Zlatko Junuzović

**Zlatko Junuzović** ( born 26 September 1987) is an Austrian former professional footballer. From 2006 to 2017 he played in the  Austrian national team.

## Early life

Junuzović moved with his parents to Austria in 1992. He  played for the youth teams of Grazer AK.

## Club career

In 2015, he made his debut for Grazer AK in the Bundesliga. In summer 2007  Junuzović moved to SK Austria Kärnten and 2009 to FK Austria Wien.

In 2010, he was awarded by the managers of the league teams  Austrian Footballer of the Year and the fans voted him "Player of the Year" in the annual award of the newspaper Kronen Zeitung.

In January 2012, Junuzović went to Bundesliga club SV Werder Bremen and played till 2018 for the team. In 2015 Junuzović was voted as "Player of the Season" by Werder's fans. In April 2018, he left Bremen after six and half years at the club. He joined FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga. He played there until 2022 and then his contract was not extended. He ended his career and became assistant coach of FC Liefering.

## Personal life

Junuzović was born in the Serbian town of Loznica to a Bosnian family.

## International career

Junuzović played for Austria at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. where they reached the fourth place. In March 2006, he made his debut for the Austria national football team in  friendly match against Canada. He also played for Austria at the 2016 Euros.

In October 2017, Junuzović retired from the national team.

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Austria|2006|4|0|
|2010|5|0|||
|2011|8|1|||
|2012|8|2|||
|2013|6|1|||
|2014|8|0|||
|2015|6|2|||
|2016|8|1|||
|2017|3|0|||

- _Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Junuzovic goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|7 October 2011|Stadion Dalga,  Baku, Azerbaijan||4–0|4-0|UEFA Euro 2012 qualification||||||||
|2|1 June 2012|Tivoli,  Innsbruck, Austria||1–0|3-2|Friendly match||||||||
|3|11 September 2012|Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria||1-2|1-2|FIFA Worl Cup 2014 qualification||||||||
|4|22 March 2013|Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria||4–0|6-0|FIFA Worl Cup 2014 qualification||||||||
|5|27 March 2015|Rheinpark ,  Vaduz, Austria||4–0|5-0|UEFA Euro 2016 qualification||||||||
|6|5 September 2015|Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria||1-0|1-0|UEFA Euro 2016 qualification||||||||
|7|29 March 2016|Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria||1-0|1-2|Friendly match||||||||

### Club

'''Red Bull Salzburg
- Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Austrian Cup: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

### Individual

- Austrian Footballer of the Year: 2010
- Werder Bremen Supporters' Player of the Season: 2014–15

## Other websites

- Profile at UEFA.com
- Profile and Statistics at Guardian's Stats Centre

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Zlatko Junuzović
- **image**: FC RB Salzburg gegen Wolfsberger AC (10. August 2019) 18.jpg
- **caption**: Junuzović in 2019
- **birth place**: Loznica, Socialist Republic of Serbia, SR Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia
- **height**: 1.72 m
- **position**: Midfielder
- **currentclub**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **clubnumber**: 16
- **youthyears1**: 1994–1999
- **youthclubs1**: Kühnsdorf
- **youthyears2**: 1999–2005
- **youthclubs2**: Grazer AK
- **years1**: 2005–2007
- **clubs1**: Grazer AK
- **caps1**: 70
- **goals1**: 9
- **years2**: 2007–2009
- **clubs2**: SK Austria Kärnten, Austria Kärnten
- **caps2**: 57
- **goals2**: 3
- **years3**: 2009–2012
- **clubs3**: FK Austria Wien, Austria Wien
- **caps3**: 82
- **goals3**: 21
- **years4**: 2012–2018
- **clubs4**: SV Werder Bremen, Werder Bremen
- **caps4**: 188
- **goals4**: 21
- **years5**: 2018–2022
- **clubs5**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps5**: 78
- **goals5**: 9
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national under-19 football team, Austria U19
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2007
- **nationalteam2**: Austria national under-20 football team, Austria U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 11
- **nationalgoals2**: 4
- **nationalyears3**: 2005–2008
- **nationalteam3**: Austria national under-21 football team, Austria U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 15
- **nationalgoals3**: 3
- **nationalyears4**: 2006–2017
- **nationalteam4**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps4**: 55
- **nationalgoals4**: 7
- **manageryears1**: 2022-
- **managerclubs1**: FC Liefering (assistance coach)
- **pcupdate**: 4 May 2022