Darko Jevtić ( sr-Cyrl, Дарко Јевтић; born 8 February 1993) is a Swiss professional

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who plays as an

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for Serbian club Jedinstvo Ub.

Club career

Basel

Jevtić started his youth football with

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. In 2015 he moved across town played for nearly a year in the Concordia Basel youth team but returned to Basel in August 2006. He played in their U-16 team and was part of the team that won the Swiss Championship in 2008 and 2009. Later he played in the U-18 team, the U-19 team in the 2011–12 NextGen series and the U-21 team before he signed his first professional contract and joined their first team in January 2012. He joined Basel's first team during the winter break of their 2011–12 season under head coach Heiko Vogel. After having appeared in four test games, Jevtić played his domestic league debut for the club, being substituted in, during the away game in the

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on 28 July 2012 as Basel played a 2–2 draw with Grasshopper Club He had a starting eleven appearances in the

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match on 15 September 2012 away against amateur club FC Amriswil and in the last league match of the season at home game in the

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he played the full 90 minutes as Basel won 1–0 against St. Gallen. At the end of the Swiss Super League season 2012–13 he won the Championship title with the team. In the

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Basel reached the final, but were runners up behind Grasshopper Club, being defeated 4–3 on penalties, following a 1–1 draw after extra time. In the

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Basel advanced as far as the

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, there being matched against the reigning

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holders Chelsea, but they were knocked out, losing both home and away ties, beaten 2–5 on aggregate. In the next season, after appearing in six test games, Jevtić was in the starting formation in the cup game on 17 August 2013 as Basel won 1–0 against local amateur club

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. During his short period with Basel's first team, Jevtić played a total of 15 games for them scoring a total of three goals. Two of these games were in the

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, two in the

and 11 were friendly games. He scored all three of his goals during the test games.

Wacker Innsbruck (loan)

On 2 September 2013, Basel announced that Jevtić had joined the Austrian club

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on a one-year loan.

Lech Poznań (loan)

On 11 June 2014, Jevtić was loaned to Polish

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club

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. The contract contained the option of a definite purchase and on 25 January 2015, Lech Poznan exercised the option to sign Jevtić ona three-and-a-half-year contract.

Lech Poznań

The Swiss midfielder soon became a key player for the team and stayed with them for six years. Jevtić faced his previous club Basel in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase, in the third qualifying round. The first leg was held on 29 July 2015 at the INEA Stadion in

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, but Jevtić did not make an appearance in a 1–3 loss. The second leg was played at the

on 5 August, with Jevtić was in the starting eleven Lech suffered a 1–0 defeat. Lech continued in the Europa League play-off round and with a 4–0 aggregate win against Videoton, they qualified for the

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. Lech and Basel faced each other yet again, after being drawn together in the same group. The first direct match, on 1 October, was a home match for Basel. Jevtić played in the starting eleven, with Basel winning 2–0. The return match was played in Poznań on 10 December and Jevtić again played in the starting team, with Basel recording yet another 0–1 victory. Ending the group in first position Basel qualified themselves for the knockout phase, while Lech crashed out of the competition after finishing in third place. Jevtić gathered excellent figures during his stay in Poland, scoring 33 goals and recording 32 assists in 155 league matches.

Rubin Kazan

On 22 January 2020, he signed a 4,5-year contract with Russian club

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. With Rubin Kazan he also obtained good playing time (41 matches, 4 goals, 4 assists).

AEK Athens (loan)

On 31 August 2021, he signed a one-year contract with Greek club

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on loan from Russian club

. Following his good time with Lech Poznań and then with

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there's a worrying period about his career path with AEK Athens, as he is at the shadow of captain

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. When it was acquired on loan last summer, everyone believed that this addition would be a serious reason for intense competition with the team captain. Something that happened in two games during the days of

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on the bench of the club, while

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trusted him even less. But during January 2022, probably the decrease of Μantalos' performance open the door of the starting XI since he was acquired.

Return to Rubin

Upon his return from loan in the summer of 2022, Jevtić suffered an

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. The recovery took an extended time, he made his first appearance on the field in 2 years in April 2024. Jevtić left Rubin on 31 May 2024, as his contract expired.

International career

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On 6 June 2013, Jevtić made his debut for the Swiss U-21 team as

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in the 2–3 away defeat against

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. During his third appearance for the team on 5 September 2013, in the Group 5 qualification game to the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championships, he scored his first goal for them in the 2–0 away win against Latvia U-21 team in

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Career statistics

Honours

Basel U16 * Swiss Champion: 2007–08, 2008–09 Basel *

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runner-up:

Lech Poznań *

: 2014–15 *

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References

Sources

* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage

External links

Profile at FC Basel
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jevtic, Darko 1993 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's under-21 international footballers Switzerland men's youth international footballers FC Basel players FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) players Lech Poznań players Lech Poznań II players FC Rubin Kazan players AEK Athens F.C. players FK Jedinstvo Ub players Swiss Super League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Ekstraklasa players II liga players III liga players Russian Premier League players Super League Greece players Super League Greece 2 players Serbian SuperLiga players Swiss expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Swiss people of Serbian descent Footballers from Basel-Stadt 21st-century Swiss sportsmen