Igor Vujačić
{{Short description|Montenegrin footballer (born 1994)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Igor Vujačić
| image = Igor Vujačić crop.jpg
| image_size = 215px
| caption = Vujačić with Montenegro in 2019
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|08|08|df=y}}
| birth_place = Podgorica, Montenegro, FR Yugoslavia
| height = 1.88 m
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub = Rubin Kazan
| clubnumber = 5
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2011–2012
| clubs1 = Zeta
| caps1 = 22
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2013
| clubs2 = Vojvodina
| caps2 = 2
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2014
| clubs3 = Widzew Łódź II
| caps3 = 8
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2014
| clubs4 = Mogren
| caps4 = 12
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2015–2019
| clubs5 = Zeta
| caps5 = 133
| goals5 = 9
| years6 = 2019–2023
| clubs6 = Partizan
| caps6 = 94
| goals6 = 9
| years7 = 2023–
| clubs7 = Rubin Kazan
| caps7 = 55
| goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2012
| nationalteam1 = Montenegro U19{{Efn|name=UEFA|Only official UEFA matches included}}
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2013–2015
| nationalteam2 = Montenegro U21{{Efn|name=UEFA}}
| nationalcaps2 = 4
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2019–
| nationalteam3 = Montenegro
| nationalcaps3 = 40
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| pcupdate = 24 May 2025
| ntupdate = 6 June 2025
}}
Igor Vujačić ({{Langx|cnr|Игор Вујачић}}; born 8 August 1994) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a defender for Russian club Rubin Kazan and the Montenegro national team.
Club career
Vujačić made his first-team debut for Zeta in September 2011. He totaled 12 appearances and scored once during the 2011–12 season. In February 2013, Vujačić was transferred to Serbian club Vojvodina on a four-year contract.{{Cite web | url=https://www.fkvojvodina.rs/igor-vujacic-iz-zete-u-vojvodinu/ | title=IGOR VUJAČIĆ IZ ZETE U VOJVODINU | language=sr | publisher=fkvojvodina.rs | date=9 February 2013 | access-date=6 July 2019 | archive-date=6 July 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706231425/https://www.fkvojvodina.rs/igor-vujacic-iz-zete-u-vojvodinu/ | url-status=dead }} He, however, failed to make an impact and was released at the beginning of the following year. In April 2014, Vujačić joined Polish club Widzew Łódź and was immediately assigned to the reserve team.{{Cite web | url=https://www.widzewtomy.net/igor-vujacic-pilkarzem-widzewa/ | title=Igor Vujacic piłkarzem Widzewa | language=pl | publisher=widzewtomy.net | date=1 April 2014 | access-date=6 July 2019}}
After returning to his homeland, Vujačić signed with Mogren in the summer of 2014. He spent just half a season at Stadion Lugovi before rejoining his parent club Zeta. Over the following four and a half years, Vujačić established himself as one of the best defenders in the league, amassing 133 appearances and scoring nine goals.
In June 2019, Vujačić signed with Serbian club Partizan and was given the number 5 shirt.{{Cite web | url=http://partizan.rs/210991-promocija-pesukica-vujacica-i-dinge/?pismo=lat | title=Promocija Pešukića, Vujačića i Dinge | language=sr | publisher=partizan.rs | date=14 June 2019 | access-date=6 July 2019}} Vujačić made the Partizan debut on his 25th birthday, after he came on as a sub during the third round UEFA Europa League qualifier against Yeni Malatyaspor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2028050--partizan-vs-yeni-malatyaspor/|title=Partizan-Yeni Malatyaspor - UEFA Europa League|last=UEFA.com|website=UEFA|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08}} In his first season, Vujačić mostly came into the game from the bench, he played only 12 competitive games.
Just one month after the start of the new season, Aleksandar Stanojević became the new coach of Partizan and Igor slowly became a regular first team player.{{cite news |author=Todorović, Nebojša |url=https://nova.rs/sport/fudbal/partizan-ima-novog-trenera-sale-dobro-dosao-kuci/ |title=Partizan ima novog trenera: Sale, dobro došao kući |website=nova.rs |date=1 September 2020 |access-date=7 September 2020 |language=sr}} He scored his first goal on 21 February 2021 in a 3–0 home win against Radnik Surdulica.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/02/21/serbia/super-liga/fk-partizan-beograd/fk-radnik-surdulica/3288981/|title=Partizan vs. Radnik Surdulica|website=Soccerway|date=21 February 2021}} One week later Vujačić scored his second goal in a 6–0 away win against Inđija.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/02/26/serbia/super-liga/fk-indija/fk-partizan-beograd/3288998/|title=Inđija vs. Partizan|website=Soccerway|date=26 February 2021}}
On 12 August 2021, Vujačić played a big role in a return match of the UEFA Europa Conference League Third qualifying round against Sochi when he kicked the ball off the goal line in the 103rd minute of extra time and later during the penalty shootout he scored a fourth penalty that took Partizan to Play-off round.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/08/12/europe/uefa-europa-conference-league/fk-partizan-beograd/fk-petrotrest/3568740/|title=Partizan vs. Sochi 2-2|website=Soccerway|date=12 August 2021}} In the first game of the Play-off round, Vujačić scored a goal in a 2–1 loss against Santa Clara. In the 54th minute, Vujačić reduces the advantage of the Portuguese. A great action by Partizan started by Bibras Natcho from the free kick, the ball came to Aleksandar Šćekić who headed it to the other side to Vujacić. He headed the ball into the net and made the final score 2–1.
On 30 June 2023, Partizan announced that Vujačić left the club for the Russian Premier League side Rubin Kazan.{{cite web|publisher=FK Partizan|url=https://partizan.rs/vujacicev-oprostaj-od-partizana/|title=Vujačićev oproštaj od Partizana!|date=30 June 2023|language=sr}} Rubin announced a three-year contract with Vujačić on 4 July 2023.{{cite web|publisher=FC Rubin Kazan|url=https://rubin-kazan.ru/posts/igor-vuyachich-stal-igrokom-rubina|title=ИГОР ВУЯЧИЧ СТАЛ ИГРОКОМ «РУБИНА»|date=4 July 2023|language=ru}}
International career
Vujačić represented his country at under-19 and under-21 level. He made his full international debut for Montenegro on 7 June 2019, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw with Kosovo.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=30647|title=Player Database|website=eu-football.info|access-date=2020-10-18}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 24 May 2025}}
| 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"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="7"|FK Zeta
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2014–15
|Montenegrin First League |14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 3 | ||
| 2015–16
|Montenegrin First League |26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17
|Montenegrin First League |28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18
|Montenegrin First League |33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=UEL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 5 | ||
| 2018–19
|Montenegrin First League |32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!133 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 10 | |
| rowspan="3"|FK Vojvodina
|2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14
|Serbian SuperLiga |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Widzew Łódź II
|2014–15 |8 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 1 | ||||
| FK Mogren
|Montenegrin First League |12 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 0 | ||||
| rowspan="5"|Partizan Belgrade
|Serbian SuperLiga |8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=UEL}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2020–21
|Serbian SuperLiga |22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | |
| 2021–22
|Serbian SuperLiga |31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14{{efn|name=UECL|Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 4 | |
| 2022–23
|Serbian SuperLiga |33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11{{efn|Two appearances in UEFA Europa League, nine appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!94 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 10 | |
| rowspan="3"|Rubin Kazan
|28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25
|Russian Premier League |27 | 0 | 8 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!55 | 0 | 12 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 67 | 0 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!304 | 15 | 29 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 367 | 18 |
;Notes
{{Notelist}}
=International=
{{updated|match played 6 June 2025}}{{NFT player |id=74489 |name=Vujačić, Igor |access-date=3 September 2023}}
| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="7"|Montenegro
|2019 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total||40||0 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{commons category|Igor Vujačić}}
- {{90minut|27197}}
- {{Soccerway|igor-vujacic/209423}}
- {{UEFA player}}
{{FC Rubin Kazan squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vujacic, Igor}}
Category:Footballers from Podgorica
Category:Men's association football central defenders
Category:Montenegrin men's footballers
Category:Montenegro men's youth international footballers
Category:Montenegro men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Montenegro men's international footballers
Category:FC Rubin Kazan players
Category:Montenegrin First League players
Category:Serbian SuperLiga players
Category:Russian Premier League players
Category:Montenegrin expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia
Category:Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
Category:Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Poland