Personal information | |||
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Full name | Darko Brašanac | ||
Date of birth | 12 February 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Čajetina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Betis | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2005 | Zlatibor Čajetina | ||
2005–2010 | Partizan | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2016 | Partizan | 82 | (7) |
2011–2012 | → Smederevo (loan) | 24 | (2) |
2016– | Betis | 21 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2008–2009 | Serbia U17 | 6 | (1) |
2009–2011 | Serbia U19 | 14 | (1) |
2013–2015 | Serbia U21 | 17 | (1) |
2015– | Serbia | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 March 2017 |
Darko Brašanac (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Брашанац; born 12 February 1992) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Betis, as a central midfielder.
Brašanac represented his country at all youth international levels, collecting more than 35 appearances, before making his senior team debut in 2015.
After starting out at his local club Zlatibor Čajetina at the age of 6, Brašanac moved to Partizan still as a trainee in 2005. He was one of the most promising members of the team led by Slađan Šćepović that won numerous international youth tournaments. Consequently, Brašanac was promoted to the senior squad in January 2010. He made his competitive debut for Partizan in a 2–0 away league win over Hajduk Kula on 14 March 2010, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute for Cléo. Until the end of the 2009–10 season, Brašanac recorded two more league appearances, as the club won its third consecutive championship title.
In June 2010, alongside Marko Šćepović and Matija Nastasić, Brašanac signed his first professional contract with Partizan. He made his first appearance of the new season on 4 September 2010, replacing Saša Ilić in a 2–0 home league victory over Hajduk Kula. On 8 December 2010, Brašanac made his UEFA Champions League debut in a 1–3 away loss to Arsenal at Emirates Stadium, coming on as an injury-time substitute for Almami Moreira. He made six appearances in all competitions in the 2010–11 campaign, as the club won the double.