Anto Grgić (; born 28 November 1996) is a Swiss professional

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who plays as a

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for

FC Lugano FC Lugano is a Swiss professional football club based in Lugano. The club was refounded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and the financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its origina ...

Club career

On 13 July 2016, Grgić moved to

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. (), commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's Association football, football team is currently part of Germany's f ...

and signed a contract until June 2020 with the German club. On 11 January 2018, he was loaned out to

FC Sion Football Club Sion, commonly known as simply FC Sion or Sion, is a Swiss Association football, football club from the city of Sion, Switzerland, Sion. The club was founded in 1909 and play their home matches at the Stade Tourbillon. They have wo ...

until June 2019. In May 2019, Sion announced the permanent signing of Grgić from Stuttgart on a contract until 2022. On 1 July 2023, Grgić moved to FC Lugano on a free transfer, following FC Sion's relegation to the Challenge League.

International career

Grgić was born in Switzerland in a family of Croatian descent. He is a youth international for Switzerland.

Career statistics

Honours

FC Zürich *

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: 2015–16

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* 1996 births Living people People from Schlieren, Switzerland Men's association football midfielders Swiss men's footballers Swiss expatriate men's footballers Switzerland men's youth international footballers Switzerland men's under-21 international footballers Swiss people of Croatian descent Swiss Super League players FC Zürich players VfB Stuttgart players FC Sion players FC Lugano players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Footballers from the canton of Zürich 21st-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-footy-midfielder-stub