Daniel Graovac

Daniel Graovac
Graovac with CFR Cluj in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-08-08) 8 August 1993 (age 33)
Place of birth Novi Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Rapid București
Number 3
Youth career
2005–2009 Sloboda Novi Grad
2009–2013 Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Zrinjski Mostar 82 (1)
2016–2018 Mouscron 2 (0)
2017 → Zrinjski Mostar (loan) 6 (0)
2017–2018 → Željezničar (loan) 28 (2)
2018–2019 Vojvodina 31 (0)
2019–2021 Astra Giurgiu 70 (1)
2021–2022 CFR Cluj 31 (1)
2022–2023 Kasımpaşa 14 (0)
2023–2024 Manisa 27 (0)
2024–2025 CFR Cluj 17 (0)
2025–2026 FCSB 20 (0)
2026– Rapid București 5 (0)
International career
2009–2010 Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 8 (0)
2011–2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 6 (1)
2013–2014 Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 8 (0)
2016–2018 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 August 2026

Daniel Graovac (Bosnian pronunciation: [dǎniel ɡrâoʋats]; born 8 August 1993) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga I club Rapid București.

Club career

He started out at Zrinjski Mostar in 2013, and went on to compete professionally in Belgium, Serbia, Romania and Turkey.

International career

Graovac made his first international appearance for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a friendly game against Luxembourg on 25 March 2016, having substituted Sanjin Prcić in the 77th minute. He made his official senior debut for them in a March 2016 friendly match away against Switzerland and has earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. His last international was a January 2018 friendly against Mexico.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 August 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Zrinjski Mostar 2012–13 Bosnian Premier League 14010——150
2013–14 Bosnian Premier League 1103010—150
2014–15 Bosnian Premier League 2804020—340
2015–16 Bosnian Premier League 2410020—261
2016–17 Bosnian Premier League 50—00—50
Total 821805000951
Mouscron 2016–17 Belgian First Division A 2000——20
Zrinjski Mostar (loan) 2016–17 Bosnian Premier League 6000——60
Željezničar (loan) 2017–18 Bosnian Premier League 2826140—383
Vojvodina 2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga 31010——320
Astra Giurgiu 2019–20 Liga I 32020——340
2020–21 Liga I 38140——421
Total 70160—00761
CFR Cluj 2021–22 Liga I 291106010371
2022–23 Liga I 2000201050
Total 311108020421
Kasımpaşa 2022–23 Süper Lig 14020——160
Manisa 2023–24 TFF 1. Lig 27010——280
CFR Cluj 2024–25 Liga I 1706100—231
FCSB 2025–26 Liga I 200109100301
Rapid București 2026–27 Liga I 5000——50
Career total 3335372261203989
  1. ↑ Includes Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup, Serbian Cup, Cupa României, Turkish Cup
  2. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League, three appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. 1 2 Appearance in Supercupa României
  6. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  7. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International

Graovac with Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 in 2014
As of match played 1 February 2018.
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
201610
201700
201820
Total30

Honours

Zrinjski Mostar

Željezničar

Astra Giurgiu

CFR Cluj

FCSB

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Digi Sport (12 August 2022). "OFICIAL | CFR Cluj s-a despărțit definitiv de Daniel Graovac. Fundașul a fost cedat în Turcia" (in Romanian). digisport.ro. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "BINE AI REVENIT, DANIEL GRAOVAC!" (in Romanian). cfr1907.ro. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Luxembourg vs Bosnia and Herzegovina". Soccerway. Perform Group. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "D. Graovac: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  6. ↑ R. Pašić (14 May 2018). "Održan izbor "Kristalnih 11", Zakarić proglašen najboljim igračem Premijer lige" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 14 May 2018.