Uros Vasic

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Uros Vasic
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-10-25) 25 October 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Brig-Glis, Switzerland
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Position(s) Left winger, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Thun
Number 21
Youth career
Naters
0000–2018 Thun
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2021 Thun U21 22 (6)
2019– Thun 41 (0)
2022Naters (loan) 11 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2023

Uros Vasic (born 25 October 2001) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Thun. [2]

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Club career

Vasic was born in Brig-Glis and started playing football at Naters before joining Thun. He moved through the youth teams of Thun before debuting for their U21 squad in the 1. Liga, the fourth tier of the Swiss football league system, on 1 September 2018. [1] On 25 May 2019, he was named in the first-team matchday squad for the first time, but did not receive playing time. [2] Prior to the 2019–20 season, he signed a professional contract with Thun and was promoted to a permanent member of the first-team squad at the age of 18. [3] He debuted in the Swiss Super League on 28 July 2019 in a 0–0 draw against Lugano. At the end of the 2019–20 season, Thun was relegated to the Swiss Challenge League after losing in the relegation play-offs against FC Vaduz. [4]

On 4 January 2022, Vasic was loaned to Naters until the end of the 2021–22 season. [5]

International career

Born in Switzerland, Vasic is of Serbian descent. [6] Between 2017 and 2019, Vasic has represented Switzerland at the under-17, under-18, and under-19 level. [1] He was part of the Swiss squad at the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and appeared in two group stage matches as a substitute. Switzerland placed third in their group and did not move on to the knockout phase of the tournament.

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References

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  4. "Spätes Aufbäumen reicht nicht: Thun scheitert an Vaduz und steigt ab" (in German). kicker.de. 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
  5. "Vasic leihweise zurück zum Stammverein" (Press release) (in German). Naters. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  6. Bote, 1815 ch, Walliser. "«Wir schaffen den Ligaerhalt»". www.1815.ch.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)