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My Take
What strikes me about Josip Juranović is how he embodies the modern Croatian footballer: technically sharp, positionally smart, and built for a role most fans overlook. As a right-back who has slotted in at Union Berlin in the Bundesliga and earned his place with the national team, he's the kind of player whose value shows up in defensive cover and overlapping runs rather than highlight reels. Coming out of Zagreb, born in 1995, he's right in his prime years. I find full-backs like him quietly fascinating, because their consistency often decides matches even when the headlines go elsewhere.
Overview
Josip Juranović (Croatian pronunciation: [jǒsip jurǎːnoʋitɕ]; born 16 August 1995) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a right-back or right wing-back for Bundesliga club Union Berlin and the Croatia national team.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Josip Juranović
- Name (Japanese)
- ヨシプ・ユラノヴィッチ
- Reading
- よしぷ・ゆらのゔぃっち
- Born
- August 16, 1995 (age 30)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Boar
- Origin
- Zagreb, Croatia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 175 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Croatia →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.