Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 24 March 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Varaždin, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1997 | Varteks | 123 | (55) |
1997–2000 | Trabzonspor | 85 | (29) |
2000–2002 | Lecce | 71 | (19) |
2003–2004 | Atalanta | 30 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Catania | 20 | (2) |
2005–2006 | NK Rijeka | 23 | (15) |
2006–2008 | Dinamo Zagreb | 34 | (16) |
2008–2010 | NK Zagreb | 55 | (29) |
2010–2012 | Varteks | 40 | (7) |
2012–2015 | Slaven Belupo | 66 | (25) |
Total | 547 | (197) | |
National team‡ | |||
1995 | Croatia U20 | 1 | (0) |
1994–1997 | Croatia U21 | 19 | (3) |
1999 | Croatia B | 1 | (0) |
1996–2006 | Croatia | 28 | (7) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 October 2014. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 January 2013 |
Davor Vugrinec (born 24 March 1975) is a retired Croatian footballer who last played for Slaven Belupo. He primary played as striker, but also operated as an attacking midfielder or second striker. He is the all time top scorer of the Croatian First Football League with 146 goals he scored for five different clubs.
Vugrinec started his professional career at local club NK Varteks in 1992, becoming a regular at the club from his second professional season onwards, and scoring in double digits in three of the following four campaigns. In 1995–96, he netted 17 goals in 31 games as the team finished in fourth position (third after the second stage), also appearing in the season's Croatian Cup final.
In June 1997, Vugrinec moved abroad, joining Trabzonspor in Turkey, scoring 24 Süper Lig goals in his first two seasons combined. In the 2000 summer, he moved teams and countries again, signing with U.S. Lecce in Italy, his 11 successful strikes proving crucial as the Apulia outfit narrowly avoided relegation from Serie A; on 12 November 2000, he netted the game's only goal at the San Siro, in an historic win against F.C. Internazionale Milano.