Tomi Juric ( ; ; born 22 July 1991) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Bosnian Premier League club Zrinjski Mostar.
Club career Adelaide United On 10 February 2013, after spending a number of seasons abroad in Croatia playing for NK Lokomotiva and NK Inter Zaprešić in the Prva HNL, Juric signed a short-term contract to play for Australian club Adelaide United in the A-League. On 16 February 2013, Juric scored on his Adelaide United debut in a 2–1 defeat at Sydney FC.
Western Sydney Wanderers On 20 May 2013 Juric signed for Western Sydney Wanderers on a two-year deal, becoming the Wanderers first signing of the A-League off-season. On debut for the Wanderers he scored the equaliser against the Central Coast Mariners in the 1–1 draw on 12 October 2013. Juric scored his first Asian Champions League goal in the Round of 16 against Sanfrecce Hiroshima on 7 May 2014. In a successful first season at Western Sydney, Juric finished with 12 goals in 29 appearances, four of those coming in the 2014 Asian Champions League which his side won, Juric scoring, an amazing goal, the only goal in a 1–0 aggregate win over the Arabian team Al-Hilal.
On 15 January 2015, Juric turned his back on a proposed $10 million move to Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua, opting to chase a move to Europe, where he believed he would have a better chance of staying involved with the Socceroos beyond the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. Juric left the Wanderers on 16 May 2015.
Roda JC On 15 August 2015, Juric signed a one-year deal with Eredivisie side Roda JC. He made his Eredivisie debut for Roda JC on 20 September 2015 at the Parkstad Limburg Stadion in Kerkrade against Feyenoord as a 71st-minute substitute for Edwin Gyasi. He was released at the end of the 2015–16 season.
FC Luzern On 2 July 2016, despite interest from the Chinese Super League, Juric joined FC Luzern. On his first appearance for Luzern, Juric manage to score a brace. After scoring four goals in seventeen appearances for Luzern, English club Reading FC who were impressed with his ability to hold up play and trouble defences, were reportedly interested in his services. Despite intense interest from England, Juric further endeared himself to the Luzern faithful and stayed. Though injury troubles slowed him down, Juric finished the 2016–17 Swiss Super League season, with 8 goals in 30 appearances.
Despite a second injury hit season in the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, Juric was once again Luzern's second highest goalscorer with seven goals in 27 appearances.
CSKA Sofia After his contract with Luzern expired, Juric joined Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia, signing a contract on 27 August 2019. He scored his only goal for the team on 12 September 2020, netting a late equalizer in the 1:1 away draw with Cherno More in a league match. His tenure at the club lasted for a little over a year, as he failed to get many opportunities to reveal his skills, in part due to injury problems. In June 2020, Juric tested positive for COVID-19. On 18 November 2020 the club confirmed that Juric had been released by mutual consent.
Return to Adelaide United On 26 November 2020, Juric returned to A-League club Adelaide United. On 19 February 2021, Juric scored a hat-trick consisting of all penalty kicks against the Central Coast Mariners.
Macarthur FC Juric signed with Macarthur FC in July 2021.
Melbourne Victory Juric signed with Melbourne Victory in June 2022 on a one-year deal, only playing 6 league games scoring 1 time, it was confirmed that he will be leaving in May 2023, at the end of Melbourne Victory's disappointing 2022–23 season.
International career On 28 June 2013, Juric was called up to the Socceroos training camp on the Central Coast. Juric made his debut for the Socceroos off the bench in the Socceroos' 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup match against South Korea.
Juric was chosen by Ange Postecoglou, the Australian manager, to take part in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and on 13 January 2015, Juric scored his first Asian Cup goal against Oman, coming off the bench as a substitute for Tim Cahill. He set up the winning goal in the final in extra time for Australia, holding off Korean defenders and pulling off a nutmeg to put a cross through to James Troisi.
In May 2018, he was named in Australia's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. He replaced Andrew Nabbout in the match against Denmark in the 64th minute after Nabbout dislocated his shoulder, and started against Peru; however, he was unable to score in both games as Australia were eliminated from the tournament in the group stage, and was himself substituted for Tim Cahill in the match against Peru.
Personal life Juric is of Croatian descent. His father is a Bosnian Croat from Kraljeva Sutjeska and his mother is from Zagreb. His younger brother Deni is also a professional soccer player, currently playing for Polish club Wisła Płock.The Mutt theplayerstribune.com
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsCroatia Sesvete2010–11Second Football League241200002412Lokomotiva2011–12Croatian Football League1430000143Inter Zaprešić2012–13Croatian Football League1201000130Adelaide United2012–13A-League72000072Western Sydney Wanderers2013–14A-League208009429122014–15A-League1441071225Total3412101655117Roda JC2015–16Eredivisie1743300207Luzern2016–17Swiss Super League308431035112017–18Swiss Super League27730123192018–19Swiss Super League70110081Total641584227421CSKA Sofia2019–20First Professional Football League701000802020–21First Professional Football League31100041Total1012000121Adelaide United2020–21A-League1890000189Macarthur FC2021–22A-League81100091Melbourne Victory2022–23A-League61100071NorthEast United2023–24Indian Super League65000065Koper2024–25Slovenian PrvaLiga211254–26162025–26Slovenian PrvaLiga81–1091Total291354103517Zrinjski Mostar2025–26Bosnian Premier League6430201142026–27Bosnian Premier League30002050Total943040164Career total258822511237306100
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsAustralia20133120142020151012016522017124201890Total418
Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Juric goal.
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 25 July 2013 Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong, South Korea 2–2 2–3 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup 2 13 January 2015 Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia 4–0 4–0 2015 AFC Asian Cup 3 1 September 2016 Perth Oval, Perth, Australia 2–0 2–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 4 6 October 2016 King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 2–1 2–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 5 8 June 2017 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia 1–0 3–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 6 2–1 7 19 June 2017 Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup 8 5 September 2017 Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia 1–0 2–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
Honours Western Sydney Wanderers AFC Champions League: 2014
Australia AFC Asian Cup: 2015
Individual A-League All Star: 2014 AFC Champions League Dream Team: 2014
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