Domagoj Bukvić

Domagoj Bukvić
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-02-22) 22 February 2002
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
NK Osijek
Number 39
Youth career
-2022 NK Osijek
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Osijek 92 (5)
International career
2021- Croatia U19
2023- Croatia U21
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 September 2025

Domagoj Bukvić (born 22 February 2002) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a winger for Croatian Football League club NK Osijek. [1]

Club career

Bukvić is a product of the NK Osijek youth system.[2] He scored his first senior league goal for the club in Osijek's 3-1 victory away against Varaždin in May 2023.[3] He was the leading assister in the HNL in the opening months of the 2023-24 season.[4] Primarily a right winger, he was included in the list of the best young footballers in the world published by the Swiss Football Observatory (CIES) in December 2023.[5] He signed a new professional contract with the club in 2024.[6] He was also utilised during the 2024-25 season at right-back, and even left-back.[7]

International career

He is an international for the Croatia national under-21 football team.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Domagoj Bukvić". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  2. ^ Katusic, Mario (23 August 2023). "The first assistant of the league is a player who needs to be talked about more". Gol. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  3. ^ Korac, Branimir (1 May 2023). "Bukvić after the celebration in Varaždin: 'We believed in that victory and expected to take it'". Sportnet.hr. Retrieved 30 Dec 2025.
  4. ^ "Zoran Zekić on Bukvić's crisis and the situation in the youth national team: "I will have to talk to the coach"". Gol. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Franjo Ivanovic among the 30 best young strikers in the world". Ripoeral.net.hr. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  6. ^ Đukarić, Gradimir (April 4, 2024). "Great news for Osijek, an important signature is coming soon: 'We are on the right track, even though he scored against Portugal...'". sportske.jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  7. ^ Keler, Dalibor (16 May 2025). "This was a season from which I learned important lessons. I blame myself the most for everything that happened to me". glas-slavonije.hr. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  8. ^ "Remarkable Croatian club with 2 ex-AZ players in dire straits". Voetbalplus.nl. April 24, 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Mikolčić and Bukvić celebrated in Doha with the U-21 national team". nk-osijek.hr. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.