Josip Tadić

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Josip Tadić
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Full name	Josip Tadić
Date of birth	22 August 1987 (1987-08-22) (age 20)
Place of birth	Djakovo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	187 cm
* Appearances (Goals)

Josip Tadić (born August 22, 1987 in Osijek) is a Croatian football striker.

He started his career with local side NK Osijek in the Croatian First League. In 2005, he moved to German Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen, but only made one first-division appearance as a late substitute and generally played for the club's reserve squad in the Regionalliga, the third tier of German football. In December 2006, it was announced that he will transfer to Croatian First League side Dinamo Zagreb. He subsequently signed a contract until 2011 with the club and became part of their team with the beginning of the year 2007.

On May 10, 2008 he scored a hat-trick in Dinamo's 6-1 victory over NK Rijeka.

He is an active player in the Croatian national under-21 team, but not yet for the Senior team.

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