Damjan Danicic

Damjan Danicic (Serbian Cyrillic: Дамјан Даничић, pronounced [damjan danitʃitɕ]; born 24 January 2000) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Prva HNL side Istra 1961, on loan from Dinamo Zagreb.

Club Career

Vozdovac

Danicic is a youth prospect of Serbian giants Red Star Belgrade, whose academy he left in 2019 and joined Serbian SuperLiga side Vozdovac on free transfer. He made his SuperLiga debut on 27 July 2019 in a 2–2 draw with Proleter Novi Sad. Three months later, on 9 October, he made his Serbian Cup debut as Teleoptik defeated Vozdovac 8–7 in a penalty shootout. He made seven appearances for Vozdovac in the first half of the season.

Dinamo Zagreb

Due to lack of playing time, in the shadow of in-form Stefan Hajdin, Danicic signed in January 2020 with Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb, whose academy his father used to attend during coach Otto Baric's tenure, on free transfer. He became the second Serbian player after Komnen Andric to play for Dinamo since the independence of Croatia. The transfer sparked minor controversy in Serbia due to rivalry between Dinamo and Danicic's youth club Red Star.

He debuted for Dinamo on 27 January 2020 in Premier League International Cup against Leicester City, as the English side won 2–1. He made his Druga HNL debut for Dinamo Zagreb II on 22 February 2020 in a 2–2 draw with Orijent 1919. The first team coach Zoran Mamic gave Danicic a chance in the first team on 18 July, as he made his Prva HNL debut in a goalless draw with Istra 1961.

On 19 October, he was loaned out to Prva HNL side Varazdin until the end of the season. He made his debut for Varazdin on 23 October in a 2–1 loss to Slaven Belupo. He was returned from loan in January 2021. He scored his first goal for Dinamo II on 12 April, in a 3–1 victory over Orijent 1919. He scored his second goal on 5 May in an upset 2–0 victory over Hrvatski Dragovoljac.