Dušan Tadić

Dušan Tadić

Tadić playing for Southampton in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Dušan Tadić
Date of birth	(1988-11-20) 20 November 1988 (age 28)
Place of birth	Bačka Topola, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Southampton
Number	11
Youth career
	AIK Bačka Topola
2002–2006	Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2010	Vojvodina	107	(29)
2010–2012	Groningen	72	(14)
2012–2014	Twente	70	(29)
2014–	Southampton	86	(14)
National team‡
2008–	Serbia	42	(11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:56, 11 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2016

Dušan Tadić (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Тадић; born 20 November 1988) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for English club Southampton and Serbia. He is primarily a left-sided midfielder.

He spent his youth at hometown club AIK Bačka Topola and FK Vojvodina, eventually playing in the UEFA Europa League with the latter. After two seasons with FC Groningen he joined FC Twente in 2012, where he earned a move to Southampton.

Tadić has over 40 caps for Serbia, having made his international debut in 2008, and represented the country at the Olympics in that year.

Dušan Tadić grew up honing his skills within the youth ranks of his hometown's club known as AIK Bačka Topola. Eventually he signed a professional contract with FK Vojvodina and played his first competitive matches in the Meridian SuperLiga at the age of 18. While playing for Vojvodina, he gained invaluable experiences playing against great top-flight teams (even against Atlético Madrid) and playing almost four full seasons without any major injuries or incidents. His potential in big European games was displayed in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase when he scored a goal against Austria Wien when he was only 20 years old.

In 2010, Vojvodina sold Dušan Tadić to FC Groningen for the equivalent of €1.23 million. On 8 August 2010, Tadić made his official debut for the club in a Eredivisie against Ajax, playing full match and provide assist for Tim Matavž goal in 2–2 home draw. On 18 December 2010, Tadić has scored his first goal in Groningen, against Excelsior in 2–2 away draw. On 30 January 2011, he scored twice and provide one assist in a 1–4 away league draw over Heerenveen. Tadić has finished perfect 2010–11 season with 7 goals, 22 assists in 41 matches. He had the third highest number of assists in Europe for the 2010–11 season. In front of him are just Mesut Özil (26) and Lionel Messi (25).