Stanko Jurić (born 16 August 1996) is a Croatian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defensive midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for Spanish club
Valladolid
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on loan from the Italian club
Parma
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.
Club career
Born in
Split
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, Jurić started his youth career with the academy of local NK Dalmatinac Split, before joining the counterpart of NK Adriatic Split. In 2012, he joined the youth setup of
NK Dugopolje
NK Dugopolje is a professional Croatian football club based in the town of Dugopolje on the outskirts of Split, a city on the Adriatic coast. They were founded in 1952, and they currently play in the Prva nogometna liga (English: First football ...
. He was given a contract through 2019 and promoted to the senior team, which had just been demoted to the second tier, three years later. He participated in 25 games during his first season with the senior team. Subsequently, he cemented his place in his team, playing regularly and was also appointed as the
club captain.
In winter of 2017, Jurić started training with
Hajduk Split
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and went on to feature for the club in friendly matches. Amidst reports of Hajduk,
Rijeka
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and
Osijek
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's interest in signing him, he joined Hajduk Split on 15 February 2018 on a two-year deal. He played 14 times and scored one goal for the
reserves in the 2017–18 season. On 2 August, he made his first team debut in a 3–2 victory over Bulgarian club
Slavia Sofia
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in the
UEFA Europa League
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. Coming on as a substitute for the injured
Dino Beširović, he scored a goal in the 24th minute of the match. He dedicated his goal to his late grandfather. His first league goal came against
Lokomotiva Zagreb in the 2nd round of
2018-19 Prva HNL.
In June 2019, after making 30 first team appearances in the
2018–19 HNK Hajduk Split season, Jurić signed a new contract with Hajduk, lasting until 30 June 2021.
On 18 June 2021, Italian
Serie B
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side
Parma
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announced the arrival of Jurić, as the midfielder penned a contract lasting until 30 June 2025.
On 19 August 2023, Jurić joined
Valladolid
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in Spain on loan with an option to buy.
Career statistics
Club
References
External links
HNK Hajduk Splitprofile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jurić, Stanko
1996 births
Living people
Footballers from Split, Croatia
Men's association football midfielders
Croatian men's footballers
NK Dugopolje players
HNK Hajduk Split players
Parma Calcio 1913 players
Real Valladolid players
Croatian Football League players
First Football League (Croatia) players
Serie B players
Croatian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain