Danijel Ljuboja
Ljuboja with Legia Warsaw in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Danijel Ljuboja | ||
| Date of birth | 4 September 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Vinkovci, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dinamo Vinkovci | |||
| 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 | 37 | (10) |
| 2010–2011 | Nice | 30 | (5) |
| 2011–2013 | Legia Warsaw | 56 | (23) |
| 2013–2014 | Lens | 30 | (8) |
| Total | 434 | (121) | |
| National team | |||
| 2003–2006 | Serbia and Montenegro | 19 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 May 2014. |
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Danijel Ljuboja (Serbian Cyrillic: Данијел Љубоја, pronounced [dǎnijel ʎûboja]; born 4 September 1978) is a former Serbian footballer forward who last played for French Ligue 2 side RC Lens. He was known for his passing and set pieces. He represented Serbia and Montenegro at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Ljuboja was born in Vinkovci, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia to Serbian parents. There he played in the youth teams of NK Dinamo Vinkovci, NK Osijek and Red Star Belgrade. He moved to France where his professional career started with Sochaux in the 1998–99 season. Ljuboja made his debut, coming on as a substitute in the 76th minutes for Anthony Sirufo, in a 2–1 loss against Lyon on 11 September 1998; then on 31 October 1998, Ljuboja scored his first goal and scored another, in a 4–0 win over Montpellier. However, in his first season, Sochaux was relegated to Ligue 2. The next season, Ljuboja soon became an important member of the first team and began his goalscoring form, including a hat-trick in a 5–1 win over Créteil on 15 April 2000. At the end of the season, Ljuboja's goalscoring form led him to become a top-scorer for the club, but he was second top-scorer behind Amara Traoré. However, the club wasn't able to return to Ligue 1, having come one point too short. In his two-year stint with the team, he played 62 games scoring 20 goals.
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