Dario Vujičević (born 1 April 1990) is a Croatian retired professional

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who played as a

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. Raised in Germany, he also holds German citizenship.

Club career

Early life

Vujičević was born in

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its a ...

, then still part of

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, his family later fled to Gronau, Germany and close to the Dutch border, to escape the

Bosnian War The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...

Netherlands

After coming through the

FC Twente Football Club Twente () is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, sometimes known internationally as Twente Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub Enschede with Enschedese Bo ...

youth system, he was promoted to their senior side in 2009. He was loaned to

VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following ...

in January 2011. After joining Dutch side

Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to th ...

in summer 2012, Vujičević was plagued by injuries, being out of the team for long periods. In February 2017, he agreed to be released from his contract from 1 March.Heracles Almelo en Dario Vujicevic beëindigen contract
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vujicevic, Dario 1990 births Living people Footballers from Sarajevo Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina Association football midfielders Croatian footballers Croatia under-21 international footballers FC Twente players VVV-Venlo players Heracles Almelo players Eredivisie players Oberliga (football) players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Croatian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Yugoslav Wars refugees FC Eintracht Rheine players