Josip Drmić

His only goal came on 28 November, a header as Mönchengladbach came from behind to draw 3–3 at 1899 Hoffenheim.

Nine days later, he scored his first goal for the team, starting and then equalising in the 29th minute of a 4–1 defeat at VfL Wolfsburg.

He added his first brace for the club on 29 November, as a half-time replacement for Stefan Kießling in a 5–1 win over 1. FC Köln.

He made his Premier League debut on 8 August, coming on as an 83rd-minute substitute for Teemu Pukki in a 4–1 loss at European champions Liverpool.

On 5 October, again as a late replacement for the Finn, he scored his first goal as consolation in a 5–1 home loss to Aston Villa.

Josip Drmić ( born 8 August 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a striker for Prva HNL club Dinamo Zagreb.

He eventually made his league debut on 6 February 2010 against Neuchâtel Xamax, coming on as a substitute.

A full international from 2012 to 2019, Drmić earned 35 caps for Switzerland, and scored 10 goals.

He represented them at the 2012 Olympics and the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups.

Drmić was born in Lachen, Canton of Schwyz, to ethnic Bosnian Croat parents from Vitez, and is a dual national.

He applied for Swiss nationality at the age of 16, taking the exam three times in front of commissioners in his home village of Freienbach.

On the second attempt, he was rejected because he knew more about Zürich, where he had spent six years in a football school, than the village.

He then hired a lawyer who made the case that this was acceptable as Zürich is nearby and of importance to the community.

Drmić began his playing career at Zürich and rose through the youth ranks, soon playing regularly for Zürich's reserve team.

He scored his first Swiss Super League goal in a 1–1 away draw against Luzern on 4 February 2012.

During the 2012–13 season, Drmić scored 13 goals in 31 Super League matches and 19 goals from 39 matches in all competitions.

Drmić began his career with Zürich and moved to 1. FC Nürnberg in 2013, where he scored 17 goals in his first Bundesliga season.

In July 2013, Drmić joined Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg on a four-year contract.

On 18 August, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 2–2 draw against Hertha BSC.

He finished his first season with 17 league goals, the third most by any player in the league, behind Borussia Dortmund's Robert Lewandowski and Bayern Munich's Mario Mandžukić.

However, his team was relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.

On 12 May 2014, Drmić agreed to sign a five-year deal with Bayer Leverkusen, for an undisclosed fee.

On 13 March 2015, he added another brace for his fifth and sixth goals of the league season, in a 4–0 home win over VfB Stuttgart.

Drmić was the only Leverkusen player to miss in the penalty shootout against Bayern Munich on 8 April; his attempt was saved by Manuel Neuer, which eliminated the team from the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal.

On 17 June 2015, Drmić joined his third Bundesliga club, Borussia Mönchengladbach, on a four-year deal.

He made his debut on 10 August, starting in a 4–1 win at FC St. Pauli in the first round of the DFB-Pokal.

Five days later, he made his league bow in a 4–0 loss at Borussia Dortmund.

Drmić totalled only one goal from 19 matches across all competitions before leaving on loan.

He then moved to Bayer Leverkusen for one season and was signed by Borussia Mönchengladbach, who loaned him to Hamburger SV in 2016.

After playing in the Premier League for Norwich City he moved to the Croatian Football League in 2021, playing for Rijeka and Dinamo Zagreb

On 1 February 2016, Drmić joined fellow league team Hamburger SV on loan until the end of the season.

He debuted six days later, starting in a 1–1 draw with 1.

FC Köln at the Volksparkstadion.

On 27 February, he scored the only goal of his loan, opening a home match of the same score against FC Ingolstadt.

Following an absence through a knee injury, Drmić made his comeback on 28 October 2017, playing the first 52 minutes of Borussia Mönchengladbach II's 3–0 home loss to SC Verl in the Regionalliga.

Due to back injury and a muscle tear, Drmić played only five times in the 2018–19 Bundesliga, scoring twice.

He made his debut on 19 August as an 88th-minute substitute for Hakan Çalhanoğlu as the side won 3–2 away against Copenhagen in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League play-off.

Drmić made his league debut on 12 September by replacing Stefan Kießling in added time of a 3–3 draw at home against Werder Bremen.

On 25 June 2019, Drmić joined Norwich City on a free transfer, signing a three-year deal.

He was persuaded to join them by their Swiss defender Timm Klose.