Josip Drmić

Josip Drmić

Drmić with Switzerland in 2015
Personal information
Full name Josip Drmić[1]
Date of birth (1992-08-08) 8 August 1992
Place of birth Lachen, Switzerland
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Number 9
Youth career
2001–2009 FC Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 FC Zürich II 26 (26)
2010–2013 FC Zürich 62 (18)
2013–2014 1. FC Nürnberg 33 (17)
2014–2015 Bayer Leverkusen 25 (6)
2015– Borussia Mönchengladbach 13 (1)
2016 → Hamburger SV (loan) 6 (1)
National team‡
2010 Switzerland U18 1 (0)
2010–2011 Switzerland U19 7 (6)
2011–2013 Switzerland U21 11 (6)
2012 Switzerland Olympic 3 (0)
2012– Switzerland 25 (8)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2015

Josip Drmić (born 8 August 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a striker for Borussia Mönchengladbach, and the Switzerland national football team.

He began his career at FC Zürich and moved to 1. FC Nürnberg in 2013. His 17 goals in his first Bundesliga season then earned him a transfer to Bayer Leverkusen, where he again spent one campaign before being signed by Mönchengladbach.

A full international since 2012, Drmić has earned over 20 caps for Switzerland, representing them at the 2012 Olympics and the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

FC Zürich

Born to Croatian parents in Lachen in the canton of Schwyz, Drmić began his playing career at FC Zürich and rose through the youth ranks, soon playing regularly for Zürich's reserve team. He eventually made his league debut on 6 February 2010 against Neuchâtel Xamax, coming on as a substitute. He scored his first Swiss Super League goal in a 1–1 away draw against FC Luzern on 4 February 2012.[2]

During the 2012–13 season, he scored 13 goals in 31 Super League matches and 19 goals from 39 matches in all competitions.[3]

1. FC Nürnberg

Drmić in action for Nürnberg in July 2013

In July 2013, Drmić joined Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg on a four-year contract.[4] On 18 August, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 2–2 draw against Hertha BSC.[5] He finished his first season with 17 league goals, the third most by any player in the league,[6] but his team was relegated.[7]

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

On 12 May 2014, Drmić agreed to sign a five-year deal with Bayer Leverkusen, for an undisclosed fee.[8] He made his debut on 19 August as an 88th-minute substitute for Hakan Çalhanoğlu as the side won 3–2 at FC Copenhagen in the first leg of their Champions League play-off.[9]

He was an unused substitute as they began their Bundesliga campaign on 23 August with a 2–0 win at Borussia Dortmund[10] and did not feature at all in Leverkusen's first two matches of the league season, making his debut on 12 September by replacing Stefan Kießling in added time of a 3–3 draw at home against Werder Bremen.[11] Nine days later he scored his first goal for the team, starting and then equalising in the 29th minute of a 4–1 defeat at VfL Wolfsburg.[12] He added his first brace for the club on 29 November, as a half-time replacement for Stefan Kießling in a 5–1 win over 1. FC Köln.[13] On 13 March 2015, he added another brace for his fifth and sixth goals of the league season, in a 4–0 home win over VfB Stuttgart.[14] Drmić was the only Leverkusen player to miss in the penalty shootout against Bayern Munich on 8 April, his attempt was saved by Manuel Neuer, which eliminated the team from the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal.[15]

Borussia Mönchengladbach

On 17 June 2015, Drmić joined his third Bundesliga team, Borussia Mönchengladbach, on four-year deal.[16] He made his debut on 10 August, starting in a 4–1 win at FC St. Pauli in the first round of the DFB-Pokal; five days later he made his league bow in a 4–0 loss at Borussia Dortmund. Drmić totalled only one goal from 19 games across all competitions before leaving on loan; on 28 November he headed as they came from behind to draw 3–3 at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.[17]

On 1 February 2016, Drmić joined fellow league team Hamburger SV on loan until the end of season.[18] He debuted six days later, starting in a 1–1 draw with Köln at the Volksparkstadion.[19] On 27 February he scored the first goal of his loan, opening a home game of the same score against FC Ingolstadt 04.[20]

International career

Drmić holding off Austria's Julian Baumgartlinger in a November 2015 friendly

Drmić is a Swiss international having played at under-19, under-21 and senior level.[21] He was a member of Switzerland's squad at the 2012 Summer Olympics,[3] and came on as a substitute in the last two games as the team were eliminated in last place in Group B.

On 11 September 2012, Drmić won his first cap for the Switzerland senior team in a 2–0 2014 World Cup qualifying win over Albania.[22] He scored his first two international goals in a 2–2 draw with Croatia on 6 March 2014.[23]

On 13 May 2014, Drmić was named in Switzerland's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[24] He scored the only goal of the game in the 83rd minute from Blerim Džemaili's assist, as Switzerland beat Jamaica in a warm-up game for the tournament on 30 May. In the first game of the tournament, a 2–1 win over Ecuador, he had a goal ruled out for offside and was substituted for Haris Seferović who scored the winning goal.[25] Drmić was dropped for Seferović for the second match, a 5–2 defeat to France, but returned and set up two of Xherdan Shaqiri's three goals in the 3–0 win over Honduras in the last group match in Manaus which saw Switzerland advance to the knockout stage as runners-up.[26]

Drmić scored his first competitive goal for Switzerland on 14 June 2015, equalising in a 2–1 away victory over Lithuania in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying.[27] On 5 September, he came on in the 64th minute for Blerim Džemaili, and netted twice as the Swiss came from 0–2 down to defeat Slovenia 3–2 in a qualifier in Basel.[28] After having knee surgery in March, he missed the final tournament.[29]

International goals

Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.[30]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 5 March 2014 AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland  Croatia 1–0 2–2 Friendly
2. 2–1
3. 30 May 2014 Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland  Jamaica 1–0 1–0 Friendly
4. 18 November 2014 Stadion Miejski, Wrocław, Poland  Poland 1–0 2–2 Friendly
5. 14 June 2015 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania  Lithuania 1–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2016 Qualification
6. 5 September 2015 St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland  Slovenia 1–2 3–2 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
7. 3–2
8. 13 November 2015 Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia  Slovakia 2–3 2–3 Friendly

References

  1. ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 30. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. ↑
  3. 1 2 ""Club" verpflichtet Drmic". Bundesliga (in German). 6 July 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Club stellt Drmic vor". kicker (in German). 6 July 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Kiyotake sorgt für Punkteteilung". Bundesliga (in German). 18 August 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Torjäger" [Goalscorers] (in German). DFL. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "Nurnberg and Braunschweig relegated from Bundesliga". Goal.com. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Leverkusen beat Arsenal to Drmic signing". Goal.com. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Leverkusen edge København in first-leg thriller". UEFA. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Borussia Dortmund 0-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen". BBC Sport. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Bayer Leverkusen 3-3 Werder Bremen: Hosts held in six goal thriller". Goal.com. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Wolfsburg trounce Leverkusen, Gladbach draw". Deutsche Welle. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  13. ↑ Hautmann, Thomas; Trecker, Jerry (29 November 2014). "Leverkusen smash rival Cologne in Rhine Derby; Bayern extend lead". Fox Sports. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  14. ↑ "Bayer Levkn 4-0 VfB Stuttgart". BBC Sport. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 Bayern Munich AET (3-5 pens): Neuer and Thiago the shoot-out heroes". Goal.com. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "Borussia verpflichtet Josip Drmic" [Borussia sign Josip Drmić]. Borussia Mönchengladbach. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  17. ↑ "GLADBACH FIGHT BACK TO RESCUE POINT AT HOFFENHEIM". Bundesliga. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  18. ↑ "Perfekt: HSV leiht Josip Drmic aus" [Perfect: HSV loans in Josip Drmić] (in German). Hamburger SV. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  19. ↑ "Drmic relishing Gladbach clash". Fox Sports. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  20. ↑ "Drmic feiert Traumtor mit Mucki-Jubel". Bild (in German). 27 February 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  21. ↑ "Josip Drmic". Switzerland U-21. Schweizerischer Fussballverband. Archived from the original on April 12, 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  22. ↑ "Josip Drmic". UEFA. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  23. ↑ "Drmic takes goalscoring to another level". UEFA. 6 March 2014.
  24. ↑ "World Cup 2014: Pajtim Kasami on standby for Switzerland". BBC. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  25. ↑ Whalley, Mike (15 June 2014). "Switzerland 2-1 Ecuador". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  26. ↑ Emons, Michael (25 June 2014). "Honduras 0-3 Switzerland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  27. ↑ "Drmic and Shaqiri help Swiss see sink Lithuania". UEFA. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  28. ↑ James, Andy (5 September 2015). "Swiss salvage all three points against Slovenia". UEFA. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  29. ↑ "Drmic out of Euro 2016 after knee surgery". Yahoo!. Omnisport. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  30. ↑ "Josip Drmić". European Football. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
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