Darko Jevtić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Јевтић; born 8 February 1993) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Russian side Rubin Kazan. He is of Serbian origin.
![]() Jevtić with Rubin Kazan in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1993-02-08) 8 February 1993 (age 29) | ||
Place of birth | Basel, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Rubin Kazan | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2005 | Basel | ||
2006 | Concordia Basel | ||
2006–2011 | Basel | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2012 | Basel U21 | 14 | (1) |
2012–2014 | Basel | 2 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Wacker Innsbruck (loan) | 19 | (3) |
2014–2015 | → Lech Poznań (loan) | 18 | (4) |
2015–2020 | Lech Poznań | 137 | (33) |
2020– | Rubin Kazan | 41 | (4) |
2021–2022 | → AEK Athens (loan) | 16 | (0) |
2021 | → AEK Athens B (loan) | 1 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2008–2009 | Switzerland U16 | 8 | (1) |
2009–2010 | Switzerland U17 | 7 | (1) |
2010 | Switzerland U18 | 4 | (1) |
2011 | Switzerland U19 | 7 | (2) |
2012 | Switzerland U20 | 3 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Switzerland U21 | 10 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2013 |
Jevtić started his youth football with Basel, played for nearly a year in the Concordia Basel youth team, but returned to Basel in August 2006. He played in their U-16 team and was part of the team that won the Swiss Championship in 2008[1] and 2009.[2] Later he played in the U-18 team, the U-19 team in the 2011–12 NextGen series and the U-21 team before he signed his first professional contract and joined their first team in January 2012.
Jevtić made his first team debut in the Swiss Super League on 28 July 2012, being substituted in, during the 2–2 away draw against Grasshopper Club Zürich. At the end of the Swiss Super League season 2012–13 he won the Championship title[3] and was Swiss Cup runner up with Basel.[4] In the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Basel advanced as far as the semi-finals, there being matched against the reigning UEFA Champions League holders Chelsea, but they were knocked out, losing both home and away ties, beaten 2–5 on aggregate.[5]
On 2 September 2013, Basel announced that Jevtić had joined the Austrian club Wacker Innsbruck on a one-year loan.[6]
On 11 June 2014, he was loaned to Polish Ekstraklasa club, Lech Poznań.[7]
On 22 January 2020 he signed a 4.5-year contract with Russian club Rubin Kazan.[8]
On 31 August 2021 he signed a one-year contract with Greek club AEK Athens on loan from Russian club Rubin Kazan.[9]
The Swiss midfielder, who has been a key player in Lech Poznań for many years, with his excellent numbers in his Polish career (33 goals and 32 assists in 155 matches), then had a satisfactory presence in FC Rubin Kazan (41 matches, 4 goals, 4 assists) and a worrying about his career path in AEK Athens, as he lives in the shadow of captain Petros Mantalos. When it was acquired on loan last summer, everyone believed that this addition would be a serious reason for intense competition with the team captain. Something that happened in two games during the days of Vladan Milojević on the bench of the club, while Argirios Giannikis trusted him even less. But during January 2022, probably the deformity of Μantalos open the door of the starting XI since he was acquired. [10]
On 6 June 2013, Jevtić made his debut for the Swiss U-21 team as left winger in the 2–3 away defeat against Sweden. During his third appearance for the team on 5 September 2013, in the Group 5 qualification game to the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championships, he scored his first goal for them in the 2–0 away win against Latvia U-21 team in Slokas Stadium, Jūrmala.[11]
Club | Season | League | League | Cup | Europe | Other1 | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Basel | 2012–13 | Swiss Super League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
Wacker Innsbruck (loan) | 2013–14 | Austrian Bundesliga | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 3 | ||
Total | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 3 | ||||
Lech Poznań | 2014–15[13] | Ekstraklasa | 29 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 37 | 7 | |
2015–16[14] | 26 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 4 | ||
2016–17[15] | 31 | 8 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 38 | 9 | |||
2017–18[16] | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | — | 28 | 8 | |||
2018–19[17] | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 32 | 3 | |||
2019–20[18] | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 6 | ||||
Total | 155 | 33 | 17 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 192 | 37 | ||
Rubin Kazan | 2019–20 | Russian Premier League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 3 | ||||
2021–22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | |||
Total | 41 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 4 | ||
AEK Athens (loan) | 2021–22 | Superleague Greece | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||
AEK Athens B (loan) | 2021–22 | Superleague Greece 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Career total | 234 | 36 | 25 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 281 | 44 |
1 Including Polish SuperCup.
Basel U16
Basel
Lech Poznań