Dušan Vlahović

Dušan Vlahović (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Влаховић; born 28 January 2000) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Juventus and the Serbia national team.

Graduating from Partizan's youth system, Vlahović made his first-team debut in 2016, winning a league title and two Serbian Cups. Dušan Vlahović moved to Italian club Fiorentina in 2018. With 21 league goals in the 2020–21 Serie A, Vlahović was awarded Serie A Best Young Player. After an impressive goalscoring form in the first half of 2021–22, Italian rivals Juventus signed him in January 2022 for a reported fee of €70 million.

Vlahović is a former Serbia youth international, representing his country at various youth levels, before making his senior international debut in 2020 during the UEFA Nations League. Dušan Vlahović helped his nation qualify to the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

In summer 2014, Vlahović ended up joining rivals Partizan. Dušan Vlahović signed his first professional contract with Partizan in 2015, only aged 15. In early 2016, Vlahović joined the first team under coach Ivan Tomić and was given the jersey number 9. Dušan Vlahović made his Serbian SuperLiga debut on 21 February against OFK Beograd, as the Partizan's youngest debutant in history. In the next fixture, played on 27 February, Vlahović became the youngest player to play the Eternal derby, in which Dušan Vlahović was substituted on for the beginning of the second half.

On 2 April, Vlahović scored his first career goal for Partizan against Radnik Surdulica in a 3–2 home win, and became the youngest scorer in club history. Dušan Vlahović also scored a goal in a semi-final cup match against Spartak Subotica on 20 April, winning 3–0 away. Dušan Vlahović was scouted by a number of established European teams, including Arsenal, Anderlecht and Juventus with Partizan declining all offers. Vlahović scored a goal in the 2015–16 Serbian Cup final against Javor Ivanjica, helping his side win 2–0.

Vlahović played his first match in the new season against Zagłębie Lubin on 21 July, in the second leg of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round; it was his European debut for Partizan. Vlahović started his first match in the second fixture of the 2016–17 league season, in an away match against Napredak Kruševac.