Tomi Juric ( ; hr, Jurić, ; born 22 July 1991) is an Australian professional

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who plays as a striker for A-League club

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and the Australia national soccer team.

Club career

Adelaide United

On 10 February 2013, after spending a number of seasons abroad in

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playing for

NK Lokomotiva Nogometni klub Lokomotiva Zagreb ( en, Lokomotiva Zagreb Football Club), commonly known as Lokomotiva Zagreb or simply Lokomotiva, is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. It competes in the Croatian First Football League, the ...

and

NK Inter Zaprešić Nogometni klub Inter Zaprešić was a Croatian professional football club based in Zaprešić, a town northwest of the capital Zagreb. The team are nicknamed ''Keramičari'' (The ceramics makers), because they were sponsored by a ceramics facto ...

in the Prva HNL, Juric signed a short-term contract to play for Australian club

Adelaide United Adelaide United Football Club is a professional soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club participates in the A-League Men under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was founded in 2003 to fil ...

in the A-League. On 16 February 2013, Juric scored on his Adelaide United debut in a 2–1 defeat at Sydney FC.

Western Sydney Wanderers

On 20 May 2013 Juric signed for Western Sydney Wanderers on a two-year deal, becoming the Wanderers first signing of the A-League off-season. On debut for the Wanderers he scored the equaliser against the

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in the 1–1 draw on 12 October 2013. Juric scored his first Asian Champions League goal in the Round of 16 against Sanfrecce Hiroshima on 7 May 2014. In a successful first season at Western Sydney, Juric finished with 12 goals in 29 appearances, four of those coming in the 2014 Asian Champions League which his side won, Juric scoring, an amazing goal, the only goal in a 1–0 aggregate win over the Arabian team Al-Hilal. On 15 January 2015, Juric turned his back on a proposed $10 million move to

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side

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, opting to chase a move to Europe, where he believed he would have a better chance of staying involved with the Socceroos beyond the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. Juric left the Wanderers on 16 May 2015.

Roda JC

On 15 August 2015, Juric signed a one-year deal with

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side Roda JC. He made his Eredivisie debut for Roda JC on 20 September 2015 at the Parkstad Limburg Stadion in Kerkrade against Feyenoord as a 71st-minute substitute for Edwin Gyasi. He was released at the end of the 2015–16 season.

FC Luzern

On 2 July 2016, despite interest from the

, Juric joined

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. On his first appearance for Luzern, Juric manage to score a brace. After scoring four goals in seventeen appearances for Luzern, English club

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who were impressed with his ability to hold up play and trouble defences, were reportedly interested in his services. Despite intense interest from England, Juric further endeared himself to the Luzern faithful and stayed. Though injury troubles slowed him down, Juric finished the

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season, with 8 goals in 30 appearances. Despite a second injury hit season in the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, Juric was once again Luzern's second highest goalscorer with seven goals in 27 appearances.

CSKA Sofia

After his contract with Luzern expired, Juric joined Bulgarian club

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, signing a contract on 27 August 2019. He scored his only goal for the team on 12 September 2020, netting a late equalizer in the 1:1 away draw with Cherno More in a league match. His tenure at the club lasted for a little over a year, as he failed to get many opportunities to reveal his skills, in part due to injury problems. In June 2020, Juric tested positive for

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. On 18 November 2020 the club confirmed that Juric had been released by mutual consent.

Return to Adelaide United

On 26 November 2020, Juric returned to A-League club

. On 19 February 2021, Juric scored a hat-trick consisting of all penalty kicks against the

Macarthur FC

Juric signed with

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in July 2021.

Melbourne Victory

Juric signed with

in June 2022 on a one-year deal.

International career

On 28 June 2013, Juric was called up to the

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training camp on the Central Coast. Juric made his debut for the Socceroos off the bench in the Socceroos' 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup match against

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. Juric was chosen by Ange Postecoglou, the Australian manager, to take part in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and on 13 January 2015, Juric scored his first Asian Cup goal against

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, coming of the bench as a substitute for

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. He set up the winning goal in the

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in extra time for Australia, holding off Korean defenders and pulling off a nutmeg to put a cross through to James Troisi. In May 2018 he was named in Australia's 23-man squad for the

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in Russia. He replaced Andrew Nabbout in the match against

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in the 64th minute after Nabbout dislocated his shoulder, and started against

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; however, he was unable to score in both games as Australia were eliminated from the tournament in the group stage, and was himself substituted for Tim Cahill in the match against Peru.

Personal life

Juric is of Croatian descent. His father is a Bosnian Croat from

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and his mother is from

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. His younger brother Deni is also a professional soccer player, currently playing for

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Statistics accurate as of match played 20 November 2018.''

International goals

:''Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Western Sydney Wanderers * AFC Champions League:

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Australia * AFC Asian Cup: 2015 Individual * A-League All Star:

* AFC Champions League Dream Team:

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Juric, Tomi 1991 births Living people Australian people of Croatian descent Australian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Australia international soccer players Association football forwards NK Croatia Sesvete players Croatian Football League players NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players NK Inter Zaprešić players Adelaide United FC players Western Sydney Wanderers FC players Roda JC Kerkrade players FC Luzern players PFC CSKA Sofia players Macarthur FC players Melbourne Victory FC players A-League Men players Eredivisie players Swiss Super League players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players 2015 AFC Asian Cup players 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players Soccer players from Sydney AFC Asian Cup-winning players Australian expatriate soccer players Expatriate footballers in Croatia Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Australian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Australian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Australian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Australian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria People educated at Endeavour Sports High School 2018 FIFA World Cup players Australian soccer players