Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mijat Gaćinović | ||
Date of birth | 8 February 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
Leotar | |||
Vojvodina | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2015 | Vojvodina | 50 | (12) |
2015– | Eintracht Frankfurt | 35 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2011 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 | 3 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Serbia U19 | 11 | (2) |
2014–2015 | Serbia U20 | 10 | (0) |
2015– | Serbia U21 | 9 | (2) |
2017– | Serbia | 1 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2017 |
Mijat Gaćinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Мијат Гаћиновић; born 8 February 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club Eintracht Frankfurt.
Gaćinović was born in Novi Sad while his father Vladimir played for FK Bečej. His family is from Trebinje, where Gaćinović returned when his father finished his career. He started to play football at Leotar, before joining the youth academy of Vojvodina. He made his first team debut under manager Nebojša Vignjević on 19 March 2013, coming off the bench as a substitute for Miroslav Vulićević in a 3–0 home win over Donji Srem. On 18 May 2013, Gaćinović scored his first senior goal in a 3–2 home league victory over Radnički Niš.
After already establishing his place in the starting lineup, Gaćinović helped Vojvodina win the 2013–14 Serbian Cup in the club's centennial year. He was named the team's captain in early 2015, eventually becoming their top league scorer in the 2014–15 season, netting 11 goals.
In the summer of 2015, Gaćinović moved to Germany and signed with Eintracht Frankfurt. He made his official debut for the club on 28 November 2015, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–2 away league loss against Mainz 05. On 19 May 2016, Gaćinović scored the equalizer in the first leg of the 2015–16 Bundesliga relegation playoffs against Nürnberg, before assisting the only goal in the return leg away to keep his club in the top flight.