Domagoj Abramović (; born 1 April 1981) is a

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who plays for NK Omladinac Strmec. He was part of the Croatian squad at the

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Career

Club career

Abramović joined

NK Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

as an eight-year-old and scored over 100 goals in various age levels. In 1998, when he was only 17 years old, he debuted in the Dinamo's first team. He came in as a substitute for

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match against Olympiakos. He had to wait his premier league debut for a season over, until he got his chance in 2000 against

NK Cibalia Hrvatski nogometni klub Cibalia, commonly known as Cibalia Vinkovci or simply Cibalia, is a Croatian football club from the town of Vinkovci in eastern Croatia. Cibalia currently play in the Prva NL, Croatia's second tier league. Their stadium ...

and scored two goals. He did not break into the first team and was loaned to

Croatia Sesvete NK Croatia Sesvete was a Croatian football club based in the Sesvete district of the City of Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the souther ...

in the second league. After a successful season in Sesvete he was back in Dinamo. Next season he got 9 matches in the league, all as a substitute. After the season, he moved to Cibalia Vinkovci, hoping to get more playing time. In the next two season with Cibalia, he played in 30 matches and managed to score only 4 goals. After years in Croatian football he changed country and signed for

NK Široki Brijeg Nogometni klub Široki Brijeg ( en, Široki Brijeg Football Club) is a professional association football club from the city of Široki Brijeg, that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Currently, Široki Brijeg plays in the Premier League of ...

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. There he became a leading scorer for the club and lead the club to championship in 2004. He played 4 seasons in Brijeg and scored 34 goals in 81 league matches. In 2007, he moved back to

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and Lokomotiva Zagreb. He played 16 matches in the Dinamo's reserve team in third league, until in July 2008, he moved to

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club

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. He had visited the club already in January, but did not get a contract offer. Abramović won the Finnish championship with FC Inter and was an important part of the winning team. Abramović left Inter Turku in January 2012, and in March same year he came back to

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, signing for

HNK Gorica Hrvatski nogometni klub Gorica ( en, Croatian Football Club Gorica), commonly referred to as HNK Gorica or simply Gorica, is a Croatian football club based in the town of Velika Gorica, located just south of the Croatian capital Zagreb. They p ...

. After helping Gorica to avoid relegation with his 12 goals, Abramović joined their second division rivals

NK Lučko Nogometni klub Lučko is a Croatian football club based in the Novi Zagreb – zapad (New Zagreb-West) district in southwest Zagreb. Founded in 1931 as SK Velebit, shortly after renamed into NK Velebit, it is one of the oldest clubs in its boro ...

. He later played for NK Nur Zagreb.Abramović iz Dubrave prešao u NK Nur
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International career

Abramović was part of the Croatian youth teams from under-16 to 21, but lost his place after

due to lack of playing time in club level. He also played in 1998 European Under-16 Football Championship and in 2000 European Under-18 Football Championship.

Honours

Club

* NK Dinamo Zagreb **

Croatian Cup Croatian Cup may refer to: *Croatian Football Cup *Croatian Football Super Cup * Croatian Women's Football Cup *Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup *Croatian Handball Cup *Croatian Water Polo Cup *Croatian Minute Movie Cup ...

: 2001 * NK Široki Brijeg **

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: 2004, 2006 * FC Inter Turku **

: 2008

References

External links

Domagoj Abramović
at sportmanager.hr {{DEFAULTSORT:Abramovic, Domagoj 1981 births Living people Footballers from Zagreb Association football forwards Croatian footballers Croatia youth international footballers Croatia under-21 international footballers GNK Dinamo Zagreb players NK Croatia Sesvete players HNK Cibalia players NK Široki Brijeg players NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players FC Inter Turku players Thrasyvoulos F.C. players Olympiacos Volos F.C. players Pierikos F.C. players HNK Gorica players NK Lučko players NK Sesvete players NK Vinogradar players NK Dubrava players Croatian Football League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Veikkausliiga players Super League Greece players Football League (Greece) players First Football League (Croatia) players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Expatriate footballers in Finland Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate footballers in Greece Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Greece