Marko Dugandžić (born 7 April 1994) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a striker for and K League 1 club FC Seoul.

Marko Dugandžić
Dugandžić with FC Seoul in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-04-07) 7 April 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth Osijek, Croatia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
FC Seoul
Number 45
Youth career
2005–2012 Osijek
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Osijek 45 (9)
2015Ternana (loan) 6 (0)
2015–2017 Ternana 15 (2)
2017–2018 Matera 25 (6)
2018–2019 Osijek 6 (0)
2020 Botoșani 20 (11)
2020–2021 Sochi 18 (5)
2022 CFR Cluj 14 (1)
2022–2023 Rapid București 44 (28)
2023–2025 Al-Tai 36 (4)
2025– FC Seoul 0 (0)
International career
2009 Croatia U16 2 (0)
2012 Croatia U18 6 (6)
2012–2013 Croatia U19 10 (6)
2015 Croatia U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 January 2025

Club career

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His good performances for Osijek attracted many European teams, such as Fiorentina, Blackburn Rovers and Leeds United. Instead, he signed for Serie B Ternana in January 2015.

On 14 October 2020, after a short stint at Romanian side Botoșani, Dugandžić joined Russian Premier League club PFC Sochi.[1]

On 11 January 2022, he returned to Romania and signed with CFR Cluj.[2]

Rapid București

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On 22 July 2022, Dugandžić was transferred to another Liga I side Rapid București for a reported fee of €400,000. He made his debut against Rapid's rivals from Ghencea, FCSB, scoring a goal and assisting captain Cristian Săpunaru. He also scored against rivals Petrolul Ploiesti in the Primvs Derby. After that, he became a vital player for Rapid, scoring 16 goals across the 2022–23 regular season. During the championship play-off stage, he added another six goals to his tally and was crowned the top scorer of the season, with 22 goals.

Al-Tai

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On 7 September 2023, Dugandžić joined Saudi Arabian side Al-Tai.[3]

Career statistics

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Dugandžić with Rapid București in August 2022

Club

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As of 29 January 2025[4]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Osijek 2012–13 Prva NHL 6 0 2 0 8 0
2013–14 26 3 4 3 30 6
2014–15 6 0 1 0 7 0
Total 38 3 5 3 2 0 45 6
Ternana (loan) 2014–15 Serie B 6 0 6 0
Ternana 2015–16 12 1 2 1 14 2
2016–17 3 0 2 0 5 0
Total 21 1 4 1 25 2
Matera 2017–18 Serie C 25 5 1[a] 1 26 6
Osijek 2018–19 Prva NHL 3 0 2 2 5 2
2019–20 3 0 1 1 1 0 5 1
Total 6 0 3 3 1 0 10 3
Botoșani 2019–20 Liga I 13 8 13 8
2020–21 5 2 2 1 7 3
Total 18 10 2 1 20 11
Sochi 2020–21 RPL 14 1 3 1 17 2
2021–22 4 1 3 2 7 3
Total 18 2 3 1 3 2 24 5
CFR Cluj 2021–22 Liga I 13 1 13 1
2022–23 1 0 2 0 1[b] 0 4 0
Total 14 1 2 0 1 0 17 1
Rapid București 2022–23 Liga I 37 22 4 0 41 22
2023–24 7 6 7 6
Total 44 28 4 0 48 28
Al-Tai 2023–24 Saudi Professional League 23 2 1 0 24 2
2024–25 First Division League 13 2 1 0 14 2
Total 36 4 2 0 38 4
Career total 220 54 21 8 10 3 2 1 253 66
  1. ^ Appearance in Coppa Italia Serie C
  2. ^ Appearance in Supercupa României

Honours

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CFR Cluj

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Состав футбольного клуба "Сочи" пополнил хорватский нападающий Марко Дуганджич" (in Russian). PFC Sochi. 14 October 2020.
  2. ^ "BUN VENIT, MARKO DUGANDZIC!" (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. 11 January 2022.
  3. ^ "MARKO DUGANDZIC S-A TRANSFERAT LA AL-TAI FC" (in Romanian). Rapid București. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  4. ^ Marko Dugandžić at WorldFootball.net
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