Danijel Subotić (born 31 January 1989) is a Swiss former professional

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who played as striker. He was Swiss youth international footballer at various levels. He now plays for Swiss amateur club FC Glattbrugg.

Personal life

Subotić was born in

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, but his family originated from

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, all back then part of

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. His younger brother Dejan (born in 1996) is also footballer, having signed his first professional contract in 2018 with Serbian club

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Club career

Youth football

Subotić began his youth football in his adoptive country Switzerland. He played in the youth department of

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, in their U-18 team during the 2005–06 season, under coach

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and his assistant

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and with them, won both the Swiss U-18 championship and the U-19/18 national cup that season. The following season he advanced to their U-21 team, who played in the third tier, and they won their division (group B) and became Swiss champions at U-21 level. He started the 2007–08 season them too, played in nine of the 17 fixtures, but left the club in January. The team went on to win the division (group 2) and become Swiss champions at U-21 level again.

Portsmouth

On 7 January 2008, he became English

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side Portsmouth F.C.'s first signing in the 2008 January transfer window. He signed a reported -year contract. On 5 August 2008, Subotić moved on loan to Belgian club Zulte Waregem, the Portsmouth's feeder club at that time (which relationship ended in June 2009) along with Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo in order to gain first-team experience. He scored 1 goal in 13 league appearances before returned to England in January 2009. On 7 August 2010, Italian

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side

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announced Subotić was trying out at the club. Nearly 2 weeks later, Pompey formally announced Subotić's contract was canceled by mutual consent.

Universitatea Craiova

In February 2011, Danijel Subotić signed a contract with the Romanian club

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of Liga 1. On 20 March 2011, he scored his first goal for

during the match against FC Astra Ploieşti. In July 2011, Subotić went on trial with

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side

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, where he played in one friendly match in an attempt to win a contract.

Gabala

On 1 July 2013, Subotić signed a one-year contract with

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side Gabala. However Subotić could not feature in any of Gabala's opening five matches as there was a dispute over the players registration between

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and Gabala, which was finally sorted out during the September International break. Subotić made his debut and scored his first goal for Gabala on 15 September 2013 in a 2–1 away victory over

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. On 19 February 2014, Subotić scored his tenth goal for Gabala in only his sixteenth game.

Qadsia SC

Rejecting a new contract with Gabala, Subotić signed instead for Kuwaiti team Qadsia in July 2014. He won 3 titles and scored 31 goals in 28 matches but left the club at the end of the season.

Sheriff Tiraspol

On 23 July 2015, Subotić signed for Moldovan side

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, leaving the club by mutual consent on 28 January 2017.

Gabala Return

On 31 January 2017, Gabala announced the signing of Subotić on a six-month contract. Subotić left Gabala at the end of his contract.

Ulsan Hyundai

On 11 July 2017, Subotić signed a one-year contract with

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Shakhter Karagandy

On 28 March 2018,

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announced the signing of Subotić.

Dinamo București

On 11 September 2018,

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announced the signing of Subotić.

Rapperswil-Jona

After not playing for two seasons, on 28 July 2022 Subotić signed with

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in the third-tier

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International career

Subotić has dual

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, Swiss as well as Bosnian. However his Croatian background also helped him eligible to play for all three. During his time with

he was called up to represent Switzerland at various youth levels. Together with his Basel team-mates Oliver Klaus,

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, Valentin Stocker, Dominik Ritter,

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and

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, Subotić played in the Switzerland U-19 team during the

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Career statistics

Honours

;FC Basel * Swiss champion at U-18 level: 2005–06 * Swiss Cup at U-19/U-18 level: 2005–06 * Swiss champion at U-21 level: 2006–07 ;Qadsia SC *

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: 2014–15 *

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: 2014 *

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;Sheriff Tiraspol *

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: 2015–16 *

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: 2016 Individual *

Top scorer (1): 2015–16 (12 goals)

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