Mijat Gaćinović

Mijat Gaćinović
Personal information
Full name Mijat Gaćinović
Date of birth (1995-02-08) 8 February 1995
Place of birth Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Winger
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 4 (0)
National team
2011 Bosnia and Herzegovina U17[1] 3 (1)
2013–2014 Serbia U19[1] 11 (2)
2014–2015 Serbia U20 10 (0)
2015– Serbia U21 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 February 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 February 2016

Mijat Gaćinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Мијат Гаћиновић; born 8 February 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger for German club Eintracht Frankfurt.

Club career

Born in Trebinje, son of a former footballer Vladimir Gaćinović,[2] he started playing football at his hometown club Leotar, before joining the youth academy of Vojvodina. He made his first team debut under manager Nebojša Vignjević on 19 March 2013, coming on 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 being a regular member of the team, Gaćinović won the 2013–14 Serbian Cup in the club's centennial year. He was also the club's top league scorer in the 2014–15 season with 11 goals.

In the summer of 2015, Gaćinović moved to Germany and signed with Eintracht Frankfurt.

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.

Gaćinović took part at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, winning the gold medal.[3]

Statistics

As of 30 July 2015
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vojvodina 2012–13 51100061
2013–14 2004130271
2014–15 251130002811
Total 501281306113

Honours

Vojvodina
Serbia
Individual

References

  1. 1 2 Only official UEFA matches included
  2. FANATIK: Sećate li se Bečeja i Bekrija? at mozzartsport.com, 25-6-2014, retrieved 19-4-2016 (Serbian)
  3. "Ecstasy in Auckland as Serbia make history". fifa.com. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.

External links

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