Ivan Perišić

Ivan Perišić

Personal information
Full name	Ivan Perišić[1]
Date of birth	(1989-02-02) 2 February 1989
Place of birth	Split, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current team	VfL Wolfsburg
Number	9
Youth career
2000–2006	Hajduk Split
2006–2007	Sochaux
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–2009	Sochaux B	36	(8)
2009	→ Roeselare (loan)	18	(5)
2009–2011	Club Brugge	70	(31)
2011–2013	Borussia Dortmund	42	(9)
2013–	VfL Wolfsburg	64	(16)
National team‡
2005	Croatia U17	7	(0)
2007	Croatia U19	2	(0)
2009–2010	Croatia U21	8	(3)
2011–	Croatia	36	(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 April 2015. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2015

Ivan Perišić (born 2 February 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for German club VfL Wolfsburg. He usually plays as a winger, but can also be deployed as an attacking midfielder, left or right midfielder or second striker.

Product of Hajduk Split youth academy, Perišić made name for himself while playing for Club Brugge, where he was the Belgian Pro League top goalscorer and was named Belgian Footballer of the Year for 2011. This earned him a transfer to Borussia Dortmund, with whom he won the 2011–12 Bundesliga before signing with VfL Wolfsburg for €8 million in January 2013. He made his debut for the Croatia national team in 2011.

Club career

Aged only 17, Perišić received a large amount of interest from a number of clubs, including Anderlecht, PSV, Ajax, Trabzonspor,^[2] Hertha BSC and Hamburger SV, before he eventually signed for French club FC Sochaux. He moved to France from Hajduk Split. In Split, he was called by some journalists "the new Asanović," a famous Croatian midfielder who also played in France.^[3] From 2007 till January 2009 he played for the reserve team of FC Sochaux.

In 2009, he was on loan for half a season to Roeselare, a team in the Belgian first league.^[4] Shortly moving, Perišić was in front page headlines, describing him as a new Aljoša Asanović. At Roeselare, Perišić managed to win a place in the first team and immediately made an impact with four goals and two assist. His appearance and goal continue to rise and at the end of the season, transfer speculation reports that Perišić is on the verge of joining Belgian giant Anderlecht.

Club Brugge

On 26 August 2009, Belgian club Club Brugge signed Perišić from Sochaux for €250,000 on a three-year deal.^[5] Prior his move to Club Brugge, Perišić was linked with a move to German side Hertha BSC, having gone on trial.^[6]

On the opening game of the season, Perišić scored his first goal in a 1–1 draw against Genk, then scored his second in two consecutive games and provided assists, in a 4–1 win over Westerlo. Later in the season, Perišić scored six goals in twenty-three appearance. Elsewhere in the Europa League, Perišić scored three goals in three consecutive games during the group-stage in Europa League, in which Perišić scored four goals in Brugge's Europa League Campaign. At the end of the season, Perišić signed a three-year deal at Club Brugge, keeping him until 2015.^[7]

Belgian football critics predict a bright future for the 20-year-old. In the 2010–11 season, Perišić was the top scorer of the Belgian Jupiler Pro League with 22 goals for Club Brugge, and was elected Player of the Year in Belgium.^[8] During the season, Perišić scored four goals in a match and provided assist, as Brugge thrashed Charleroi on 29 December 2010, and in which, Perišić received a red card twice.

Borussia Dortmund

On 23 May 2011, Perišić signed a five-year contract to play for Borussia Dortmund in the German Bundesliga. It is believed he transferred for €5 million.^[9]

He made his debut for the club in their 3–1 home victory over Hamburg on 5 August, coming on for Chris Löwe in the 76th minute.^[10] During a Champions League match on 13 September 2011, he scored a late equaliser with a volley from 20 yards against Arsenal after coming on as a substitute in the 69th minute.^[11] On 14 October, he scored the first goal in a 2–0 win against Werder Bremen, a match in which he was later sent off for a second bookable offence. On 21 April 2012, he scored the important 1–0 goal against Borussia Mönchengladbach and opened the door to the eighth national championship for Dortmund. The game ended 2–0 (the second was scored by Shinji Kagawa).^[12] He scored in total 12 goals in 64 games for BVB in all competitions.

In the new season, Perišić started his season, scoring a brace in a 3–2 loss against Hamburg on 22 September 2012. However, Perišić soon found his first team opportunities limited, having played less in the first team and soon told Croatian channel Nova-TV that he received no support from Jürgen Klopp and accuse him of favouring other players.^[13] In response, Klopp criticised his actions as childish and Perišić will face a fine, due to his comment.^[14]

VfL Wolfsburg

On 6 January 2013, it was reported that Perišić transferred for €8 million to VfL Wolfsburg. Perišić scored his first goal for Wolfsburg in a friendly match against Standard Liège on 10 January. He made his competitive debut for Wolfsburg against VfB Stuttgart on 19 January 2013. In March, Perišić had suffered a left knee injury that caused him to be sidelined throughout the whole March and April.^[15] He made his comeback in May in the match against Hamburg SV, coming on as a substitute and providing an assist. On 11 May 2013, he faced his former club Borussia Dortmund and scored two goals.

On 3 August 2013, he scored his first cup goal for Wolfsburg in their 3–1 win against Karlsruher SC.^[16] On 26 October 2013, Perišić opened his goal scoring form in 2013–14 season in their 3–0 win against Werder Bremen, he also assisted a goal.^[17] He scored a brace in their 4–1 home win against 1. FC Nürnberg.^[18] Perišić finished a good season as the second striker of the club after countryman Ivica Olić, with ten goals and recording four assists.

International career

Perišić has appeared internationally for the Croatian national under-17, under-18 and under-21 teams.^[19] He participated in the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification for Croatia, where he scored two goals. On 26 March 2011, at the age of 22, Perišić made his debut for the senior Croatian national team against Georgia.^[20] He was a member of Croatia's squad for UEFA Euro 2012, starting in the team's opening two matches against Ireland and Italy, and appearing as a substitute in the team's final match, a 1–0 loss to Spain.^[21]

2014 FIFA World Cup

During 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, Perišić appeared in 12 matches for Croatia, and scored his first international goal in a 1–1 draw with Belgium.^[20]

On 14 May, Perišić was named in Croatia's 30-man preliminary squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.^[22] On 31 May, he scored two goals in 2–1 win against Mali in a World Cup warm-up match in Osijek.^[23] Perišić was confirmed as a member of Croatia's final 23-man World Cup squad on 2 June.^[24]

Perišić was in Croatia's starting team for the opening game of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, a controversial 3–1 defeat to tournament hosts Brazil at the Arena Corinthians, São Paulo.^[25] In the following match, he scored Croatia's second goal as they defeated Cameroon 4–0.^[26] On 23 June, he scored a consolation goal in the team's final group match, 3–1 defeat to Mexico which eliminated them from the tournament.^[27] Despite Croatia's early elimination, Perišić was ranked as the second-best performing player of the group stage by FIFA.^[28]

Career statistics

As of 23 April 2015 ^[29]

Club	Season	League			Cup			Europe			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Roeselare	2008–09	18	5	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	20	8	2
	Total	18	5	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	20	8	2
Club Brugge	2009–10	33	9	10	2	0	1	8	4	2	43	13	13
	2010–11	37	22	10	1	0	0	8	0	0	46	22	10
	Total	70	31	20	3	0	1	16	4	2	89	35	23
Borussia Dortmund	2011–12	28	7	3	6	1	3	6	1	0	40	9	6
	2012–13	13	2	1	2	1	0	5	0	0	20	3	1
	Total	41	9	4	8	2	3	11	1	0	60	12	7
Wolfsburg	2012–13	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	2	1
	2013–14	33	10	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	38	11	7
	2014–15	19	3	4	0	0	0	9	1	2	28	4	6
	Total	63	15	10	5	1	2	9	1	2	77	17	14
Career total		192	60	36	18	6	6	36	6	4	246	72	46

International goals

Ivan Perišić – goals for Croatia[30]
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 September 2012	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	0–1	1–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	31 May 2014	Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek, Croatia	Mali	1–0	2–1	Friendly
3.				2–0
4.	18 June 2014	Arena Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil	Cameroon	0–2	0–4	2014 FIFA World Cup
5.	23 June 2014	Arena Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil	Mexico	1–3	1–3	2014 FIFA World Cup
6.	13 October 2014	Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek, Croatia	Azerbaijan	2–0	6–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
7.				3–0
8.	16 November 2014	San Siro, Milan, Italy	Italy	1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
9.	28 March 2015	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia	Norway	2–0	5–1	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification

Honours

Club

Borussia Dortmund

• Bundesliga: 2011–12
• DFB-Pokal: 2011–12

Individual

• Belgian First Division Top Scorer: 2010–11
• Belgian Footballer of the Year: 2011

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ivan Perišić.

• Ivan Perišić – FIFA competition record
• Ivan Perišić – UEFA competition record
• Ivan Perišić at National-Football-Teams.com

VfL Wolfsburg – current squad 1 Benaglio (c) 2 Ochs 3 Bendtner 4 Schäfer 5 Klose 7 Caligiuri 8 Vieirinha 9 Perišić 10 Hunt 12 Dost 14 De Bruyne 15 Träsch 17 Schürrle 20 Grün 21 Drewes 22 Luiz Gustavo 23 Guilavogui 24 Jung 25 Naldo 26 Lopes 27 Arnold 29 Zhang 30 Seguin 31 Knoche 32 Zawada 34 Rodríguez 37 Sprenger Manager: Hecking

Croatia squads Croatia squad – UEFA Euro 2012 1 Pletikosa 2 Strinić 3 Šimunić 4 Buljat 5 Ćorluka 6 Pranjić 7 Rakitić 8 Vukojević 9 Jelavić 10 Modrić 11 Srna (c) 12 Kelava 13 Schildenfeld 14 Badelj 15 Vrsaljko 16 Dujmović 17 Mandžukić 18 Kalinić 19 Kranjčar 20 Perišić 21 Vida 22 Eduardo 23 Subašić Coach: Bilić Croatia squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup 1 Pletikosa 2 Vrsaljko 3 Pranjić 4 Perišić 5 Ćorluka 6 Lovren 7 Rakitić 8 Vukojević 9 Jelavić 10 Modrić 11 Srna (c) 12 Zelenika 13 Schildenfeld 14 Brozović 15 Badelj 16 Rebić 17 Mandžukić 18 Olić 19 Sammir 20 Kovačić 21 Vida 22 Eduardo 23 Subašić Coach: Kovač

Awards Belgian Pro League Top Scorers 1895–96: Hickson 1896–97: Hickson 1897–98: König 1898–99: König 1899-00: Grimshaw 1900–01: Potts 1901–02: Potts 1902–03: Vanderstappen 1903–04: Vanderstappen 1904–05: De Veen 1905–06: De Veen 1906–07: Vertongen 1907–08: Vertongen 1908–09: Kevorkian 1909–10: Vertongen 1910–11: Six 1911–12: Bunyan 1912–13: Brébart 1913–14: Bunyan 1919–20: Vlamynck 1920–21: Thys 1921–22: Thys 1922–23: Meyskens 1923–24: Jooris 1924–25: Taeymans 1925–26: Grimmonprez 1926–27: Fabry 1927–28: Braine 1928–29: Braine 1929–30: De Vidts 1930–31: Secrétin 1931–32: Delmez 1932–33: Ulens 1933–34: Van Landeghem 1934–35: Mondelé 1935–36: Lambrechts 1936–37: Collet 1937–38: Mondelé 1938–39: Wagner 1941–42: De Cleyn 1943–44: Mermans 1945–46: De Cleyn 1946–47: Mermans 1947–48: Mermans 1948–49: Thirifays 1949–50: Mermans 1950–51: Dehert 1951–52: Mannaerts 1952–53: Coppens 1953–54: Van den Bosch 1954–55: Coppens 1955–56: Mathonet 1956–57: Willems 1957–58: Van Gool & Vliers 1958–59: Wégria 1959–60: Wégria 1960–61: Wégria 1961–62: Stockman 1962–63: Wégria 1963–64: Van Himst 1964–65: Colonval 1965–66: Van Himst 1966–67: Mulder 1967–68: Van Himst & Claessen 1968–69: Nagy 1969–70: Emmerich 1970–71: Kostedde 1971–72: Lambert 1972–73: Rensenbrink & Riedl 1973–74: Ladinsky 1974–75: Riedl 1975–76: Posthumus 1976–77: Van Der Elst 1977–78: Nickel 1978–79: Albert 1979–80: Vandenbergh 1980–81: Vandenbergh 1981–82: Vandenbergh 1982–83: Vandenbergh 1983–84: Claesen 1984–85: Martens 1985–86: Vandenbergh 1986–87: Gudjohnsen 1987–88: Severeyns 1988–89: Krncevic 1989–90: Farina 1990–91: Vandenbergh 1991–92: Weber 1992–93: Weber 1993–94: Weber 1994–95: Vidmar 1995–96: Stanić 1996–97: Špehar 1997–98: Strupar 1998–99: Koller 1999–00: Årst & Brogno 2000–01: Radzinski 2001–02: Sonck 2002–03: Sonck & Roussel 2003–04: Pieroni 2004–05: Jestrović 2005–06: Dosunmu 2006–07: Sterchele 2007–08: Akpala 2008–09: Ruiz 2009–10: Lukaku 2010–11: Perišić 2011–12: Perbet 2012–13: Bacca 2013–14: Harbaoui Belgian Professional Footballer of the Year 1983–84: Ceulemans 1984–85: Ceulemans 1985–86: Ceulemans 1986–87: Lozano 1987–88: Degryse 1988–89: Emmers 1989–90: Degryse 1990–91: Scifo 1991–92: Albert 1992–93: Zetterberg 1993–94: Staelens 1994–95: Degryse 1995–96: Nilis 1996–97: Zetterberg 1997–98: Zetterberg 1998–99: Oulare 1999–2000: Degryse 2000–01: Baseggio 2001–02: Sonck 2002–03: Simons 2003–04: Dindane 2004–05: Kompany 2005–06: Boussoufa 2006–07: Tchité 2007–08: Jovanović 2008–09: Boussoufa 2009–10: Boussoufa 2010–11: Perišić 2011–12: Suárez 2012–13: Bacca 2013–14: Hazard