Haris Vučkić

Domžale

Born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Vučkić played football at NK Domžale from Domžale, a small town in central Slovenia, during his youth. A few months short of his 16th birthday, he made a debut for the club against Celje in a Slovenian PrvaLiga match on 24 May 2008, coming on as a late substitute. As he was too young to play according to the Football Association of Slovenia rules, his club was fined. After turning 16 in August 2008 he was finally promoted to the club's first squad where he would go on to play another four league games, before signing for English Premier League club Newcastle United.

Newcastle United

On 16 January 2009, it was confirmed that Vučkić would sign for Premier League side Newcastle United for a substantial fee and signed a three-and-a-half-year deal at St James' Park. At the time, he was regarded as one of Europe's brightest talents and reports suggested he underwent a trial at A.C. Milan. Vučkić made his first appearance for Newcastle's reserve team on 16 February 2009 when he came off the bench to score the winning goal against Blackburn reserves, curling a left-footed shot into the bottom corner from 20 yards. He scored his first goal for the U18 team in his league debut in a 4–2 away win at Derby. He has scored three goals altogether for the reserves, two league goals for the U18s and five more in 2009–10 pre-season friendlies. Vučkić made his Newcastle debut on 26 August 2009 as a late substitute in a League Cup tie with…

In September 2008, Vučkić played for the Slovenia under-17 team in the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifiers, where he scored three goals in three games against Turkey, Russia and Malta. Despite being only 16 years old, Vučkić played for the Slovenia under-19 team during the finals of the 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, held in Ukraine in July 2009. On 10 August 2010, Vučkić made his first appearance for the Slovenia under-21 team. On 1 October 2010, he was summoned into a 23-man squad of the Slovenia senior team for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches against Faroe Islands and Estonia, scheduled for 8 and 12 October 2010. Vučkić did not feature in the match against Faroe Islands and did not travel to Estonia as he had returned to the under-21 team before that. Vučkić made his debut for the senior national team on 29 February 2012, replacing Valter Birsa in the 61st minute in a friendly match against Scotland. On 7 October 2020, he scored his first goal in a 4–0 victory over San Marino.

Club

As of 7 December 2022

International

Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vučkić goal.

Vučkić is the younger brother of Alen, who is also a footballer. Vučkić was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia. As his father is of Bosnian descent, it was reported that Bosnia and Herzegovina wanted him on their team. However, Vučkić has rejected the claims of Bosnian media that he is about to switch national allegiances to Bosnia and stated that he is a Slovenian national team player and will be the same in the future. He has also made public statements saying that he will always be available for the Slovenia national team selections if called upon. After continuous pressure from both the media and the fans – primarily from Bosnia – upon the then 18-year-old, he made an open statement about the matter:

I will not hide that I am proud of my ancestry. I am proud of the fact that I am Bosnian thanks to my parents, but I am equally proud of the fact that I was born and grew up in Slovenia. Yes, I am proud of being Slovenian as well and Slovenia is my country. I made my first steps here, went to school here and have all my friends here. It would be very hard to say no to Slovenia, although it is nice to know that someone else wants you too, as that means I am on the right track, however, I never had any doubts on whom I want to play for. Rumours that are being spread in public do not concern me as I have decided a long time ago on whom I wish to play for.