Background
Ergić was born in the Croatian coastal town of Šibenik, and lived in the village of Gaćelezi.
Ergić was born in the Croatian coastal town of Šibenik, and lived in the village of Gaćelezi.
He played his 150th first-team game for Basel on 10 May 2008 against Bachelor of Science Young Boys at Saint Jakob-Park.
Born in Croatia and raised in Australia, he began his career at Perth Glory and was briefly with Juventus before moving to Switzerland"s Football Club Basel in 2001, where he played 202 league matches. He left in 2009 for Bursaspor, where he spent two seasons, winning the Turkish Süper Lig in the first. Perth Glory
However, he moved to Perth, Western Australia at an early age and trained at the Australian Institute of Sport on a government-funded football scholarship.
He started his football career with Perth Glory in 1999 and helped the club finish runners-up during the 1999–2000 season.
Basel
In 2000, Ergić moved to Italian giants Juventus, but went on loan to Football Club Basel of Switzerland during the season. He later signed for FCB for CHF1.6 million.
He was given the captaincy when Pascal Zuberbühler left in 2006, but in 2008 he resigned from being captain and handed it over to his teammate, Franco Costanzo. On 16 June 2009, he was released by Football Club Basel after newly hired manager Thorsten Fink decided not to offer him a new contract.
He spent nine years at the club and played over 200 matches.
Bursaspor
He then signed for Bursaspor of the Turkish Süper Lig. He featured in five games of the 2010-2011 Union of European Football Associations Champions League. Ergić did not choose to play international football for Australia, and instead chose Serbia.
He made his international debut in Serbia & Montenegro"s 1–1 draw with Uruguay at the Stadion Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade on 27 May 2006.
He left the national team 2007, but he returned in 2008. Ergić self-identifies as a Yugoslav.
Depression
In June 2004, Ergić was treated for depression in the psychiatric university clinic in Basel, and his further career as a football player was in question at the time. Nevertheless, Football Club Basel kept him as a player and eventually made him club captain.
He is also close friends with Ljubo Miličević.
He appeared on the Swiss late night show Aeschbacher, stating that football players earn too much money and expressing sympathies for the ideas of Karl Marx. He also appeared on RTS (Serbian public broadcaster) programme Ključ where he openly discussed his battle with depression as well as treatment he had undergone. Journalism
Since December 2008, Ergić has been writing an irregular column for Serbian daily newspaper Politika.
His contributions are about issues related to professional sports, written from an insider"s viewpoint.
He"s touched on various topics such as: male chauvinism in sports, raw competitive spirit he considers to be unhealthy, corporate machinery behind institutionalized sports, and lack of public"s understanding for professional athletes who do not subscribe to a cliché lifestyle created by sports media, fans, club leadership, and leagues stakeholders and officials. Perth Glory
National Soccer League: 1999–2000
Basel
Schweizer Cup: 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008
Swiss Super League: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008
Uhrencup: 2003, 2006, 2008
Bursaspor
Turkish Super League: 2009-2010.
On 15 May 2006, he was named as a member of the squad to take part at the 2006 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup in Germany.