Dušan Tadić

Dušan Tadić

Tadić playing for Southampton in 2015
Personal information
Full name Dušan Tadić[1]
Date of birth (1988-11-20) 20 November 1988
Place of birth Bačka Topola, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Southampton
Number 11
Youth career
AIK Bačka Topola
2002–2006 Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Vojvodina 107 (29)
2010–2012 Groningen 72 (14)
2012–2014 Twente 70 (29)
2014– Southampton 75 (13)
National team‡
2008– Serbia 42 (11)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2016

Dušan Tadić (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Тадић; born 20 November 1988) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for English club Southampton and the Serbia national team. He is primarily a left-sided midfielder.[3]

He spent his youth at hometown club AIK Bačka Topola and FK Vojvodina, eventually playing in the UEFA Europa League with the latter. After two seasons with FC Groningen he joined FC Twente in 2012, where he earned a move to Southampton.

Tadić has over 40 caps for Serbia, having made his international debut in 2008, and represented the country at the Olympics in that year.

Club career

Vojvodina

Dušan Tadić grew up honing his skills within the youth ranks of his hometown's club known as AIK Bačka Topola. Eventually he signed a professional contract with FK Vojvodina and played his first competitive matches in the Meridian SuperLiga at the age of 18.[4] While playing for Vojvodina, he gained invaluable experiences playing against great top-flight teams (even against Atlético Madrid) and playing almost four full seasons without any major injuries or incidents. His potential in big European games was displayed in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase when he scored a goal against Austria Wien when he was only 20 years old.

Groningen

Tadić playing for Groningen in 2011

In 2010, Vojvodina sold Dušan Tadić to FC Groningen for the equivalent of €1.23 million.[5] On 8 August 2010, Tadić made his official debut for the club in a Eredivisie against Ajax, playing full match and provide assist for Tim Matavž goal in 2–2 home draw.[6] On 18 December 2010, Tadić has scored his first goal in Groningen, against Excelsior in 2–2 away draw.[7] On 30 January 2011, he has he has score a twice and provide one assist in a 1–4 away league draw over Heerenveen. Tadić has finished perfect 2010–11 season with 7 goals, 22 assists in 41 matches. He had the third highest number of assists in Europe for the 2010–11 season.[8] In front of him are just Mesut Özil (26) and Lionel Messi (25).

He played for Groningen from 2010 to 2012, before being transferred to FC Twente.

Twente

On 10 April 2012, it was announced that Tadić had signed for FC Twente in a €7.7 million move from FC Groningen.[9] In his debut game on 12 August 2012, he scored two goals against his former club.[10]

Southampton

Tadić scoring a penalty, his first goal for Southampton, as they defeated Arsenal in 2014

Tadić became the first signing under new Southampton manager Ronald Koeman on 8 July 2014, signing on a four-year deal. He joined for an undisclosed fee, thought to be £10.9 million.[11] He made his competitive debut on 17 August in their first game of the Premier League season, playing 74 minutes of an eventual 2–1 defeat away to Liverpool before being substituted for fellow debutant Shane Long. Tadić assisted Southampton's goal through a one-two with goalscorer Nathaniel Clyne.[12]

He scored his first Southampton goal on 23 September with a penalty against Arsenal in a 2–1 League Cup victory at Emirates Stadium.[13] His first league goal for the club came in an 8–0 trouncing of Sunderland on 18 October, in which he assisted four others, equalling the Premier League record for the most assists in a single match.[14]

On 13 December, Tadić had a penalty saved by Tom Heaton as Southampton went on to lose 0–1 away to Burnley.[15] He scored in a 2–0 win over Arsenal on 1 January 2015,[16] and ten days later scored the only goal as Southampton defeated Manchester United at Old Trafford and rose into third position at their expense.[17] This marked Southampton's first league victory at Old Trafford since 1988.[18]

Tadić scored twice in a 3–0 win against Norwich City on 30 August 2015 for the Saints' first league win of the season.[19]

He scored another brace in a 4–2 win over relegated Aston Villa on 23 April 2016.[20] In the next game, he provided three assists in a 4–2 win over Manchester City, becoming only the fourth player to achieve three or more assists in more than one Premier League game.[21]

International career

Tadić was first named in the Serbia national squad in 2008, aged 19. It was not until 2011 that he became a regular fixture in both the squad and the team, and was an integral part of the national side during Serbia's unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Tadić scored his first senior goal for his country in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification game at home to Wales on 12 September 2012 in a 6–1 victory, coming on the occasion of his eighth full cap.[22]

Career statistics

Club

As of 6 November 2016[23]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vojvodina 2006–07 23351–00–284
2007–08 28710–30–327
2008–09 29910–20–329
2009–10 271050–21–3411
Total 10729121–71–12631
Groningen 2010–11 38730–0000417
2011–12 34710–0000357
Total 721440–00007614
Twente 2012–13 371310–133005116
2013–14 331610–00003416
Total 702920–133008532
Southampton 2014–15 31430310000375
2015–16 33810203100399
2016–17 11100000000111
Total 7513405131008715
Career total 32484221512350037491

International

As of match played 12 November 2016[24]
Serbia national team
YearAppsGoals
200810
200900
201010
201100
201291
2013104
201481
201560
201675
Total4211

International goals

As of match played 9 October 2016.

Serbia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Tadić goal.[23]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 September 2012Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad, Serbia8 Wales4–16–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 6 February 2013GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus12 Cyprus1–11–3Friendly
3 1–2
4 11 October 2013Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad, Serbia19 Japan1–02–0Friendly
5 15 October 2013Jagodina City Stadium, Jagodina, Serbia20 Macedonia4–05–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 26 May 2014Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States23 Jamaica1–02–1Friendly
7 25 May 2016Užice City Stadium, Užice, Serbia36 Cyprus2–02–1Friendly
8 31 May 2016Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad, Serbia37 Israel3–13–1Friendly
9 5 September 2016Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia39 Republic of Ireland2–12–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
10 6 October 2016 Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova 40 Moldova0–30–3 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 9 October 2016 Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 41 Austria3–23–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Vojvodina

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Dušan Tadić - UEFA.com". www.uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Dusan Tadic Profile, News & Stats". www.premierleague.com. Premier League. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Archived 28 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ "Serbia – D. Tadić – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  5. ↑ Tadic: 'Ik ben blij met FC Groningen', website FC Groningen (8 juni 2010)
  6. ↑ FC GRONINGEN - AJAX 2-2, website fcupdate.nl (8 augustus 2010)
  7. ↑ Excelsior - FC Groningen Game Result, Statistics and Goals 18/12/2010, website fussball.wettpoint.com (18 december 2010)
  8. ↑ Dušan Tadić treći asistent u Evropi
  9. ↑ "Official: Dusan Tadic to leave Groningen for Twente". Goal.com. 2012-04-10. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  10. ↑ Archived 31 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ "Southampton sign Twente's Tadic". BBC Sport. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  12. ↑ Ornstein, David (17 August 2014). "Liverpool 2–1 Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Arsenal 1–2 Southampton". BBC Sport. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  14. ↑ Reddy, Luke (18 October 2014). "Southampton 8–0 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  15. ↑ Sanghera, Mandeep (13 December 2014). "Burnley 1–0 Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  16. ↑ Reddy, Luke (1 January 2015). "Southampton 2–0 Arsenal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  17. ↑ Higginson, Marc (11 January 2015). "Man Utd 0–1 Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  18. ↑ Ogden, Mark (11 January 2015). "Manchester United vs Southampton: Goalscorer Dusan Tadic 'stupid' for taking shirt off, says Ronald Koeman". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  19. ↑ Cryer, Andy (30 August 2015). "Southampton 3–0 Norwich". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  20. ↑ Gheerbrant, James (23 April 2016). "Aston Villa 2–4 Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  21. ↑ Rudd, Lewis (1 May 2016). "Southampton's Dusan Tadic makes claim to be new Premier League assist king having provided three in win over Manchester City". Metro.co.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  22. ↑ "Appearances of Dušan Tadić". eu-football.info. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  23. 1 2 "D. TADIĆ". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  24. ↑ "Dušan Tadić". European Football. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  25. ↑ "Serbia 2008/09". Rsssf.com. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  26. ↑ "Serbia Cup 2006/07". Rsssf.com. 18 May 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  27. ↑ "Serbia 2009/10". Rsssf.com. 10 June 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
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