Adrian Grbić (born 4 August 1996) is an Austrian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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for French club
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
on loan from
Lorient, and the
Austria national team.
Club career
On 8 July 2020, Grbić signed a five-year contract with
Ligue 1
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club
Lorient. The deal was reportedly worth around €10 million. He scored a goal from a penalty on his debut with Lorient in a 3–1 win against
Strasbourg
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on 23 August 2020. On 11 January 2022, Grbić signed for Dutch club
Vitesse on loan until the end of the
2021–22 season. On 31 January 2023, Grbić was loaned to
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
in
Ligue 2
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for the rest of the season.
International career
Grbić was born in Austria and is of Croatian descent. He is a youth international for Austria. Three weeks after his 24th birthday, on 25 August 2020, he was first called up to the
Austria national football team
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for the
Nations League games against
Norway
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and
Romania
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. He made his debut on 4 September 2020 in a game against Norway.
Career statistics
[
:''Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Grbić goal.''
]
References
External links
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1996 births
Living people
Men's association football forwards
Austrian footballers
Austria men's youth international footballers
Austria men's under-21 international footballers
Austria men's international footballers
Austrian people of Croatian descent
2. Liga (Austria) players
3. Liga players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Eredivisie players
VfB Stuttgart players
VfB Stuttgart II players
Floridsdorfer AC players
Clermont Foot players
FC Lorient players
SBV Vitesse players
Valenciennes FC players
Austrian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Expatriate footballers in France
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Austrian expatriate sportspeople in France
Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
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