Toni Šunjić
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Šunjić with VfB Stuttgart in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Toni Šunjić | ||
| Date of birth | 15 December 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Zrinjski Mostar | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2012 | Zrinjski Mostar | 74 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | → Kortrijk (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Zorya Luhansk | 63 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Kuban Krasnodar | 28 | (1) |
| 2015– | VfB Stuttgart | 28 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2010 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 | 10 | (0) |
| 2012– | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:33, 9 August 2016 (UTC). | |||
Toni Šunjić (born 15 December 1988) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for the German club VfB Stuttgart and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
Club career
Šunjić began his career with HŠK Zrinjski Mostar of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier League.
For the season 2010–11 he was loaned to Belgian Pro League outfit Kortrijk.[2] He didn't have a good season, failing to establish himself as a regular starter, so Kortrijk decided not to buy him, and he returned to Zrinjski for the first part of the 2011–12 season.[3]
In 2012, for the second part of the 2011–12 season, he joined Ukrainian club Zorya Luhansk.[4] There he established himself as a regular member of starting 11, earning his first international cap as a member of Zorya. His tenure at Ukrainian club lasted two and a half seasons.
On July 9, 2014, after two good performances at the World Cup, he signed a 3-year-deal with Russian club Kuban Krasnodar.[5]
On 27 August 2015 he moved to VfB Stuttgart, on a three-year deal.[6]
International career
Šunjić was part of Bosnia and Herzegovina under-21 squad.
Šunjić made his international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a friendly against Wales in Llanelli on 15 August 2012 coming on as a second-half substitute.[7]
In June 2014, he was named in Bosnia and Herzegovina's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup[8] and played two matches against Nigeria[9] and Iran.[10]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 7 May 2016.[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Zrinjski | 2007–08 | Premijer Liga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | Premijer Liga | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | 26 | 2 | ||
| 2009–10 | Premijer Liga | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Premijer Liga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2011–12 | Premijer Liga | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 15 | 1 | |||
| Total | 74 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 13 | 2 | 90 | 4 | |||
| Kortrijk (loan) | 2010–11 | Belgian Pro League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | ||
| Zorya | 2011–12 | Ukrainian Premier League | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Ukrainian Premier League | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | Ukrainian Premier League | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | |||
| Total | 63 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 66 | 0 | ||||
| Kuban | 2014–15 | Russian Premier League | 22 | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 26 | 3 | ||
| 2015–16 | Russian Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total | 28 | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 32 | 3 | ||||
| Stuttgart | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 22 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 199 | 3 | 14 | 4 | – | 13 | 2 | 226 | 9 | |||
International
- As of match played 7 June 2016.[12]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 0 | |
Honours
Club
- Zrinjski Mostar
References
- ↑ "Toni Sunjic Stuttgart profile".
- ↑ "Šunjić to Kortrijk" (in Belgian). 31 August 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ↑ "Sunjic comes back to Zrinjski" (in Bosnian). 9 May 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ↑ "Toni SUNJIC". FIFA. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ↑ http://www.fckuban.ru/news/6253/
- ↑ "VfB sign Toni Sunjic". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ↑ "Šunjić: Čast i zadovoljstvo mi je biti dio reprezentacije" (in Bosnian). SportCentar - www.scsport.ba. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ↑ "Bosnia-Herzegovina 2014 World Cup Squad". The Telegraph. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ↑ "Bosnia vs Nigeria".
- ↑ "Bosnia vs Iran".
- ↑ "Toni Sunjic". soccerway.
- ↑ Toni Šunjić at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Toni Šunjić profile
- Toni Šunjić at National-Football-Teams.com
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