Dario Župarić (; born 3 May 1992) is a

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who plays as a defender for

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Club career

Župarić was born in

Županja Županja (, , ) is a town in eastern Slavonia, Croatia, located 254 km east of Zagreb. It is administratively part of the Vukovar-Syrmia County. It is inhabited by 12,090 people (2011). Županja lies on the Sava river opposite Bosnia and He ...

and played youth football with Graničar Županja before starting his professional career with Cibalia. In June 2013, he was transferred to

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, for a club record €700,000. In January 2017, Župarić was loaned to

Rijeka Rijeka (; Fiume ( �fjuːme in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Ba ...

in Croatia initially until June 2018, but during the loan deal he signed a permanent contract with the club until June 2020. On 20 November 2019, Župarić joined

side

, but will stay in Rijeka on loan until the end of the year.

International career

Župarić won three caps with Bosnia and Herzegovina under-19. Even though he was born in

, he initially chose to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina because of his parents who are

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. In October 2011, he debuted for Croatia under-21 squad.

Club statistics

Honours

;Rijeka *

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: 2016–17 *

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: 2016–17, 2018–19 ;Portland Timbers *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zuparic, Dario 1992 births Living people People from Županja Men's association football defenders Croatian men's footballers 21st-century Croatian sportsmen Croatia men's youth international footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers 21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen Bosnia and Herzegovina men's youth international footballers HNK Cibalia players Delfino Pescara 1936 players HNK Rijeka players Portland Timbers players Portland Timbers 2 players Croatian Football League players Serie B players Serie A players Major League Soccer players USL Championship players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Croatian expatriate sportspeople in the United States