| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2001-04-22) 22 April 2001 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Split, Croatia | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Istra 1961 | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2015 | Tomislav | ||
| 2015–2020 | Hajduk Split | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Hajduk Split II | 19 | (3) |
| 2020–2023 | Hajduk Split | 20 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | → Radomlje (loan) | 40 | (3) |
| 2023– | Istra 1961 | 30 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 2017–2019 | Croatia U17 | 10 | (1) |
| 2019 | Croatia U19 | 6 | (1) |
| 2023 | Croatia U23 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 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.
Club career
Mario Čuić was born in Split, but raised in Donji Brišnik, a village in the municipality of Tomislavgrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina. 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.
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.
References
- ^ "Tko je Mario Čuić, Tudorovo otkriće koje je prekjučer debitiralo u HNL-u?". Germanijak. 13 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Otkrivamo tko je Mario Čuić, junak pobjede Hajduka; na Maksimiru je napravio ono što u povijesti 'bilih' nikome do sada nije uspjelo..." tportal.hr. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
External links
- Mario Čuić at Croatian Football Statistics (in Croatian)
| NK Istra 1961 – current squad | |
|---|---|
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Tomislavgrad
- Men's association football midfielders
- Croatian men's footballers
- Croatia men's youth international footballers
- HNK Hajduk Split players
- NK Radomlje players
- NK Istra 1961 players
- Croatian Football League players
- Slovenian PrvaLiga players
- Croatian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- 21st-century Croatian sportsmen