Danijel Subotić (born 31 January 1989) is a Swiss

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who plays for FC Glattbrugg.

Career

Beginning

Subotić was born in

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, but his family originated from

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, all back then part of

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. His younger brother Dejan (born in 1996) is also footballer, having signed his first professional contract in 2018 with Serbian club FK Rad. Danijel Subotić began his career at

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in his adoptive country Switzerland.

Portsmouth

On 7 January 2008, he became English

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side

Portsmouth F.C. Portsmouth Football Club is a professional football club based in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, which compete in . They are also known as ''Pompey'', a local nickname used by both HMNB Portsmouth and the city of Portsmouth; the ''Pompey'' nick ...

's first signing in the 2008 January transfer window. He signed a reported -year contract. On 5 August 2008, Subotić moved on loan to Belgian club

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, the Portsmouth's feeder club at that time (which relationship ended in June 2009) along with Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo in order to gain first-team experience. He scored 1 goal in 13 league appearances before returned to England in January 2009. On 7 August 2010, Italian

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side

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announced Subotić was trying out at the club. Nearly 2 weeks later, Pompey formally announced Subotić's contract was canceled by mutual consent.

Universitatea Craiova

In February 2011, Danijel Subotić signed a contract with the

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n club

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of Liga 1. On 20 March 2011, he scored his first goal for

during the match against

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. In July 2011, Subotić went on trial with

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side

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, where he played in one friendly match in an attempt to win a contract.

Gabala

On 1 July 2013, Subotić signed a one-year contract with

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side Gabala. However Subotić could not feature in any of Gabala's opening five matches as there was a dispute over the players registration between

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and Gabala, which was finally sorted out during the September International break. Subotić made his debut and scored his first goal for Gabala on 15 September 2013 in a 2–1 away victory over AZAL. On 19 February 2014, Subotić scored his tenth goal for Gabala in only his sixteenth game.

Qadsia SC

Rejecting a new contract with Gabala, Subotić signed instead for Kuwaiti team Qadsia in July 2014. He won 3 titles and scored 31 goals in 28 matches but left the club at the end of the season.

Sheriff Tiraspol

On 23 July 2015, Subotić signed for Moldovan side

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, leaving the club by mutual consent on 28 January 2017.

Gabala Return

On 31 January 2017, Gabala announced the signing of Subotić on a six-month contract. Subotić left Gabala at the end of his contract.

Ulsan Hyundai

On 11 July 2017, Subotić signed a one-year contract with

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Shakhter Karagandy

On 28 March 2018,

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announced the signing of Subotić.

Dinamo București

On 11 September 2018,

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announced the signing of Subotić.

Rapperswil-Jona

After not playing for two seasons, on 28 July 2022 Subotić signed with

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in the third-tier

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International career

Subotić has dual

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as well as Bosnian. However his

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n background also helped him eligible to play for all three. Subotić represented Swiss U19 team at

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Career statistics

Honours

Club

;Qadsia SC *

Kuwait Emir Cup The Kuwait Amir/Emir Cup ( ar, كأس أمير الكويت) is a Kuwaiti football competition created in 1962. The Emir Cup, is the last football competition held in the Kuwaiti football season. It is considered the most valuable cup. Al Arabi ...

(1): 2014–15 *

Kuwait Super Cup The Kuwait Super Cup ( ar, كأس السوبر الكويتي) is an annual one-match association football competition in Kuwait organised by Kuwait Football Association (KFA). This competition serves as the season opener and is played between the ...

(1): 2014 *

AFC Cup The AFC Cup is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Under its current rules, the competition is played primarily between clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying s ...

(1):

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;Sheriff Tiraspol *

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(1): 2015–16 *

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(1): 2016

Individual

Top scorer (1): 2015–16 (12 goals)

References

External links

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