Bojan Vručina at the Croatian Football Federation
Bojan Vručina – Israel Football Association league player details

[Vrucina_is_set-1] Vrucina is set for Hapoel Archived 7 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Aνακοίνωσε Βρούτσινα ο Πανσερραϊκός". sport24.gr (in Greek). 2 August 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2018.

[3] "Σοκ με Βρούτσινα έως και 5 μήνες εκτός!". sport24.gr (in Greek). 29 September 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2018.

[4] "Bojan Vručina back to old flock". Sportnet. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.

[5] "Nekadašnji Slavenov golgeter Bojan Vručina novi je napadač Borca iz Imbriovca" (in Croatian). ePodravina. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.

[6] Austrian career stats – ÖFB

[7] "Hrvatski nogometni savez".

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