Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 22 January 2006 | ||
Place of birth | Bruck an der Mur, Austria | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sturm Graz | ||
Number | 38 | ||
Youth career | |||
Kapfenberger SV | |||
2015–2022 | Sturm Graz | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Sturm Graz II | 46 | (13) |
2023– | Sturm Graz | 6 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2021–2022 | Austria U16 | 8 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 August 2022 |
Leon Grgic (born 22 January 2006) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Sturm Graz. [1]
Leon Grgic first played at Kapfenberger SV, before joining Sturm Graz in 2015. Becoming a prolific goalscorer with the youth teams, [2] he signed his first professional contract with The Blackies in 2021. [3] [4]
After progressing from the under-16 to the under-18 team during the previous season, Grgic was promoted to the reserve team for the 2022–23 season. [5] [6] He made his professional debut for SK Sturm Graz II on the 17 August 2022, replacing Milán Tóth during a 5–2 away 2. Liga win against SKN St. Pölten. [7] [8]
Leon Grgic first made his debut for the Austria U16s in 2 September 2021, in a 3-3 draw against the Germany U16s. He scored his only goal for them against Israel U16's, netting in a 3-1 loss. He got promoted to the Austria U17s the following year, in a 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification match against Moldova U17s, which ended as a 2-0 win. He then progressed to the Austria U19s the subsequent season, where he scored in a 2-2 draw against the Latvia U19s in 11 September 2023, 3 days after he made his debut for them, against the same opposition. He was called up to the Austria U21s in the September international break, where he came on as a substitute for Oluwaseun Adewumi in the 74th minute.
Club | Season | League | Austrian Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sturm Graz II | 2022–23 | 2. Liga | 16 | 2 | — | — | — | 16 | 2 | |||
2023–24 | 2. Liga | 21 | 7 | — | — | — | 21 | 7 | ||||
2024–25 | 2. Liga | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | 9 | 4 | ||||
Total | 46 | 13 | — | — | — | 46 | 13 | |||||
Sturm Graz | 2022–23 | Austrian Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
2023–24 | Austrian Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2024–25 | Austrian Bundesliga | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 [b] | 0 | — | 5 | 3 | ||
Total | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 9 | 3 | |||
Career total | 52 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 16 |