Stjepan Vuleta

Stjepan Vuleta
Personal information
Full name Stjepan Vuleta
Date of birth (1993-10-29) 29 October 1993
Place of birth Chur, Switzerland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 FC Wacker Innsbruck
Number 9
Youth career
2002—2005 FC Buchs
2005—2007 FC Schaan
2007–2010 FC Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Basel U-21 34 (15)
2012– Basel 2 (0)
2013 → Wil (loan) 9 (1)
2013– → FC Wacker Innsbruck (loan) 11 (1)
2014 →FC Wacker Innsbruck 2 (0)
National team‡
2008–2009 Switzerland U16 6 (1)
2009–2010 Switzerland U17 11 (7)
2010–2011 Switzerland U-18 10 (1)
2012 Switzerland U19 5 (0)
2012– Switzerland U21 2 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 March 2014.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 May 2013

Stjepan Vuleta (born 29 October 1993) is a Swiss professional footballer who is under contract with FC Wacker Innsbruck in the Austrian Bundesliga. He plays as a Striker.

His father Franjo Vuleta was emigrated from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Switzerland due to the Bosnian war.

Career

Basel

Vuleta came through the ranks in Basel. He played in their U-16 team and was part of the team that won the Swiss Championship in 2008[1] and 2009.[2] He then played in their U-18 team and again became Swiss U-18 champion,[3] Vuleta played two years in the Basel U-21 team before he signed a three-year professional contract and joined their first team.[4][5]

Vuleta made his official first team debut, playing in the starting eleven, in a UEFA Champions League preliminary stage match against Flora Tallinn on 24 July 2012, which Basel won 3–0.[6] He played his Swiss Super League debut on 25 August 2012, as he was substituted in, during the 1–2 away defeat in the AFG Arena against St. Gallen.[7]

Wil

On 5 February 2013 it was announced that Vuleta would be loaned out to Wil in the Challenge League to gain playing experience.[8]

Wacker Innsbruck

On 9 July 2013, Vuleta joined the Austrian club Wacker Innsbruck on loan from FC Basel for one year.[9]

International

Vuleta has played international football at various age levels, including Swiss under-16s, under-17s, under-19s, and under-21s. He played his debut on for the U-16 team 2 September 2008 in the 6–2 win against Bulgaria.

Titles and honours

Basel

References

  1. 1 2 FC Basel 1893 (2008). "Die U16 des FCB, die Schweizer Meister 2008 wurde:" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  2. 1 2 Marti, Caspar (2009). "Der FC Basel 1893 holt in Biel das Double" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  3. 1 2 Marti, Caspar (2010). "Die U18 des FCB ist Schweizer Meister!" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  4. ↑ Meister, Remo (2012). "Dreijahresvertrag für Stjepan Vuleta" (in German). FC Basel1893. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  5. ↑ FC Buchs (2012). "Stjepan Vuleta unterzeichnet Profivertrag". FC Bucha. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  6. ↑ Kreis, Stefan (2012). "Fünf Jahre Wartezeit" (in German). Basler Zeitung. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  7. ↑ Meister, Remo (2012). "Im St. Galler Regen erleidet der FCB die zweite Niederlage in Serie" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  8. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2013). "Stjepan Vuleta leihweise nach Wil" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  9. ↑ http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/30727/26/7/7
  10. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2008). "Zwei weitere Nachwuchstitel für den FCB" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
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