Dario Župarić

Dario Župarić
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-05-03) 3 May 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Županja, Croatia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Portland Timbers
Number 13
Youth career
1998–2002 Sladorana Županja
2002–2007 Graničar Županja
2007–2011 Cibalia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Cibalia 58 (1)
2013–2017 Pescara 99 (1)
2017–2019 Rijeka 89 (4)
2020– Portland Timbers 89 (1)
2020 Portland Timbers 2 1 (0)
International career‡
2010 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 3 (0)
2011–2013 Croatia U20 9 (1)
2011–2014 Croatia U21 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 February 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2014

Dario Župarić (Croatian pronunciation: [dâːrio ʒǔparitɕ]; born 3 May 1992) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer.

Club career

Župarić was born in Županja and played youth football with Graničar Županja before starting his professional career with Cibalia. In June 2013, he was transferred to Pescara, for a club record €700,000.[2] In January 2017, Župarić was loaned to Rijeka in Croatia initially until June 2018, but during the loan deal he signed a permanent contract with the club until June 2020.[3]

On 20 November 2019, Župarić joined Major League Soccer side Portland Timbers,[4] but will stay in Rijeka on loan until the end of the year.[5]

International career

Župarić won three caps with Bosnia and Herzegovina under-19. Even though he was born in Croatia, he initially chose to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina because of his parents who are Bosnian Croats.[6] In October 2011, he debuted for Croatia under-21 squad.

Club statistics

Season Club League League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2010–11 Cibalia 1. HNL 2 0 – – 2 0
2011–12 24 1 5 0 – 29 1
2012–13 32 0 6 0 – 38 0
Cibalia total 58 1 11 0 0 0 69 1
2013–14 Pescara Serie B 21 1 1 0 – 22 1
2014–15 35 0 2 0 – 37 1
2015–16 36 0 2 0 – 38 0
2016–17 Serie A 7 0 2 0 – 9 0
Pescara total 99 1 7 0 0 0 106 1
2016–17 Rijeka 1. HNL 11 1 1 1 – 12 2
2017–18 31 1 3 0 12 0 46 1
2018–19 30 1 4 0 2 0 36 1
2019–20 17 1 2 0 4 0 23 1
Rijeka total 89 4 10 1 18 0 117 5
Career total 246 6 28 1 18 0 292 7
Last Update: 18 December 2019.

Honours

Rijeka
Portland Timbers

References

  1. ^ "Dario Župarić". Portland Timbers. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. ^ alfredopedulla.com
  3. ^ calciomercato.com
  4. ^ "Portland Timbers acquire defender Dario Zuparic". 20 November 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  5. ^ "STIGLA POTVRDA Dario Župarić odlazi u Portland, ali će igrati za bijele do zimske stanke - Novi list". 20 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Sportin.ba | Vijesti | Župarić: Bolje mi je igrati za BiH, nego u Hrvatsk". Archived from the original on 4 February 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  7. ^ "Dario Zuparic goal clinches MLS Back is Tournament for Portland Timbers". The Guardian. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.