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Danijel Ljuboja 
With Legia Warsaw in 2011Personal information Full name Danijel Ljuboja Date of birth September 4, 1978 Place of birth Vinkovci, Croatia Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club Legia Warsaw Number 28 Youth career NK Dinamo Vinkovci NK Osijek Red Star Belgrade Sochaux Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1998–2000 Sochaux 62 (20) 2000–2004 Strasbourg 123 (34) 2004–2006 Paris Saint-Germain 42 (7) 2005–2006 → VfB Stuttgart (loan) 26 (8) 2006–2009 VfB Stuttgart 4 (0) 2006–2007 → Hamburger SV (loan) 16 (5) 2008 → VfL Wolfsburg (loan) 8 (1) 2009–2010 Grenoble Foot 38 37 (10) 2010–2011 OGC Nice 30 (5) 2011– Legia Warsaw 9 (6) National team‡ 2003–2006 Serbia and Montenegro/Serbia 19 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:17, 16 October 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 June 2011Danijel Ljuboja, (Serbian Cyrillic: Данијел Љубоја) (born September 4, 1978 in Vinkovci) is a Serbian football forward currently playing for Legia Warsaw.
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Career
Club
Ljuboja was born in Vinkovci, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia, where he played in the youth teams of NK Dinamo Vinkovci, NK Osijek and in FK Crvena zvezda in Belgrade. He moved to France where his professional career started with Sochaux in the 1998/99 season. In his two year stint with the team, he played 62 games scoring 20 goals. Following his stay with Sochaux, Ljuboja moved to Strasbourg in the 2000/01 season where Danijel made 123 league appearances scoring 34 goals, and two appearances in the 2001/02 UEFA Cup Competition scoring twice. During the 2003/4 January transfer window Ljuboja moved from Strasbourg to PSG, where he scored 7 times in 42 league appearances and played 5 games with the team in the 2004–05 Champions League. In 2005, he transferred to German club side Stuttgart, at first on loan, forming a striking partnership with Jon Dahl Tomasson.
He was contracted in April 2006 (through 2009), but by that his income, that was still paid half by PSG, was lowered significantly. Although he had a valid contract, he demanded from Stuttgart the same wages he got before from PSG. Stuttgart in consequence told him to look out for a new club in the summer of 2006 and let him train with their reserve team that plays in the 3rd German league.
In August 2006, Ljuboja was transferred on loan to Champions League participant Hamburger SV for one year with the option to buy the player afterwards. At Hamburger SV he was also demoted to the reserves team, because he did not participate in team briefings. Hamburger SV did not exploit their option to buy him, so he went back to VfB Stuttgart at the end of the season. VfB Stuttgart was looking to offload him to another club. He was part of the reserve team of VfB Stuttgart in the Regionalliga.
In January 2008, Ljuboja was loaned out to VfL Wolfsburg, until the end of the season.[1] Wolfsburg did not use the option to sign the forward permanently.
In July 2008 he was pardoned and returned to the first team of VfB Stuttgart, but was again downgraded to the reserve team VfB Stuttgart II on 5 February 2009 until the end of his contract in June 2009.[2]
After four years in Germany Ljuboja returned back to France on 23 July 2009 signing with Grenoble Foot 38[3]
On 31 August 2010 he then signed with OGC Nice.[4]
After one season in Nice he yet again changed his club by signing with Polish Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw.[5]
International
He was a part of Serbia and Montenegro national team. He played 19 times and scored one goal.
References
- ^ "Ljuboja to Wolfsburg". vfb.de. 2008-01-22. http://www.vfb.de/en/aktuell/news/2007/17408.php. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
- ^ http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/news/25715/babbel-wirft-vfb-stuermer-ljuboja-aus-profikader.html
- ^ Ljuboja zu Grenoble
- ^ Ljuboja à Nice (Officiel)
- ^ Danijel Ljuboja zostanie piłkarzem Legii Warszawa 15.06.2011, sports.pl
External links
- Danijel Ljuboja at 90minut.pl (Polish)
- Kicker Profile (German)
- Footballdatabase.com Stats (English)
Serbia and Montenegro squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Jevrić • 2 Ergić • 3 Dragutinović • 4 Duljaj • 5 Vidić • 6 Gavrančić • 7 Koroman • 8 Kežman • 9 Milošević (c) • 10 Stanković • 11 P. Đorđević • 12 Kovačević • 13 Basta • 14 N. Đorđević • 15 Dudić • 16 D. Petković • 17 Nađ • 18 Vukić • 19 Žigić • 20 Krstajić • 21 Ljuboja • 22 Ilić • 23 Stojković • Coach: I. Petković
Legia Warsaw – current squad 1 Antolović · 2 Jędrzejczyk · 4 Choto · 5 Gol · 6 Żewłakow · 7 Hubník · 9 Manú · 11 Kiełbowicz · 12 Kuciak · 14 Wawrzyniak · 15 Astiz · 16 Borysiuk · 17 Komorowski · 18 Kucharczyk · 21 Vrdoljak · 22 Kosecki · 23 Knežević · 25 Rzeźniczak · 27 Wolski · 28 Ljuboja · 29 Szumski · 31 Rybus · 32 Radović · 33 Żyro · 34 Ohayon · 35 Łukasik · 84 Skaba · Manager: Skorża
Categories:- 1978 births
- Living people
- Association football forwards
- Serbia and Montenegro international footballers
- Serbian footballers
- Serbia international footballers
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Poland
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
- RC Strasbourg players
- Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players
- VfB Stuttgart players
- Hamburger SV players
- VfL Wolfsburg players
- Grenoble Foot 38 players
- OGC Nice players
- Legia Warsaw players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Ekstraklasa players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
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