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Filip Ugrinić
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-05) 5 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Lucerne, Switzerland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Central midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team
 Young Boys
Number 7
Youth career
2006–2010 FC Kickers Luzern
2006–2016 Luzern
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2022 Luzern 121 (20)
2019–2020 → Emmen (loan) 13 (0)
2022– Young Boys 66 (7)
International career‡
2017 Switzerland U18 2 (0)
2017–2018 Switzerland U19 6 (2)
2018 Switzerland U20 3 (0)
2019 Switzerland U21 1 (0)
2023– Switzerland 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024

Filip Ugrinić (Serbian Cyrillic: Филип Угринић; born 5 January 1999) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Swiss Super League club Young Boys and the Switzerland national team.[3]

Club career

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FC Luzern

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Born in Lucerne, Switzerland, Ugrinić began playing football for local club FC Kickers Luzern before moving to the Luzern in 2006.[4]

At the start of the 2016–17 season, he made the leap into the FC Luzern first team competing in Swiss Super League, where he made his professional debut on 15 October 2016 in the away game against Basel.[5] On 26 November in the 2–1 away victory against Thun, Ugrinić was in the starting line-up for the first time and played the entire match. He also recorded his first assist in the Super League in this game, directing a free-kick to Tomislav Puljić who made it 1–0.[6] On 3 December 2016, he signed his first professional contract with Luzern until 2020.[7] His youth contract ran until 2017.[8]

On 13 July 2017, Ugrinić made his European debut in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League, a 2–0 loss to Osijek.[9] He scored his first professional goal on 26 October 2017 in a 3–2 away win in the Swiss Cup, knocking out Echallens.[10]

Ugrinić scored his first league goal on 30 September 2018; his was the solitary goal in a 3–1 home defeat against Sion.[11]

On 3 July 2019, his contract with Luzern was extended until 2021 and he was sent on a season-long loan to Eredivisie club Emmen.[12][13] After his return to Luzern, he won the Swiss Cup with the team in May 2021.[14]

BSC Young Boys

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On 31 May 2022, Young Boys announced that they had reached an agreement with Luzern for the transfer of Ugrinić. He signed a four-year contract and was set to join the club on 1 July.[15]

International career

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Ugrinić is a youth international for Switzerland at the U18 and U19 levels. In October 2019, he was capped at U21 level.[16][17]

Personal life

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Ugrinić is of Serbian descent.[18]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 6 November 2024[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Luzern 2016–17 Swiss Super League 21 0 1 0 — — 22 0
2017–18 17 0 2 1 1[a] 0 — 20 1
2018–19 14 1 2 0 1[a] 0 — 17 1
2020–21 33 5 2 0 — — 35 5
2021–22 34 9 5 1 2[b] 0 — 41 10
Total 119 15 12 2 4 0 — 135 17
Young Boys 2022–23 Swiss Super League 29 1 5 2 3[b] 0 — 37 3
2023–24 24 4 1 0 9[c] 3 — 34 7
2024–25 13 2 1 0 6[d] 1 — 20 3
Total 66 7 7 2 18 4 — 92 13
Emmen (loan) 2019–20 Eredivisie 13 0 0 0 — — 13 0
Career total 198 22 19 4 22 4 0 0 239 30
  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ^ Eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, one appearance and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

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As of match played 15 October 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Switzerland 2023 2 0
2024 1 0
Total 3 0

Honours

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FC Luzern

Young Boys

References

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  1. ^ Filip Ugrinić at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  2. ^ Filip Ugrinić at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ Filip Ugrinić at WorldFootball.net
  4. ^ "Jungtalent Filip Ugrinic bleibt beim FCL". zentralplus (in Swiss High German). 4 December 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  5. ^ Tedesco, E. (16 October 2016). ""Die Jungs wollen es so, jetzt müssen sie da durch"". 20 Minuten (in German). Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Schindelholz trifft, doch Thun verliert". Berner Zeitung (in German). 26 November 2016. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  7. ^ "LUZERN: Filip Ugrinic unterschreibt Profivertrag". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). 3 December 2016. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Filip Ugrinic mit Profivertrag". Luzerner Rundschau (in German). 6 December 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Osijek-Luzern | UEFA Europa League 2017/18". UEFA. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  10. ^ Wyrsch, Daniel (26 October 2017). "FUSSBALL: FC Luzern kommt in Echallens mit einem blauen Auge davon". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  11. ^ "FCL verliert gegen Sion". REGIOfussball (in German). 30 September 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  12. ^ Spörri, Julian (3 July 2019). "Filip Ugrinic verlängert Vertrag beim FCL um ein Jahr – und wird an den FC Emmen ausgeliehen". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Emmen pikt zevende zomeraanwinst op uit Zwitserland". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 3 July 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  14. ^ a b "Nach 29 Jahren: Luzern ist Schweizer Cup-Sieger". kicker (in German). 24 May 2021. Archived from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  15. ^ "Filip Ugrinic wechselt zu den Young Boys". BSC Young Boys (in German). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  16. ^ "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Team". www.football.ch.
  17. ^ "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Team". www.football.ch.
  18. ^ "Le plus jeune de Raiffeisen Super League est Lucernois". SwissFootballLeague (in French). 17 October 2016. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  19. ^ "Filip Ugrinic Statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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