Mate Dragičević

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Personal information
Mate Dragičević
Full name	Mate Dragičević
Date of birth	November 19, 1979 (1979-11-19) (age 28)
Place of birth	Makarska, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Persepolis
Number	24
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-1998 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2004 2004-2006 2006 2007 2007 2008-	Inker NK Croatia Sesvete NK Rijeka HNK Šibenik Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split FC Khimki NK Pula Perth Glory Persepolis	20 0(9) 20 (15) 12 0(2) 26 (14) 05 0(2) 19 0(6) 22 0(7) 12 0(2) 06 0(0) 012 0(3)
National team²
	Croatia U21
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 May 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 10 February 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Mate Dragičević (born 19 November 1979 in Makarska) is a Croatian football striker who currently plays for Persepolis F.C. in the Iran Pro League.

He has enjoyed successful stints at several clubs, with Croatian giants Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb the standouts and has won two Prva HNL Croatian First League championships. His season at Dinamo was stunted due to injury, however he made nineteen appearances for Hajduk Split between 2004-2006 scoring six goals.

Dragičević was recently signed by Australian A-League club Perth Glory, who's coach Ron Smith described the striker as "a strong player in the air and will be damaging if we get the ball into him in and around the box" and adding "he has comes to us with a real competitive fire in his belly. He has an outstanding attitude and plenty of ambition which I like to see in a player. I’ve seen a number of games that he has played and I think he has good basic instincts and with the right sort of service he’ll be a big hit".

On January 20, the closing day of the Iranian winter transfer season, Dragičević signed a 6-month contract with Persepolis F.C. in the Iran Pro League.

He scored his first goal for Persepolis against Abu Moslem Mashahad after 88 minutes on 10 Feb. In his third match for Persepolis, he scored against Peykan after 18 minutes on 15 Feb.

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