Dragan Mrđa

Dragan Mrđa
Драган Мрђа

Personal information
Full name	Dragan Mrđa
Date of birth	January 23, 1984 (1984-01-23) (age 27)
Place of birth	Vršac, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Sion
Number	19
Youth career
2000–2001	Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2005	Red Star Belgrade	39	(7)
2003–2005	→ Jedinstvo Ub (loan)	16	(8)
2005–2007	Lierse	30	(2)
2006–2007	→ Zulte Waregem (loan)	6	(0)
2007–2008	Khimki	9	(2)
2008–2010	Vojvodina	56	(35)
2010–	Sion	26	(9)
National team‡
2006-2007	Serbia U-21	8	(3)
2008–	Serbia	12	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:40, 6 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:39, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Dragan Mrđa (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Мрђа, born January 23, 1984 in Vršac) is a Serbian football player who is currently playing for Swiss Super League club FC Sion.

Career

After spending many years of his youth playing with Red Star Belgrade, during which he was loaned to FK Jedinstvo Ub, he decided to accept a challenge that came from Belgium and moved to Lierse S.K. in January 2006. In the next winter break, he was loaned to another Belgian First Division club, S.V. Zulte Waregem before moving to Russia to play with Premier League club FC Khimki.

Return to Serbia

After one season in Russia, he returned to Serbia. This time he joined with FK Vojvodina, an ambitious Serbian SuperLiga club. Since he arrived, he became an influential player in the team. After a remerkably short period of time he became the team captain, and his good exhibitions made him became member of the Serbian national team from 2008, having been called up for a friendly against Bulgaria and another friendly match against Austria which took place the same year.^[1]

After two seasons spent in Novi Sad, in summer 2010, he signed 3-years contact with Swiss side FC Sion.^[2]

International career

Mrdja scored 2 goals against Japan in a friendly on April 7, 2010, for Serbia's 3–0 win. He was a part of the Serbian squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and was an unused sub in all games.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 April 2010	Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan	Japan	0–1	0–3	Friendly
2.	7 April 2010	Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan	Japan	0–3	0–3	Friendly

References

1. ^ http://www.reprezentacija.rs/cgi-bin/index.pl?str=igraci&strana=Mrdja_Dragan
2. ^ http://www.b92.net/sport/fudbal/vesti.php?yyyy=2010&mm=08&dd=12&nav_id=451427

External links

• Career story at Reprezentacija.rs
• Dragan Mrđa at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile at Srbijafudbal.
• Profile at Uefa.com
• Profile at Soccerway

Persondata
Name	Mrdja, Dragan
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Date of birth	1984-01-23
Place of birth	Vršac, SFR Yugoslavia
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