Darijan Bojanić

Darijan Bojanić (Bosnian pronunciation: [darijan bojanitɕ]; born 28 December 1994) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Hammarby IF as a midfielder.

Darijan Bojanić
Personal information
Full name Darijan Bojanić
Date of birth (1994-12-28) 28 December 1994
Place of birth Växjö, Sweden
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Hammarby IF
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2010 Gislaveds IS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Gislaveds IS 12 (4)
2010–2013 Östers IF 30 (0)
2013–2014 IFK Göteborg 10 (2)
2014–2018 Helsingborgs IF 96 (16)
2017 → Östersunds FK (loan) 4 (1)
2019– Hammarby IF 52 (4)
National team‡
2011 Sweden U17 4 (1)
2012–2014 Sweden U19 6 (1)
2020– Sweden 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 October 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 January 2020

Early life

His parents fled from Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav Wars while his mother was pregnant with him. Bojanić was born in Växjö, Sweden, and grew up in Gislaved.[1] His mother is of Bosniak descent, while his father is ethnically Croat.[2] Bojanić is fluent in the Bosnian language.[3]

Club career

Östers IF

After debuting in the senior team at local club Gislaveds IF at age 16, Bojanić moved to Östers IF in Superettan, Sweden's second tier, in 2010. Around that time, he also attracted interest from several European clubs, reportedly Fulham and Heereenveen.[4][5] In 2012, Bojanić made 12 appearances as Östers IF won Superettan and got promoted to the first division.[6]

In 2013, Bojanić made his debut in Allsvenskan, aged 18. Midway through the season, after making 14 appearances for Öster, he transferred to IFK Göteborg.[7]

IFK Göteborg

Bojanić signed a four and a half-year contract with IFK Göteborg, but failed to make an impact at the club.[8] He reportedly had disciplinary issues during his stay at IFK Göteborg and Bojanić later admitted that he once fell asleep during a team meeting. In total, Bojanić would only make 10 league appearances for the side.[9]

Helsingborgs IF

On 15 July 2014, Bojanić moved to Helsingborgs IF.[10] He reunited with his former coach from Öster, Roar Hansen, and soon established himself as a starting player at the club.[11]

Bojanić fell out of favour with manager Henrik Larsson in 2016 after the player had criticised his coach in the media.[12] Helsingborg got relegated to Superettan the same year.

In 2017, he went on loan to Östersunds FK in Allsvenskan, but failed to make an impact, only making 4 league appearances for the side.[13]

Bojanić played 29 games, scored 6 goals and provided 13 assists, as Helsingborg won a promotion to Allsvenskan in 2018.[6] At the end of the season, he was voted as "Superettan Player of the Year".[14][15]

Hammarby IF

On 26 November 2018, Bojanić moved on a free transfer to Hammarby IF, signing a three and a half-year contract.[16] He played 29 games, scoring 4 goals and providing 11 assists (the most in the league), as Hammarby finished 3rd in the table.[6] He vas voted as Allsvenskan "Player of the Month" in October,[17] and "Hammarby Player of the Season" by the fans of the club at the end of the year.[18]

In January 2020, Bojanić signed a new three and a half-year contract with Hammarby.[19]

International career

Between 2011 and 2014, Bojanić won several caps for both the Swedish U17 and U19 teams.[20]

Bojanić was called up to the Swedish senior squad for the training tour in early 2020.[21] He made his debut in a 1–0 friendly win against Moldova on 9 January 2020.[22] Three days later, on 12 January, he provided the assist to Simon Hedlund as Sweden won 1–0 against Kosovo.[23] Manager Janne Andersson praised him as one of the best Swedish players during the tour.[24]

Style of play

As a deep-lying playmaker, Bojanić is known for his strong passing game and technique. He is also a set piece-specialist.[1]

Career statistics

Club
As of 28 October 2020[25]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gislaveds IS 2010 124——124
Total 1240000124
Östers IF 2010 00——00
2011 5040—90
2012 11010—120
2013 14020—160
Total 3007000370
IFK Göteborg 2013 7111—82
2014 31310062
Total 1024200144
Helsingborgs IF 2014 11200—112
2015 27362—335
2016 17352—225
2017 12210—132
2018 29640—336
Total 96161640011220
Östersunds FK (loan) 2017 4121—62
Total 41210062
Hammarby IF 2019 29430—324
2020 2304111281
Total 5247111606
Career total 204273681124136

International
As of 12 January 2020
Sweden national team
YearAppsGoals
202020
Total20

Honours

Club
Gislaveds IS
Östers IF
Helsingborgs IF

References
  1. "Artisten som slutade strula – nu bygger Bojanics blick Bajens briljans" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 20 October 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  2. ""Jag är en toffel och en gottegris"" (in Swedish). Östers IF. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  3. "Nogometaša Ibrinog kluba prozvali Hrvatom pa im odgovorio: Ja sam Bosanac" (in Bosnian). Dnevni avaz. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  4. "Bojanic lämnar Öster för utlandet?" (in Swedish). Smålänningen. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  5. "Östertalang testar med Fulham" (in Swedish). Smålandsposten. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  6. "Statistik: Darijan Bojanic" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  7. "Darijan Bojanic lämnar Östers IF" (in Swedish). Östers IF. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  8. "Därför släpper de Bojanic till rivalen" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  9. "Twitterstjärnan har vaknat i HIF" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs Dagblad. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  10. "HIF förstärker med två spelare" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs IF. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  11. ""Jag har blivit en bättre person"" (in Swedish). Värnamo Nyheter. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  12. "Bänkad - går då till attack mot "Henke"" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  13. "Bojanic lämnar Östersunds FK" (in Swedish). OSD Sport. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  14. "Årets bästa spelare och lag enligt spelarna själva" (in Swedish). Allsvenskan. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  15. "Darijan Bojanic lämnar HIF" (in Swedish). Allsvenskan. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  16. "Darijan Bojanic till Hammarby" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  17. "Darijan Bojanic är Månadens spelare i oktober" (in Swedish). Allsvenskan. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  18. "Darijan är årets Bajenspelare 2019!" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  19. "Hammarby förlänger med Darijan Bojanic" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  20. "Landslagsdatabasen: Darijan Bojanic" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  21. "Truppen till januariturnén" (in Swedish). Swedish FA. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  22. "Sverige 1 – 0 Moldavien" (in Swedish). Swedish FA. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  23. "Andra 1-0-segern på turnén" (in Swedish). Swedish FA. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  24. "Janne Andersson hyllar Bojanic - som ligger lågt om Blågult: "Jag vill inte jinxa något"" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  25. "Darijan Bojanic". Svensk Fotboll. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
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