Mario Čuić

Croatian footballer

Mario Čuić
Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-04-22) 22 April 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Split, Croatia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Istra 1961
Number	8
Youth career
0000–2015	Tomislav
2015–2020	Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2021	Hajduk Split II	19	(3)
2020–2023	Hajduk Split	20	(2)
2022–2023	→ Radomlje (loan)	40	(3)
2023–	Istra 1961	30	(2)
International career^‡
2017–2019	Croatia U17	10	(1)
2019	Croatia U19	6	(1)
2023	Croatia U23	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2023

Mario Čuić (born 22 April 2001) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Prva HNL club Istra 1961.

Club career

Mario Čuić was born in Split, but raised in Donji Brišnik, a village in the municipality of Tomislavgrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[1] He started his football career at local club Tomislav. He moved to neighbouring Croatia, joining the youth academy of famed Dalmatian club Hajduk Split in 2015. In late 2019, he signed a five-year contract with Hajduk.^[2]

Čuić made his debut for Hajduk on 11 June 2020, earning a place in the starting eleven and playing 66 minutes in a 1–0 win over Istra 1961.^[1] Aged 19, Čuić scored his first and second Hajduk goals in the Eternal derby in a 3–2 win over Dinamo Zagreb at Stadion Maksimir.^[2] The goals came in his sixth ever professional appearance.

References

^ ^a ^b "Tko je Mario Čuić, Tudorovo otkriće koje je prekjučer debitiralo u HNL-u?". Germanijak. 13 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Otkrivamo tko je Mario Čuić, junak pobjede Hajduka; na Maksimiru je napravio ono što u povijesti 'bilih' nikome do sada nije uspjelo..." tportal.hr. Retrieved 13 July 2020.