Mrđa playing for Omiya Ardija in 2015
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dragan Mrđa | ||
Date of birth | January 23, 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Vršac, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Omiya Ardija | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2001 | Red Star Belgrade | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2005 | Red Star Belgrade | 39 | (7) |
2003–2005 | → Jedinstvo Ub (loan) | 27 | (10) |
2005–2007 | Lierse | 30 | (2) |
2006 | → Zulte Waregem (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Khimki | 9 | (2) |
2008–2010 | Vojvodina | 56 | (35) |
2010–2013 | Sion | 32 | (9) |
2012 | → Sion II (loan) | 5 | (4) |
2013–2014 | Red Star Belgrade | 27 | (19) |
2014– | Omiya Ardija | 82 | (34) |
National team‡ | |||
2003–2007 | Serbia U21 | 15 | (6) |
2008–2014 | Serbia | 14 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 June 2014 |
Dragan Mrđa (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Мрђа; born 23 January 1984) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a striker for J. League Division 2 club Omiya Ardija. In international competition he has represented Serbia.
After spending many years of his youth playing with Red Star Belgrade, during which he was loaned to FK Jedinstvo Ub, he decided to accept a challenge that came from Belgium and moved to Lierse S.K. in August 2005. In the summer of 2006, he was loaned to another Belgian First Division club, S.V. Zulte Waregem before moving to Russia to play with Premier League club FC Khimki.
After one season in Russia, he returned to Serbia to join FK Vojvodina in the Serbian SuperLiga. In spite of arriving to the club off of dry spells in Belgium and Russia, he became Vojvodina's captain after a remarkably short period of time due to a spontaneous explosion of good form. His prolific goal-scoring with Vojvodina earned him calls from the Serbian national team from 2008, having been called up for a friendly against Bulgaria and another friendly match against Austria which took place the same year. By the end of the 2009–10 season, Mrđa had scored 22 goals in 29 league games and was named SuperLiga Player of the Year.