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Vanja Drkusic

Vanja Drkusic

Defender - Centre-Back  at Zenit St. Petersburg
Age26
CitizenshipSlovenia
Height1.86 m
Footright
BornOctober 30, 1999
at Zenit St. Petersburg 649 days · joined 2024-08-13
👕200+ Apps 🏴50+ Caps
Market value €4.00m
Centre-Back Defender

Career snapshot

8
clubs played for
15/16
debut season
0.08
goals / match
NK Bravo
top club · 71 apps

Career highs

€4.00m
peak value · 2024
€4.00m
top transfer fee · 24/25
9
best season · 17/18
51 / 1
int'l caps / goals

Born the same day

Shares 1999-10-30 · 1 player total

252Appearances
19Goals
3Assists
29Yellow cards
0Red cards
119Full matches (90′)
Full nameVanja Drkusic
Name in home countryVanja Drkušić
Date of birth1999-10-30 (26 yrs)
Place of birthNovo mesto, Slovenia
CitizenshipSlovenia
PositionDefender - Centre-Back (main: Defender)
Footright
Height186.00 m
Current clubZenit St. Petersburg
Joined2024-08-13
Contract expires2029-06-30
AgentKALA Stars ...
Jul 2025
25/26 — Zenit St. Petersburg
7 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 2025
Transfer: Red Star → Zenit S-Pb
24/25 · Return from loan
Oct 2024
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Aug 2024
Transfer: Zenit S-Pb → Red Star
24/25 · Loan
Aug 2024
Transfer: FK Sochi → Zenit S-Pb
24/25 · Transfer · €4.00m
Jul 2024
24/25 — Red Star Belgrade, Zenit St. Petersburg
22 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 6 competitions
Nov 2023
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Sep 2023
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Jul 2023
23/24 — FC Sochi
24 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2022
22/23 — FC Sochi
31 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2022
Transfer: NK Bravo → FK Sochi
21/22 · Transfer · €120k
Jul 2021
21/22 — NK Bravo, FC Sochi
32 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2020
20/21 — NK Bravo
35 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 2020
Transfer: Rende → NK Bravo
19/20 · Transfer
Aug 2019
Transfer: Heerenveen → Rende
19/20 · Transfer
Jul 2019
19/20 — SC Heerenveen U21, Rende Calcio 1968, NK Bravo
17 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2019
Transfer: Heerenveen U21 → Heerenveen
19/20 · Transfer
Jul 2018
18/19 — SC Heerenveen U21, SC Heerenveen
16 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2017
17/18 — SC Heerenveen U21, SC Heerenveen U19
42 matches · 9 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2017
Transfer: Heerenveen U19 → Heerenveen U21
17/18 · Transfer
Jul 2016
16/17 — SC Heerenveen U21, SC Heerenveen U19
25 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2016
Transfer: Heerenveen U17 → Heerenveen U19
16/17 · Transfer
Jan 2016
Transfer: NK Krsko U19 → Heerenveen U17
15/16 · Transfer
Jul 2015
15/16 — SC Heerenveen U21
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2014
Transfer: NK Krsko U17 → NK Krsko U19
14/15 · Transfer
Jan 2014
Transfer: NK Krka U17 → NK Krsko U17
13/14 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €4.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
10,682 min
Minutes played by club
Zenit St. Petersburg 0.0%
Red Star Belgrade 6.0%
FC Sochi 32.7%
NK Bravo 48.9%
Rende Calcio 1968 0.0%
SC Heerenveen U21 6.7%
SC Heerenveen 0.0%
SC Heerenveen U19 5.7%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Zenit St. Petersburg 2 24/25 25/26 17 0 0 0
Red Star Belgrade 1 24/25 24/25 12 1 0 640
FC Sochi 3 21/22 23/24 66 4 2 3,495
NK Bravo 3 19/20 21/22 71 4 0 5,219
Rende Calcio 1968 1 19/20 19/20 1 0 0 0
SC Heerenveen U21 5 15/16 19/20 30 1 0 720
SC Heerenveen 1 18/19 18/19 0 0 0 0
SC Heerenveen U19 2 16/17 17/18 55 9 1 608

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

3€1M5€2M8€3M10€4M17/18 — 9 goals (SC Heerenveen U19)17/18 — 1 assists1017/1818/19 — 1 goals (SC Heerenveen U21)118/1919/20 — 1 goals (NK Bravo)119/2020/21 — 1 goals (NK Bravo)120/2121/22 — 2 goals (NK Bravo)221/2222/23 — 2 goals (FC Sochi)22/23 — 2 assists422/2323/24 — 2 goals (FC Sochi)223/2424/25 — 1 goals (Red Star Belgrade)124/2525/2620/21 — €200K21/22 — €300K22/23 — €2M23/24 — €3M24/25 — €4M25/26 — €4MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

15/16: 0015/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 9917/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 1120/2121/22: 2221/2222/23: 2222/2323/24: 2223/2424/25: 1124/2525/26: 0025/26

Assists by season

15/16: 0015/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 0018/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 0020/2121/22: 0021/2222/23: 2222/2323/24: 0023/2424/25: 0024/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 Premier Liga Zenit St. Petersburg 7 0 0 1 0 0
24/25 Champions League Red Star Belgrade 2 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Champions League Qu. Red Star Belgrade 0 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Kup Srbije Red Star Belgrade 1 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Premier Liga Zenit St. Petersburg 7 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Russian Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 3 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Super liga Srbije Red Star Belgrade 9 1 0 0 0 640
23/24 Premier Liga FC Sochi 23 2 0 3 0 906
23/24 Russian Cup FC Sochi 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Premier Liga FC Sochi 26 1 2 5 0 2,302
22/23 Russian Cup FC Sochi 5 1 0 0 0 287
21/22 Pokal Slovenije NK Bravo 2 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Premier Liga FC Sochi 11 0 0 3 0 0
21/22 Prva Liga NK Bravo 19 2 0 1 0 854
21/22 Russian Cup FC Sochi 0 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Prva Liga NK Bravo 35 1 0 6 0 3,068
19/20 Beloften Preliminary Round SC Heerenveen U21 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Coppa Serie C Rende Calcio 1968 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Prva Liga NK Bravo 15 1 0 3 0 1,297
19/20 Serie C-C Rende Calcio 1968 0 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Beloften Eerste Divisie SC Heerenveen U21 8 1 0 1 0 720
18/19 Beloften Preliminary Round SC Heerenveen U21 8 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Eredivisie SC Heerenveen 0 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 KNVB Beker SC Heerenveen 0 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Beloften Eredivisie SC Heerenveen U21 7 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 U19 Cup NL SC Heerenveen U19 3 0 1 0 0 0
17/18 U19 Div. 1 Fall SC Heerenveen U19 12 3 0 2 0 360
17/18 U19 Div. 2 Spring SC Heerenveen U19 17 6 0 1 0 248
17/18 U21 Cup Netherlands SC Heerenveen U21 3 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Beloften Eredivisie SC Heerenveen U21 2 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 U19 Cup NL SC Heerenveen U19 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 U19 Div. 1 Fall SC Heerenveen U19 8 0 0 2 0 0
16/17 U19 Div. 2 Spring SC Heerenveen U19 14 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Beloften nacompetitie SC Heerenveen U21 1 0 0 1 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
13/14 2014-01-01 NK Krka U17 NK Krsko U17 Transfer 0
14/15 2014-07-01 NK Krsko U17 NK Krsko U19 Transfer 0
15/16 2016-01-01 NK Krsko U19 Heerenveen U17 Transfer 0
16/17 2016-07-01 Heerenveen U17 Heerenveen U19 Transfer 0
17/18 2017-07-01 Heerenveen U19 Heerenveen U21 Transfer 0
19/20 2019-07-01 Heerenveen U21 Heerenveen Transfer 0
19/20 2019-08-31 Heerenveen Rende Transfer 0
19/20 2020-01-30 Rende NK Bravo Transfer 0
21/22 2022-01-24 NK Bravo FK Sochi Transfer 300000 €120k
24/25 2024-08-13 FK Sochi Zenit S-Pb Transfer 3500000 €4.00m
24/25 2024-08-16 Zenit S-Pb Red Star Loan 3500000
24/25 2025-01-30 Red Star Zenit S-Pb Return from loan 4000000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
23/24 Hamstring strain 2023-09-16 2023-10-08 23 6
23/24 Muscle injury 2023-11-25 2024-01-08 45 3
24/25 Adductor injury 2024-10-13 2024-10-28 16 3
Current€4.00m
Peak€4.00m
Low€200k
Δ since start+€3.80m
€200k€1.15m€2.10m€3.05m€4.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #26425 3 0 former national player
Team #25728 3 0 former national player
Team #22906 #4 17 0 former national player
Team #21142 #6 5 1 former national player
Team #16272 #10 1 0 former national player
Team #3588 #21 22 0 current national player

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
17/18 U19 Div. 2 Spring SC Heerenveen U19 6 17
17/18 U19 Div. 1 Fall SC Heerenveen U19 3 12
21/22 Prva Liga NK Bravo 2 19

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
22/23 Premier Liga FC Sochi 2 26
17/18 U19 Cup NL SC Heerenveen U19 1 3

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
24/25 2025-01-30 Red Star Zenit S-Pb Return from loan €4.00m
24/25 2024-08-16 Zenit S-Pb Red Star Loan €3.50m

Last 50 matches for Zenit St. Petersburg The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

DateCompHomeScoreAwayAvailability
2025-05-24 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 3–0 Akhmat Grozny Available
2025-05-18 RU1 FK Rostov 0–1 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2025-05-10 RU1 FK Dinamo Makhachkala 0–1 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2025-05-04 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 2–1 FK Nizhny Novgorod Available
2025-04-26 RU1 Dinamo Moskva 1–1 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2025-04-20 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–0 FK Khimki Available
2025-04-13 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 4–1 FK Krasnodar Available
2025-04-05 RU1 Lokomotiv Moskva 1–1 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2025-03-30 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 4–0 Rubin Kazan Available
2025-03-16 RU1 Spartak Moskva 2–1 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2025-03-08 RU1 Fakel Voronezh 0–2 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2025-03-01 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 0–0 CSKA Moskva Available
2024-12-07 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–2 Akron Tolyatti Available
2024-12-01 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 2–3 Krylia Sovetov Available
2024-11-23 RU1 FK Orenburg 0–1 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-11-10 RU1 Akhmat Grozny 1–2 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-11-02 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 2–1 FK Dinamo Makhachkala Available
2024-10-27 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–1 Lokomotiv Moskva INJURED Adductor injury
2024-10-18 RU1 Akron Tolyatti 0–5 Zenit St. Petersburg INJURED Adductor injury
2024-10-05 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–0 FK Orenburg Available
2024-09-28 RU1 FK Krasnodar 2–0 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-09-21 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 3–1 Fakel Voronezh Available
2024-09-14 RU1 CSKA Moskva 0–1 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-08-31 RU1 FK Nizhny Novgorod 0–3 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-08-24 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 0–0 Spartak Moskva Available
2024-08-18 RU1 FK Khimki 1–1 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-08-10 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–0 Dinamo Moskva Available
2024-08-03 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 5–0 FK Rostov Available
2024-07-27 RU1 Rubin Kazan 0–4 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-07-20 RU1 Krylia Sovetov 0–4 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-05-25 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 2–1 FK Rostov Available
2024-05-19 RU1 Akhmat Grozny 1–5 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-05-11 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 0–1 CSKA Moskva Available
2024-05-06 RU1 Fakel Voronezh 1–1 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-04-28 RU1 Dinamo Moskva 1–0 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-04-24 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 0–2 Rubin Kazan Available
2024-04-21 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–0 FK Orenburg Available
2024-04-13 RU1 FK Krasnodar 1–2 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-04-07 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–0 Baltika Kaliningrad Available
2024-03-30 RU1 Krylia Sovetov 1–1 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-03-09 RU1 FK Ural 1–4 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2024-03-02 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 0–0 Spartak Moskva Available
2023-12-09 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–0 FK Nizhny Novgorod INJURED Muscle injury
2023-12-03 RU1 Lokomotiv Moskva 3–1 Zenit St. Petersburg INJURED Muscle injury
2023-11-25 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 3–0 FK Sochi INJURED Muscle injury
2023-11-11 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–1 FK Krasnodar Available
2023-11-04 RU1 Baltika Kaliningrad 0–2 Zenit St. Petersburg Available
2023-10-28 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 2–1 Akhmat Grozny Available
2023-10-22 RU1 Zenit St. Petersburg 3–1 Krylia Sovetov Available
2023-10-07 RU1 FK Sochi 0–2 Zenit St. Petersburg INJURED Hamstring strain

Teams faced most often by Vanja Drkusic's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
NK Radomlje 8 3 3 2 9 7 +2 38%
NK Domžale 8 3 4 1 16 14 +2 38%
NK Celje 8 2 1 5 10 14 -4 25%
Olimpija Ljubljana 8 2 5 1 9 9 0 25%
FC Koper 8 2 3 3 6 9 -3 25%
NŠ Mura 8 4 4 0 13 8 +5 50%
NK Maribor 8 2 3 3 10 11 -1 25%
NK Rogaška 4 2 0 2 5 6 -1 50%
ND Primorje 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 50%
NK Nafta 4 3 1 0 5 1 +4 75%
NK Aluminij 4 1 3 0 4 2 +2 25%
Arsenal F.C. 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 0%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
15/16 Senior debut season
17/18 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
25/26 7 0 1 0 0 0
23/24 24 906 3 0 0 0.3
22/23 31 2,589 5 1 0 0.21
21/22 32 854 4 0 0 0.42
20/21 35 3,068 6 0 0 0.18
19/20 17 1,297 3 0 0 0.21
18/19 16 720 1 0 0 0.13
17/18 42 608 3 0 0 0.44
16/17 25 0 2 0 0 0
15/16 1 0 1 0 0 0

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

U19 Div. 2 Spring
31 apps
6 G
0 A
Prva Liga
69 apps
4 G
0 A
Premier Liga
74 apps
3 G
2 A
U19 Div. 1 Fall
20 apps
3 G
0 A
Russian Cup
9 apps
1 G
0 A
Super liga Srbije
9 apps
1 G
0 A
Beloften Eerste Divisie
8 apps
1 G
0 A
U19 Cup NL
4 apps
0 G
1 A
Beloften Preliminary Round
9 apps
0 G
0 A
Beloften Eredivisie
9 apps
0 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Vanja Drkusic

Who is Vanja Drkusic?

Vanja Drkusic is a Slovenia professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Zenit St. Petersburg.

How old is Vanja Drkusic?

Vanja Drkusic is 26 years old. He was born on October 30, 1999 in Novo mesto.

What position does Vanja Drkusic play?

Vanja Drkusic plays as a centre-back (Defender - Centre-Back).

What club does Vanja Drkusic play for?

Vanja Drkusic currently plays for Zenit St. Petersburg.

How many career goals has Vanja Drkusic scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Vanja Drkusic has scored 19 goals in 252 appearances.

What is Vanja Drkusic's market value?

Vanja Drkusic's most recent reported market value is €4.00m.