Arnel Jakupović

Arnel Jakupović
Jakupović with Austria U21 in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-05-29) 29 May 1998
Place of birth Vienna, Austria[1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Osijek
Number 7
Youth career
2003–2005 ASV Asparn/Zaya
2005–2009 FC Stadlau
2009–2015 Austria Wien
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Austria Wien II 5 (0)
2015–2017 Middlesbrough 0 (0)
2017–2020 Empoli 5 (0)
2018 Juventus (loan) 0 (0)
2019 → Sturm Graz (loan) 6 (0)
2019–2020 → Domžale (loan) 30 (11)
2020–2023 Domžale 80 (21)
2023–2024 Maribor 46 (24)
2024– Osijek 60 (14)
International career
2013 Austria U16 6 (2)
2014–2015 Austria U17 11 (3)
2015–2017 Austria U19 16 (12)
2016–2019 Austria U21 16 (6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 August 2026

Arnel Jakupović (born 29 May 1998) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a forward for Superliga club Osijek.[2]

Club career

On 21 July 2020, Jakupović moved to Domžale on a permanent basis.[3]

Jakupović finished the 2023–24 season with 17 goals, helping his club Maribor to a second-place finish. For his performances, he was named in the Slovenian PrvaLiga Team of the Season.[4]

On 30 August 2024, Jakupović joined Croatian Football League club Osijek in a permanent transfer worth a reported €1 million.[5][6]

Personal life

Born in Austria, Jakupović is of Bosnian descent.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 February 2025[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Empoli 2016–17 Serie A 1000—10
2017–18 Serie B 4000—40
Total 5000—50
Sturm Graz (loan) 2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga 6000—60
Domžale (loan) 2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga 301122—3213
Domžale 2020–21 Slovenian PrvaLiga 27731—308
2021–22 Slovenian PrvaLiga 3312206[b]24114
2022–23 Slovenian PrvaLiga 20232—234
Total 802183629426
Maribor 2022–23 Slovenian PrvaLiga 12241—163
2023–24 Slovenian PrvaLiga 2917336[b]23822
2024–25 Slovenian PrvaLiga 55008[c]2137
Total 4624741446732
Osijek 2024–25 Croatian Football League 16821—189
Career total 18364191020622280
  1. ↑ Includes Slovenian Football Cup, Croatian Football Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Conference League

Honours

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Arnel Jakupovic – Player Profile – Football". Eurosport. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 Arnel Jakupović at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "Arnel Jakupović je postal polnopravni član rumene družine!" (in Slovenian). NK Domžale. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "SPINS XI: Objavljamo imena najboljših nogometašev in trenerja sezone 2023/2024 v Sloveniji". spins.si (in Slovenian). 18 May 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Potpisali smo i Arnela Jakupovića" (in Croatian). NK Osijek. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Uradno: Arnel Jakupović okrepil Osijek, s temi besedami se je poslovil od Ljudskega vrta". Ekipa (in Slovenian). 30 August 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Arnel Jakupović: Österreichs größte Sturmhoffnung spielt für Bosnien?". KOSMO (in German). 3 May 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  8. ↑ "NZS izbrala najboljšega nogometaša 1. SNL v mesecu juliju: Navijači in trije strokovnjaki okronali Arnela Jakupovića iz Maribora". Planet Nogomet (in Slovenian). 25 August 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  9. ↑ "Igralec meseca Prve lige Telemach: Arnel Jakupović" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.