Damir Vuica (born 17 January 1972) is a Croatian retired footballer who played for
NK Osijek
Nogometni klub Osijek ( en, Osijek Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Osijek or simply Osijek (), is a Croatian professional football club from Osijek. Founded in 1947, it was the club from Slavonia with the most seasons in the Yugoslav ...
,
HNK Hajduk Split and
NK Kamen Ingrad
NK Kamen Ingrad was a Croatian football club from Velika, a small town near Požega in the northeast of Croatia. The club was dissolved in July 2008 after serious financial problems.
History
The club was formed as NK Velika in 1929. After Wor ...
. He is considered one of the best Osijek´s players of all time.
Career
The long-haired Vuica played 295 official matches for Osijek in all competitions, putting him in third place with most appearances for the club after
Mile Škorić and
Bakir Beširević.
Vuica has the honour to be the most yellow-carded player in the history of the
Croatian Football League
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with 104 in 372 games. He is also Osijek's record holder with 67.
He played in the
Champions League for Hajduk,
EUROPSKE UTAKMICE U SEZONI 1994/95
- Hajduk losing in the quarter-finals to eventual champions Ajax
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* Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea
* Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris
* ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Gree ...
, and in Kamen Ingrad's only ever UEFA Cup
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run.
Personal life
Vuica is married to Jakica and the couple has two sons.
Career statistics
References
External links
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1972 births
Living people
Footballers from Osijek
Men's association football defenders
Croatian men's footballers
NK Osijek players
HNK Hajduk Split players
NK Kamen Ingrad players
Croatian Football League players