Stjepan Vuleta

Stjepan Vuleta (born 29 October 1993) is a Swiss professional footballer who last played FC Wacker Innsbruck in the Austrian Bundesliga. He plays as a forward.

Stjepan Vuleta
Personal information
Full name Stjepan Vuleta
Date of birth (1993-10-29) 29 October 1993
Place of birth Chur, Switzerland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2002—2005 FC Buchs
2005—2007 FC Schaan
2007–2010 FC Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Basel U-21 34 (15)
2012– Basel 2 (0)
2013 → Wil (loan) 14 (3)
2013– → FC Wacker Innsbruck (loan) 13 (2)
2014–2015 FC Wacker Innsbruck 7 (1)
National team‡
2008–2009 Switzerland U16 6 (1)
2009–2010 Switzerland U17 11 (7)
2010–2011 Switzerland U-18 10 (1)
2012 Switzerland U19 5 (0)
2012– Switzerland U21 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 March 2014
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 07:37, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

His father Franjo Vuleta was emigrated from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Switzerland due to the Bosnian war.

Career

Basel

Vuleta came through the ranks in Basel. He played in their U-16 team and was part of the team that won the Swiss Championship in 2008[1] and 2009.[2] He then played in their U-18 team and again became Swiss U-18 champion,[3] Vuleta played two years in the Basel U-21 team before he signed a three-year professional contract and joined their first team.[4][5]

Vuleta made his official first team debut, playing in the starting eleven, in a UEFA Champions League preliminary stage match against Flora Tallinn on 24 July 2012, which Basel won 3–0.[6] He played his Swiss Super League debut on 25 August 2012, as he was substituted in, during the 1–2 away defeat in the AFG Arena against St. Gallen.[7]

Wil

On 5 February 2013, it was announced that Vuleta would be loaned out to Wil in the Challenge League to gain playing experience.[8]

Wacker Innsbruck

On 9 July 2013, Vuleta joined the Austrian club FC Wacker Innsbruck on loan from FC Basel for one year.[9]

International

Vuleta has played international football at various age levels, including Swiss under-16s, under-17s, under-19s, and under-21s. He played his debut on for the U-16 team 2 September 2008 in the 6–2 win against Bulgaria.

Titles and honours

Basel

  • Swiss Champion at U-16 level: 2007/08[1] and 2008/09[2]
  • Swiss Cup winner at U-16 level: 2007–08[10]
  • Swiss Champion at U-18 level: 2009/10[3]

References
  1. FC Basel 1893 (2008). "Die U16 des FCB, die Schweizer Meister 2008 wurde" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  2. Marti, Caspar (2009). "Der FC Basel 1893 holt in Biel das Double" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  3. Marti, Caspar (2010). "Die U18 des FCB ist Schweizer Meister!" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  4. Meister, Remo (2012). "Dreijahresvertrag für Stjepan Vuleta" (in German). FC Basel1893. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  5. FC Buchs (2012). "Stjepan Vuleta unterzeichnet Profivertrag". FC Bucha. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  6. Kreis, Stefan (2012). "Fünf Jahre Wartezeit" (in German). Basler Zeitung. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  7. Meister, Remo (2012). "Im St. Galler Regen erleidet der FCB die zweite Niederlage in Serie" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  8. FC Basel 1893 (2013). "Stjepan Vuleta leihweise nach Wil" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  9. http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/30727/26/7/7
  10. FC Basel 1893 (2008). "Zwei weitere Nachwuchstitel für den FCB" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
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