Darko Jevtić ( sr-Cyrl, Дарко Јевтић; born 8 February 1993) is a Swiss professional

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who plays as an

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for Russian side

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. He is of Serbian origin.

Club career

Basel

Jevtić started his youth football with

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. In 2015 he moved across town played for nearly a year in the

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youth team but returned to Basel in August 2006. He played in their U-16 team and was part of the team that won the Swiss Championship in 2008 and 2009. Later he played in the U-18 team, the U-19 team in the 2011–12 NextGen series and the U-21 team before he signed his first professional contract and joined their first team in January 2012. He joined Basel's first team during the winter break of their 2011–12 season under head coach

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. After having appeared in four test games, Jevtić played his domestic league debut for the club, being substituted in, during the away game in the Letzigrund on 28 July 2012 as Basel played a 2–2 draw with Grasshopper Club He had a starting eleven appearances in the Swiss Cup match on 15 September 2012 away against amateur club FC Amriswil and in the last league match of the season at home game in the

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he played the full 90 minutes as Basel won 1–0 against

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. At the end of the Swiss Super League season 2012–13 he won the Championship title with the team. In the

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Basel reached the final, but were runners up behind Grasshopper Club, being defeated 4–3 on penalties, following a 1–1 draw after extra time. In the

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Basel advanced as far as the

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, there being matched against the reigning

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holders

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, but they were knocked out, losing both home and away ties, beaten 2–5 on aggregate. In the next season, after appearing in six test games, Jevtić was in the starting formation in the cup game on 17 August 2013 as Basel won 1–0 against local amateur club

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Wacker Innsbruck (loan)

On 2 September 2013, Basel announced that Jevtić had joined the Austrian club

Wacker Innsbruck FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol. History The ''Fußball-Club Wacker'' ("Valiant") ''Innsbruck'' was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and ...

on a one-year loan.

Lech Poznań (loan)

On 11 June 2014, Jevtić was loaned to Polish Ekstraklasa club, Lech Poznań. The contract contained the option of a definite purchase and on 25 January 2015, Lech Pozan pulled the option and Jevtić signed a three-and-a-half-year contract. During his short period with Basel's first team, Jevtić played a total of 15 games for them scoring a total of three goals. two of these games were in the Swiss Super League, two in the Swiss Cup and 11 were friendly games. He scored all three of his goals during the test games.

Lech Poznań

The Swiss midfielder soon became a key player for the team and stayed with them for six years. Interesting at this point is, that Jevtić's new club was drawn against his youth club in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase in the third qualifying round. The first leg was held on 29 July 2015 in the INEA Stadion, in

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, but Jevtić did not play in this game. With 3–1 Basel won this game. The second leg was played in the

on 5 August, Jevtić was in the starting eleven, but Basel won this game 1–0. Lech Pozan continued in the Europa League play-off round and with a 4–0 aggregate win against Videoton they qualified themselves for the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage. Basel continued in the Champions League play-off round. But, with two draws, 2–2 at home and 1–1 away, and a 3–3 aggregate, Basel were defeated on the away goals rule by

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. Basel too were to continue in the Europa League group stage. Ironically, the two teams were drawn together again, in the same group. The first direct match, on 1 October, was a home match for Basel. Jevtić played in the starting eleven, but the game ended 2–0 for Basel. The return match was in Pozan on 10 December and Jevtić again played in the starting team, but Basel won 1–0. Ending the group in first position Basel qualified themselves for the knockout phase. Ending the group in third position Lech Pozan were eliminated from the competition. Jevtić gathered excellent figures in his Polish career (scoring 33 goals and giving 32 assists in 155 matches).

Rubin Kazan

On 22 January 2020, he signed a 4.5-year contract with Russian club

. With Rubin Kazan he also obtained good playing time (41 matches, 4 goals, 4 assists).

AEK Athens (loan)

On 31 August 2021, he signed a one-year contract with Greek club

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on loan from Russian club

. Following his good time with Lech Poznań and then with

FC Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the second-tier ...

there's a worrying period about his career path with AEK Athens, as he is at the shadow of captain Petros Mantalos. When it was acquired on loan last summer, everyone believed that this addition would be a serious reason for intense competition with the team captain. Something that happened in two games during the days of

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on the bench of the club, while Argirios Giannikis trusted him even less. But during January 2022, probably the decrease of Μantalos' performance open the door of the starting XI since he was acquired.

International career

On 6 June 2013, Jevtić made his debut for the Swiss U-21 team as

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in the 2–3 away defeat against Sweden. During his third appearance for the team on 5 September 2013, in the Group 5 qualification game to the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championships, he scored his first goal for them in the 2–0 away win against Latvia U-21 team in Slokas Stadium,

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Career statistics

Club

¹ Including

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Honours

Basel U16 * Swiss Champion: 2007–08, 2008–09 Basel * Swiss Super League:

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* Swiss Cup runner-up:

Lech Poznań *

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: 2014–15 *

: 2015,

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References

Sources

* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage

External links

Profile at FC Basel
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jevtic, Darko 1993 births Living people Association football midfielders Swiss men's footballers Switzerland under-21 international footballers Switzerland youth international footballers FC Basel players FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) players Lech Poznań players FC Rubin Kazan players AEK Athens F.C. players Swiss Super League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Ekstraklasa players Russian Premier League players Swiss expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Austria Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate footballers in Poland Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate footballers in Russia Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in Greece Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Greece Swiss people of Serbian descent Footballers from Basel