Anto Grgić
{{short description|Swiss footballer (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Anto Grgić
| image = Anto grgic.jpg
| caption = Grgić in 2016 with VfB Stuttgart
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1996|11|28}}
| birth_place = Schlieren, Switzerland
| height = 1.88 m
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Lugano
| clubnumber = 8
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2009
| youthclubs1 = Grasshoppers
| youthyears2 = 2009–2015
| youthclubs2 = FC Zürich
| years1 = 2015–2016
| clubs1 = FC Zürich
| caps1 = 24
| goals1 = 4
| years2 = 2016–2019
| clubs2 = VfB Stuttgart
| caps2 = 15
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2016–2017
| clubs3 = VfB Stuttgart II
| caps3 = 10
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2018–2019
| clubs4 = → Sion (loan)
| caps4 = 34
| goals4 = 5
| years5 = 2019–2023
| clubs5 = Sion
| caps5 = 128
| goals5 = 20
| years6 = 2023–
| clubs6 = Lugano
| caps6 = 43
| goals6 = 4
| nationalyears1 = 2011
| nationalteam1 = Switzerland U15
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2011–2012
| nationalteam2 = Switzerland U16
| nationalcaps2 = 6
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 2012–2013
| nationalteam3 = Switzerland U17
| nationalcaps3 = 11
| nationalgoals3 = 3
| nationalyears4 = 2013
| nationalteam4 = Switzerland U18
| nationalcaps4 = 2
| nationalgoals4 = 1
| nationalyears5 = 2015
| nationalteam5 = Switzerland U19
| nationalcaps5 = 3
| nationalgoals5 = 0
| nationalyears6 = 2015
| nationalteam6 = Switzerland U20
| nationalcaps6 = 2
| nationalgoals6 = 2
| nationalyears7 = 2016–2018
| nationalteam7 = Switzerland U21{{cite web|title=Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Team|url=https://www.football.ch/SFV/Nationalteams/U-21/Team.aspx/t-41643/p-662984/|website=Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Team|accessdate=10 December 2017}}
| nationalcaps7 = 7
| nationalgoals7 = 0
| club-update = 29 December 2024
| nationalteam-update =
}}
Anto Grgić ({{IPA|hr|ǎːnto ɡř̩ːɡitɕ, - ɡr̩̂-}}; born 28 November 1996) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Lugano.
Club career
On 13 July 2016, Grgić moved to VfB Stuttgart and signed a contract until June 2020 with the German club.{{cite web|url=http://www.vfb.de/en/vfb/latest/newsarchive/2016/330192-vfb-sign-anto-grgic/|title=VfB sign Anto Grgic|work=vfb.de|publisher=VfB Stuttgart|date=13 July 2016|accessdate=13 July 2016}}
On 11 January 2018, he was loaned out to FC Sion until June 2019.{{cite web|url=http://www.vfb.de/en/vfb/latest/news/professionals/2018/leihe-anto-grgic-fc-sion-/|title=VfB release Anto Grgic on loan to Sion|work=vfb.de|publisher=VfB Stuttgart|date=11 January 2018|accessdate=11 January 2018}}
In May 2019, Sion announced the permanent signing of Grgić from Stuttgart on a contract until 2022.{{cite web |title=Neuer Vertrag bis 2022 |url=https://www.1815.ch/news/sport/news-sport/poiuz8tfzguhj/ |website=1815.ch |accessdate=29 May 2019 |language=German |date=24 May 2019}}{{cite web |title=FC Sion: Anto Grgic prolonge jusqu'en 2022 |url=https://www.lenouvelliste.ch/dossiers/fc-sion/articles/fc-sion-anto-grgic-prolonge-jusqu-en-2022-843193 |website=Le Nouvelliste |accessdate=29 May 2019 |language=French |date=24 May 2019}}
On 1 July 2023, Grgić moved to FC Lugano on a free transfer, following FC Sion's relegation to the Challenge League.{{cite web | url=https://www.fclugano.com/anto-grgic-e-bianconero-contratto-fino-al-2027/ | title=ANTO GRGIC È BIANCONERO, CONTRATTO FINO AL 2027 | date=27 June 2023 }}
International career
Grgić was born in Switzerland in a family of Croatian descent.{{cite web | url=http://www.limmattalerzeitung.ch/sport/limmattal/anto-grgic-behaelt-im-heissen-business-einen-kuehlen-kopf-129234966 | title=Fussball - Anto Grgic behält im heissen Business einen kühlen Kopf | date=13 June 2015 }} He is a youth international for Switzerland.{{cite web | url=http://datencenter.dfb.de/profil/314058 | title=Anto Grgic Personenprofil }}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 29 May 2019|{{Soccerway|289868|accessdate=29 May 2019}}}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| FC Zürich
|24 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1Appearance in the Europa League | 0 | 29 | 5 | |
| rowspan="3"|VfB Stuttgart
|14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18
|1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|VfB Stuttgart II
|rowspan="2"|Regionalliga Südwest |6 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 2 | |||
| 2017–18
|4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!10 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 2 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Sion (loan)
|rowspan="2"|Swiss Super League |14 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19
|20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 5 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!34 | 5 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 36 | 6 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!83 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 13 |
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Honours
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|anto-grgic/289868}}
{{FC Lugano squad}}
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Category:People from Schlieren, Switzerland
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Swiss men's footballers
Category:Swiss expatriate men's footballers
Category:Switzerland men's youth international footballers
Category:Switzerland men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Swiss people of Croatian descent
Category:Swiss Super League players
Category:VfB Stuttgart players
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:Footballers from the canton of Zürich
Category:21st-century Swiss sportsmen
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