Domagoj Vida

Domagoj Vida

Vida playing for Dynamo Kyiv in 2014
Personal information
Full nameDomagoj Vida[1]
Date of birth29 April 1989
Place of birthOsijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
Dynamo Kyiv
Number24
Youth career
1996–2003Jedinstvo Donji Miholjac
2003–2006Osijek
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2010Osijek90(6)
2010–2011Bayer Leverkusen1(0)
2011–2013Dinamo Zagreb44(6)
2013–Dynamo Kyiv45(2)
National team
2008Croatia U194(0)
2007–2009Croatia U2010(1)
2007–2010Croatia U2119(2)
2010–Croatia27(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 April 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2014

Domagoj Vida (born 29 April 1989) is a Croatian footballer playing for Dynamo Kyiv. He is capable to play any defensive position but is mostly deployed as a centre back or right full back. His father Rudika was also football player.

Career

Youth career

Vida has spent his entire youth career in Croatia, rising through the youth system and being first featured with the senior team in the 2006–2007 season, at the age of 17; he then went on to make 12 appearances in the season. In the 2007–2008 season, Vida further solidified his credentials, being featured more regularly for his club.[2] He was linked with Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb.[3]

Vida in 2010

Bayer Leverkusen

However on 29 April 2010, he signed for Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Germany.[4] During his first season with Leverkusen, he mainly played in the UEFA Europa League, making a total of 8 appearances in the competition. He eventually made his Bundesliga debut on 5 March 2011 in a 3–0 win at home to Wolfsburg, coming on as a substitute for the injured Manuel Friedrich in the 14th minute.[5]

Dinamo Zagreb

On 14 June 2011, it was announced that Vida will join Dinamo Zagreb for an undisclosed fee.[6] On 25 July 2012, Vida scored a 98th minute goal against Bulgarian side Ludogorets Razgrad in a Champions League match and thus helped his team to a 3:2 home win, which enabled it to progress to the next round.

On 24 September 2012 he was thrown out of the first team and the team bus, after he opened up a beer while the team were on their way to a cup match. He also had several altercations with coach Ante Čačić before this incident.[7] The day after it was announced that he would be fined with a record 100,000 euros.[8]

Dynamo Kyiv

On 2 January 2013, it was announced that Vida had signed for Dynamo Kyiv on a five-year deal, with a fee of reported €6m.[9][10]

On 14 February, Vida debuted for Dynamo Kyiv in a home Europa League match against Bordeaux, which ended a draw 1–1. A week later Vida played in second leg and was unable to help Dynamo Kyiv entering the round of 16 with a 0–1 loss. In both games Dynamo Kyiv coach Oleh Blokhin used him as right defender.

On 3 March, Vida played his first game in Ukrainian Premier League against Kryvbas. The home 1-1 draw was again disappointing for Dynamo Kyiv, as it made much more difficult for it to struggle for the second Champions League place against Dnipro and Metalist. On 10 March, Domagoj Vida played his second match for Dynamo in Ukrainian Premier League against Volyn on the road, which ended 2-0 and was marked as first Dynamo Kyiv victory in 2013. That match was notable because Oleh Blokhin firstly put Vida on the position of central defender where his partner was Yevhen Khacheridi, while first three games for Dynamo he played as right defender.

On 17 March, Vida scored his first goal for Dynamo Kyiv early in the game against Vorskla after a corner kick taken by Andriy Yarmolenko, by an excellent header, having forestalled Pavlo Rebenok and goalkeeper Serhiy Dolhanskyi. That goal appeared to be winning in minimal Dynamo 1-0 victory.

International career

Vida Domagoj - Croatia vs. Portugal, 10th June 2013

Vida was an active member of the Croatian national under-21 team.[11]

On 23 May 2010, he made his full international debut in Croatia's 2–0 win against Wales in Osijek, coming on as a substitute for Darijo Srna in the 80th minute.[12] Three days later, he played the full 90 minutes in a goalless draw at Estonia. He was member of Croatia at Euro 2012. He started the game from beginning against Spain. On 10 September 2013, Vida scored his first goal (Leon Benko provided the assist) for the national side in the 65th minute of a friendly match against South Korea played on Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonju.[13] He was a part of the Croatian squad at 2014 FIFA World Cup tournament in Brazil.

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 December 2014.[14]
Team Season League Cup Europe1 Other2 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Osijek 2006-07 12000----120
2007-08 21010----220
2008-09 30210----312
2009-10 27430----304
Total906500000956
Bayer Leverkusen 2010-11 100080--90
Total1000800090
Dinamo Zagreb 2011-12 29260120--472
2012-13 15410122--286
Total4467024200758
Dynamo Kyiv 2012-13 121--20--141
2013-14 1704150--261
2014-15 111205110192
Total4026112110594
Career total 175141814431023818

1European competitions include the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

2Includes other competitive competitions, including the Ukrainian Super Cup

Achievements

References

  1. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 12. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  2. Interview with Domagoj Vida, 03.12.2009. Osijek031.com
  3. CROATIAN SOCCER REPORT: DEJAN LOVREN or DOMAGOJ VIDA?
  4. "Bayer 04 verpflichtet Domagoj Vida" (in German). Bayer 04 Leverkusen. 2010-04-29. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
  5. "Bender bringt die "Wölfe" aus dem Tritt" (in German). Kicker. 2011-03-05. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
  6. Gašparac, Maj (16 June 2011). "Dinamo potvrdio Vidin dolazak". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  7. http://sportske.jutarnji.hr/ante-cacic-izbacio-vidu-iz-momcadi-/1055943/
  8. http://www.gnkdinamo.hr/domagoj-vida-kaznjen-sa-100.000-eura.html#anchor
  9. Домагой ВИДА: "Настроен отобрать чемпионский титул у "Шахтера"!" (in Ukrainian). FC Dynamo Kyiv Official Website. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  10. "Dynamo Kyiv bring in Vida". UEFA.com. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  11. Leverkusen: Nächster kroatischer U-21-Nationalspieler – Vida folgt Pamic zu Bayer
  12. "Croatia - Wales 2:0". Croatian Football Federation. 23 May 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
  13. "Friendly: South Korea 1 Croatia 2". FourFourTwo. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  14. "Domagoj Vida > Club Matches". worldfootball.net.

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