Ivica Vrdoljak
 Vrdoljak with Legia Warsaw | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ivica Vrdoljak | ||
| Date of birth | 19 September 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Legia Warsaw | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1999 | Vojvodina | ||
| 1999–2002 | NK Zagreb | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2007 | NK Zagreb | 81 | (3) |
| 2002–2003 | → Lučko (loan) | ? | (?) |
| 2003–2004 | → Croatia Sesvete (loan) | 22 | (4) |
| 2007–2010 | Dinamo Zagreb | 80 | (6) |
| 2010– | Legia Warsaw | 64 | (10) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2005 | Croatia U21 | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Ivica Vrdoljak (pronounced [ˈiʋiːt͡sa ˈʋrːdoʎaːk]; born 19 September 1983) is a Croatian professional footballer, currently playing for Legia Warsaw.[1]
Club career
Vrdoljak started playing football at his home—club; Serbian top league club FK Vojvodina, where he played for the youth teams until 1999, when he moved to Zagreb, Croatia, and settled in the youth system of the Croatian top flight side NK Zagreb. After graduating to the senior team he was sent on loans to NK Lučko and the Second division team Croatia Sesvete.[2] Vrdoljak had a good season at Croatia Sesvete, scoring four goals and featuring in 22 league matches, and after that he was returned to NK Zagreb. In three seasons at the club he made 81 league appearances and scored three goals. He was then, along with his teammate Mario Mandžukić, transferred to Croatian powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb for a fee of €1 million. Since his arrival, Vrdoljak has established himself as a consistent first-team player. In his debut season for Dinamo he played in twenty-four league matches and bagged three goals. The next season he was irreplaceable in the midfield and made 29 league appearances by the end of the season and scored three more goals.
International career
He is also a former Croatia under-21 international and capped seven times at the under-21 level during the 2004–05 season.
Honours
- Dinamo Zagreb
- Croatian First League (3): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
- Croatian Cup (2): 2007–08, 2008–09
- Legia Warsaw
- Ekstraklasa (1): 2012–13
- Polish Cup (3): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
Career statistics
- As of 19 May 2013[3]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Super Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Croatia | League | Cup | Super Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2003–04 | Croatia Sesvete | Druga HNL | 22 | 4 | 22 | 4 | ||||||
| 2004–05 | NK Zagreb | Prva HNL | 25 | 1 | 25 | 1 | ||||||
| 2005–06 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2006–07 | 31 | 2 | 31 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2007–08 | Dinamo Zagreb | 24 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 3 | |||
| 2008–09 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 45 | 5 | ||||
| 2009–10 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 1 | ||||
| 2010–11 | Legia Warsaw | Ekstraklasa | 26 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 8 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 40 | 4 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 233 | 22 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 320 | 30 | ||
References
- ↑ Dinamo: Vrdoljak geht, Ademi kommt
- ↑ "Slobodna Dalmacija". arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
- ↑ Career statistics at Nogometni Magazin
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ivica Vrdoljak. |
- Ivica Vrdoljak at 90minut.pl (Polish) (Polish)
- Profile at Nogometni Magazin (Croatian)
- Profile at Dinamo Zagreb's official website (Croatian)
- List of national team appearances at official website of Croatian Football Federation (Croatian)
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