Domagoj Abramović (; born 1 April 1981) is a Croatian footballer who plays for NK Omladinac Strmec. He was part of the Croatian squad at the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Career

Club career

Abramović joined NK Dinamo Zagreb as an eight-year-old and scored over 100 goals in various age levels. In 1998, when he was only 17 years old, he debuted in the Dinamo's first team. He came in as a substitute for Mihael Mikić in UEFA Champions League match against Olympiakos.

Domagoj Abramović

He had to wait his premier league debut for a season over, until he got his chance in 2000 against NK Cibalia and scored two goals. He did not break into the first team and was loaned to Croatia Sesvete in the second league. After a successful season in Sesvete he was back in Dinamo.

Domagoj Abramović

Next season he got 9 matches in the league, all as a substitute. After the season, he moved to Cibalia Vinkovci, hoping to get more playing time. In the next two season with Cibalia, he played in 30 matches and managed to score only 4 goals.

Domagoj Abramović

After years in Croatian football he changed country and signed for NK Široki Brijeg in Bosnia and Herzegovina. There he became a leading scorer for the club and lead the club to championship in 2004. He played 4 seasons in Brijeg and scored 34 goals in 81 league matches. In 2007, he moved back to Croatia and Lokomotiva Zagreb. He played 16 matches in the Dinamo's reserve team in third league, until in July 2008, he moved to Finnish Veikkausliiga club FC Inter Turku. He had visited the club already in January, but did not get a contract offer. Abramović won the Finnish championship with FC Inter and was an important part of the winning team.

Abramović left Inter Turku in January 2012, and in March same year he came back to Croatia, signing for HNK Gorica. After helping Gorica to avoid relegation with his 12 goals, Abramović joined their second division rivals NK Lučko. He later played for NK Nur Zagreb.

International career

Abramović was part of the Croatian youth teams from under-16 to 21, but lost his place after 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship due to lack of playing time in club level. He also played in 1998 European Under-16 Football Championship and in 2000 European Under-18 Football Championship.

Honours

Club

NK Dinamo Zagreb

Croatian Cup: 2001

NK Široki Brijeg

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2004, 2006

FC Inter Turku

Veikkausliiga: 2008

References

External links

Domagoj Abramović at sportmanager.hr

1981 births

Living people

Footballers from Zagreb

Men's association football forwards

Croatian men's footballers

Croatia men's youth international footballers

Croatia men's under-21 international footballers

GNK Dinamo Zagreb players

NK Croatia Sesvete players

HNK Cibalia players

NK Široki Brijeg players

NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players

FC Inter Turku players

Thrasyvoulos F.C. players

Olympiacos Volos F.C. players

S.F.K. Pierikos (football) players

HNK Gorica players

NK Lučko players

NK Sesvete players

NK Vinogradar players

NK Dubrava players

Croatian Football League players

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players

Veikkausliiga players

Super League Greece players

Football League (Greece) players

First Football League (Croatia) players

Croatian expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Expatriate men's footballers in Finland

Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Finland

Expatriate men's footballers in Greece

Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Greece