Filip Čuić

Filip Čuić
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-02-22) 22 February 2003
Place of birth Split, Croatia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
Pogoń Szczecin
Number 10
Youth career
–2018 Tomislav
2018–2019 Dugopolje
2019–2022 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2024 Hajduk Split 7 (1)
2022–2023Radomlje (loan) 22 (5)
2023–2024 Solin 12 (3)
2024 Lokomotiva 5 (0)
2024–2026 Gorica 38 (5)
2026– Pogoń Szczecin 0 (0)
International career
2021–2022 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 7 (6)
2022–2023 Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 7 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10:33, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

Filip Čuić (born 22 February 2003) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ekstraklasa club Pogoń Szczecin. Born in Croatia, he represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at youth level.

Club career

Filip Čuić was born in Split, but raised in Donji Brišnik. Čuić family hails from Donji Bršnik, 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 in late 2018, first joining the U-17 team of Dugopolje until the end of the season, before joining the youth academy of the famed Dalmatian club Hajduk Split in 2019, where his older brother Mario was already playing.[1]

Featuring in two Hajduk Split U19 national titles,[2] Čuić was shortlisted for the 2021–22 UEFA Youth League top player award, having scored six goals in five matches in the competition.[3]

In 2022, Čuić was initially signed to a double registration with second-tier Solin,[4] but with Ivan Ćalušić having been pulled from his loan at the Slovenian top-tier side Radomlje, having picked up an injury requiring an operation,[5] Čuić was sent there in his stead, joining his brother Mario as well.[6] On 2 October, Čuić made his first senior league appearance, coming in for Nedim Hadžić in the 78th minute of a 2–1 away loss to Celje.[7][8]

International career

Featuring prolifically for the Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 team[1] in the previous season,[9] in November 2022, Čuić was called up for the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national team.[10]

Personal life

Filip, who is born in Split, Croatia, hails from Tomislavgrad in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where his Bosnian Croat parents live. The Ćuićs are a football family, with four brothers, Mario, who is two years older than Filip, and the six and seven years younger, Toma and David, respectively, all play football, while their father, Tomislav Čuić, was a coach in several Bosnian First league clubs and a referee in the same competition.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Filmska priča o 4 brata: Ista kuća, a dvije reprezentacije! Jedan je ponovio slavnog Baku Sliškovića..." sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 2 October 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Sportske novosti - Hajduk je opet prvak! Juniori obranili titulu, uvjerljivom završnicom stavili točku na i sjajne sezone". sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 4 June 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Splitska nada: Hajdukov Filip Čuić nominiran je za najboljeg igrača juniorske Lige prvaka". Telesport.hr (in Croatian). 23 December 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Sedam igrača Hajduka moći će igrati za seniorsku momčad Solina". NACIONAL.HR (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Sportske novosti - Stravična ozljeda zadesila Hajdukovog igrača! Mladi veznjak nije imao sreće, čeka ga teška operacija". sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 10 August 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Bratu u zagrljaj: Filip Čuić produljio je s Hajdukom i otišao na posudbu u Radomlje". Telesport.hr (in Croatian). 26 August 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  7. ^ "PLT - Prva liga Telemach". www.prvaliga.si. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  8. ^ "PLT - Prva liga Telemach". www.prvaliga.si. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Hrvatska ili BiH? Talentovani Čuić nema dileme za koju će reprezentaciju igrati". radiosarajevo.ba (in Serbo-Croatian). 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  10. ^ U-21 reprezentativci BiH gostuju u Bugarskoj at the Bosnia and Herzegovina football federation official site