Vasilije Janjičić

Vasilije Janjičić (Serbian Cyrillic: Василије Јањичић; born 2 November 1998) is a Swiss footballer of Serbian descent who plays as a midfielder for FC Zürich.

Vasilije Janjičić
Personal information
Full name Vasilije Janjičić
Date of birth (1998-11-02) 2 November 1998
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
FC Zürich
Number 8
Youth career
2004–2016 FC Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 FC Zürich 1 (0)
2016–2018 Hamburger SV II 27 (2)
2017–2019 Hamburger SV 33 (0)
2019– FC Zürich 12 (0)
National team
2013 Switzerland U15 4 (1)
2013–2014 Switzerland U16 7 (1)
2015 Switzerland U17 3 (0)
2016–2017 Switzerland U19 4 (0)
2017– Switzerland U20 9 (0)
2018– Switzerland U21 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:55, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:55, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Janjičić came through the youth academy of FC Zürich. In August 2016 he signed a four years deal with Hamburger SV, where he debuted in the Bundesliga on April 4, 2017 against Borussia Dortmund.

After the 2018-19 season he was omitted from the first team by new coach Dieter Hecking and released to look for a new club. On August 27, 2019 he signed a three years contract with his youth club FC Zürich [1] and returned to Switzerland.

Personal life

In February 2018, Janjičić caused a car crash in the Elbtunnel while driving under the influence of alcohol and without a valid driving licence.[2]

References

  1. "Janjicic: Vasilije Janjicic kehrt zum FCZ zurück". fcz.ch (in German). Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  2. "Janjicic: Unfall nach Alkoholfahrt ohne Führerschein". kicker Online (in German). 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.


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