Ivan Ljubić, Central Midfield at Apollon

Central Midfield · Midfielder

#77 Ivan Ljubić

Apollon 1. Division · Cyprus

Date of birth / Age: 7 Jul 1996 (30)
Height · Weight: 1.84 m · 75 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Central Midfield
Citizenship: Austria
Joined club: 1 Jul 2025
Contract until: 2027

Date of birth / Age: 7 Jul 1996 (30)
Height · Weight: 1.84 m · 75 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Central Midfield
Citizenship: Austria
Joined club: 1 Jul 2025
Contract until: 2027

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 36
Starting eleven: 31
Goals: 2
Assists: 2
Yellow cards: 9
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 2,698

Starting eleven86%

31 of 36 appearances

Minutes played2,698

75 per appearance

Goal involvement4

2 goals · 2 assists

Positions played

270 matches · since 2016/17

CFCBAMDMCM

Position	Apps	G	A
Central Midfield	126	8	11
Defensive Midfield	81	9	5
Attacking Midfield	44	4	3
Centre-Back	17	0	0
Centre-Forward	2	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · defensive midfielders with 900+ minutes

World rank: #847; defensive midfielder in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #298; among defensive midfielders aged 30+
In his league: 45%; of 1. Division defensive midfielders rank below him
Finishing: +0.9; goals above expected · better than 76% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

3 Expected

2.1

43 shots. He scores about what the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

4 Expected

1.8

Teammates converted more of his chances than expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2025/26	1. Division	Apollon	31	28	2	2	8	0	0	2,347
2025/26	Cup	Apollon	5	3	0	–	1	–	0	351
2024/25	Bundesliga	LASK	15	12	1	1	4	0	0	1,132
2024/25	Cup	LASK	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	205
2023/24	Bundesliga	LASK	14	9	0	1	2	0	0	794
2023/24	UEFA Europa League	LASK	7	5	0	–	2	–	0	467
2023/24	Cup	LASK	4	2	0	–	0	–	0	254
2022/23	Bundesliga	Sturm Graz	22	2	1	0	2	0	0	556
2022/23	UEFA Europa League	Sturm Graz	5	1	0	–	3	–	0	197
2022/23	Cup	Sturm Graz	4	2	0	–	0	–	0	231
2022/23	UEFA Champions League	Sturm Graz	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	67
2021/22	Bundesliga	Sturm Graz	21	9	2	1	2	0	0	924
2021/22	UEFA Europa League	Sturm Graz	8	7	0	–	0	–	0	597
2021/22	Cup	Sturm Graz	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	129
2020/21	Bundesliga	Sturm Graz	32	23	7	3	2	0	0	2,125
2020/21	Cup	Sturm Graz	5	5	0	–	0	–	0	353
2019/20	Bundesliga	Sturm Graz	29	25	1	1	8	1	0	2,213
2019/20	Cup	Sturm Graz	4	4	1	–	0	–	0	389
2019/20	UEFA Europa League	Sturm Graz	2	2	1	–	1	–	0	165
2018/19	Bundesliga	Hartberg	18	18	1	–	4	–	0	1,620
2018/19	Bundesliga	Sturm Graz	15	13	0	–	3	–	0	1,218
2018/19	Cup	Hartberg	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	120
2017/18	2. Liga	Wiener Neustadt	15	31	1	6	2	1	0	1,259
2017/18	Play-off 1/2	Wiener Neustadt	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	180
2017/18	Cup	Wiener Neustadt	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2016/17	2. Liga	Horn	20	17	2	3	5	0	0	1,599
2016/17	Cup	Horn	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	63
2019	UEFA U21 Championship	Austria U21	6	5	0	–	0	–	0	471
2015/16	Regionalliga	Horn	27	26	3	–	6	–	0	2,280
2015/16	Cup	Horn	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	163
2014/15	Regionalliga	Austria Wien II	18	13	0	–	2	–	0	1,261
2013/14	UEFA Youth League	Austria Wien U19	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90

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Career total · all competitions			341	273	23	18^*	59	2^*	0	23,910

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Bundesliga	166	13	7
Regionalliga	45	3	–
2. Liga	35	3	9
1. Division	31	2	2
Cup	31	1	–
UEFA Europa League	22	1	–
Austria U21	6	0	–
Play-off 1/2	2	0	–
UEFA Champions League	2	0	–
UEFA Youth League	1	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jul 2025 Jul 2025 · Transfer LASK Apollon Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2023 Jul 2023 · Transfer Sturm Graz LASK Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2019 Jan 2019 · Back from Loan Hartberg Sturm Graz Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2018 Jul 2018 · Loan Sturm Graz Hartberg Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2018 Jun 2018 · Back from Loan Wiener Neustadt Sturm Graz Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2017 Jul 2017 · Loan Sturm Graz Wiener Neustadt Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2017 Jul 2017 · Transfer Horn Sturm Graz Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2015 Jul 2015 · Transfer Austria Wien Horn Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2010 Jan 2010 · Transfer First Vienna Austria Wien Transfer Fee in TSH subscription

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