Petar Pusic
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 25 January 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Schaffhausen, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Grasshoppers | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2008 | Sporting Club Schaffhausen | ||
2008–2011 | FC Schaffhausen | ||
2011–2017 | Grasshoppers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017– | Grasshoppers | 133 | (16) |
2017 | Grasshoppers U21 | 6 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2013 | Switzerland U15 | ||
2014 | Switzerland U16 | 9 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Switzerland U17 | 7 | (2) |
2016–2017 | Switzerland U18 | 7 | (1) |
2017 | Switzerland U19 | 6 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Switzerland U20 | 5 | (5) |
2018–2021 | Switzerland U21 | 15 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:47, 10 August 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:47, 10 August 2022 (UTC) |
Petar Pusic (Croatian: Pušić; born 25 January 1999) is a Swiss footballer of Croatian descent[1] who currently plays as a midfielder for Grasshopper Club Zürich in the Swiss Super League.[2]
Club career
Pušić was born in the northern Swiss town of Schaffhausen, and played for local sides Sporting Club Schaffhausen and FC Schaffhausen,[3] before making a move to top division side Grasshoppers in 2011. He signed his first professional contract in February 2017 alongside teammates Nedim Bajrami and Arijan Qollaku,[4] and made his debut later the same month; coming on as a substitute for Mërgim Brahimi in a 3–0 loss to Lugano.[5]
In the following two seasons, he saw a lot more play in the main squad, with over 50 appearances, including 26 starting lineups. Following their relegation in the 2018-19 season, he accompanied Grasshopper into the Swiss Challenge League. During the two years he spent in the second Swiss league, he established himself as a mainstay of the squad and was an instrumental part of Grasshoppers's promotion back to the Swiss Super League in 2021.
Despite strong interest of Super League giants FC Basel,[6] he chose to renew his contract with Grasshoppers in October 2021, keeping him at the club until 2023.[7] In December 2021, he contracted Covid-19,[8] and continued suffering symptoms past the winter break.[9] Due to the effects of Long COVID, he missed the remainder of the season, despite returning to training in March 2022.[10] After seven months on the sideline,[11] he returned to active play in time for the new season, coming on for the final 20 minutes in Grasshoppers' opening game against FC Lugano.
International career
Pušić has represented Switzerland until the under-21 level. He played for the Switzerland U17 team in their unsuccessful European Under-17 Championship qualification bid in 2016, featuring in all three games of the elite round.[12] He scored two goals for the under-17 side, both against Montenegro in 2015.[13]
He played for the Swiss U21 squad between 2018 and 2021, making his first appearance against France in a friendly on 25 May 2018. He scored his only goal for the U21 squad against Georgia during the qualification for the 2021 U21 Euro.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 10 August 2018.[14]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Grasshoppers | 2016–17 | Swiss Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
2017–18 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 30 | 1 | |||||
2018–19 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 22 | 1 | |||||
2019–20 | Swiss Challenge League | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 31 | 4 | ||||
2020–21 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 0 | – | 39 | 9 | |||||
2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 17 | 1 | ||||
2022–23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |||||
Total | 133 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 16 | ||
Grasshoppers U21 | 2016–17 | 1. Liga - 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 2 | |||
Career total | 139 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 3 |
References
- ^ Ivić, Ivan. "Petar Pušić kreće stazama Petrića i Rakitića". HRVATI.CH (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ "profile". Grasshopper Club Zürich (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Petar Pušić kreće stazama Petrića i Rakitića" (in Croatian). hrvati.ch. 17 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Harun Alpsoy wechselt in die Türkei" (in German). fm1today. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Lugano zieht GC weiter in den Abstiegssumpf – Basel erduselt sich Sieg in Thun" (in German). watson.ch. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "FC Basel ist sich mit Filip Ugrinic einig – und will auch GC-Pusic" (in German). nau.ch. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "PUSIC EXTENDS CONTRACT UNTIL 2023". gcz.ch. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Die Leidensgeschichte von GC-Star Pusic" (in German). blick.ch. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "PUSIC KÄMPFT MIT GESUNDHEITLICHEN PROBLEMEN" (in German). gcz.ch. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "PUSIC ZURÜCK IM TRAINING" (in German). gcz.ch. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "PUSIC'S WEG ZURÜCK" (in German). gcz.ch. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Petar Pusic". UEFA. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Statistik und Resultate". Swiss Football Association (in German). 19 August 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ Petar Pusic at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
External links
- Petar Pusic at Soccerway
- Under-16 Profile at football.ch
- Under-17 Profile at football.ch
- Under-18 Profile at football.ch
- CS1 Croatian-language sources (hr)
- CS1 German-language sources (de)
- Soccerway template with ID not in Wikidata
- Articles with short description
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- Articles without Wikidata item
- Articles containing Croatian-language text
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- Swiss footballers
- Switzerland youth international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Grasshopper Club Zürich players
- Swiss Super League players
- People from Schaffhausen
- Sportspeople from the canton of Schaffhausen
- Swiss people of Croatian descent
- Switzerland under-21 international footballers