Suad Gruda

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Suad Gruda
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-07-27) 27 July 1991 (age 31)
Place of birth Macedonia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
IFK Luleå
2007–2008 Degerfors
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009 IFK Luleå
2010–2011 Gefle 4 (0)
2012 JIPPO 24 (0)
2013 Nyköpings BIS 13 (1)
2013 Umeå 10 (0)
2014–2019 Nyköpings BIS 106 (4)
International career
2011 Montenegro U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 November 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 May 2013

Suad Gruda (born 27 July 1991) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Macedonia and raised in Sweden, he represented Montenegro U21 national team internationally.

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Club career

Gruda was born in Macedonia but his family relocated to Sweden and Luleå the year after his birth. [1] There he spent his youth years at IFK Luleå before moving to Degerfors IF [2] and then Allsvenskan club Gefle IF in 2010 after having spent a year playing first team football with his original club. After leaving Gefle two years later he played for second tier JIPPO in Finland [3] before signing with Nyköpings BIS in March 2013. [4] On 11 August 2013, Gruda left Nyköpings BIS for Umeå FC, but returned to his old club the next season.

In November 2019, he retired from playing, citing persistent knee problems. [5]

International career

Gruda represented the Montenegro national under-21 football team during one game against Andorra in the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification. [6]

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References

  1. "Hela familjen följer med när Suad satsar på fotbollen" (in Swedish). Nya Wermlands-Tidningen. 28 December 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  2. "Gruda kliver uppåt" (in Swedish). Norrländska Socialdemokraten. 1 December 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  3. Jipolle pelintekijä Ruotsista - Karjalainen (in Finnish)
  4. "Gruda siste man in I Bissarna" (in Swedish). SN. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  5. Förre IFK Luleå-mittfältaren slutar - Norrländska Socialdemokraten (in Swedish)
  6. "Under-21 - Suad Gruda" (in Swedish). UEFA . Retrieved 26 May 2013.