Filip Ugrinic ( sr, Филип Угринић, Filip Ugrinić; born 5 January 1999) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for

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club

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. He will join Young Boys on 1 July 2022. Ugrinic has represented Switzerland internationally at youth level.

Club career

FC Luzern

Born in

Lucerne Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking po ...

, Switzerland, Ugrinic began playing football for local club FC Kickers Luzern before moving to the

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in 2006. At the start of the 2016–17 season, he made the leap into the FC Luzern first team competing in

, where he made his professional debut on 15 October 2016 in the away game against Basel. On 26 November in the 2–1 away victory against Thun, Ugrinić was in the starting line-up for the first time and played the entire match. He also recorded his first assist in the Super League in this game, directing a free-kick to

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who made it 1–0. On 3 December 2016, he signed his first professional contract with

until 2020. His youth contract ran until 2017. On 13 July 2017, Ugrinic made his European debut in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League, a 2–0 loss to

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. He scored his first professional goal on 26 October 2017 in a 3–2 away win in the

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, knocking out Echallens. Ugrinic scored his first league goal on 30 September 2018 in a 3–1 home defeat against Sion. On 3 July 2019, his contract with Luzern was extended until 2021 and he was sent on a season-long loan to Eredivisie club Emmen. After his return to Luzern, he won the

with the team in May 2021.

BSC Young Boys

On 31 May 2022, Young Boys announced that they had reached an agreement with Luzern for the transfer of Ugrinic. He signed a four-year contract and was set to join the club on 1 July.

International career

Ugrinic is a youth international for Switzerland at the U18 and U19 levels. In October 2019, he was capped at U21 level.

Personal life

Ugrinic is of Serbian descent.

Career statistics

Honours

FC Luzern *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ugrinic, Filip 1999 births Living people Swiss footballers Swiss expatriate footballers Switzerland youth international footballers Swiss people of Serbian descent Swiss Super League players Eredivisie players FC Luzern players FC Emmen players BSC Young Boys players Swiss expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Association football midfielders Sportspeople from Lucerne