Milan Badelj
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Milan Badelj[1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 February 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Fiorentina | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–2002 | Ponikve | ||
2002–2005 | NK Zagreb | ||
2005–2007 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2007–2012 | Dinamo Zagreb | 113 | (25) |
2007–2008 | → Lokomotiva (loan) | 28 | (7) |
2012–2014 | Hamburger SV | 62 | (2) |
2014– | Fiorentina | 37 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2004 | Croatia U16 | 1 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Croatia U17 | 28 | (2) |
2005–2006 | Croatia U18 | 5 | (0) |
2006–2008 | Croatia U19 | 13 | (0) |
2009 | Croatia U20 | 2 | (0) |
2008–2010 | Croatia U21 | 14 | (0) |
2010– | Croatia | 17 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:32, 4 February 2016 (UTC). |
Milan Badelj (pronounced [míːlan baːdêʎ]; born 25 February 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie A club Fiorentina and for the Croatia national football team.
Club career
Early career
Milan Badelj signed for Dinamo Zagreb as a 17-year-old in 2007, just after he was snapped up from the youth system of Dinamo Zagreb's city rival, NK Zagreb. For the 2007–08 season, he was sent on loan to Dinamo Zagreb's affiliate Lokomotiva to gain first–team experience at the senior level. He played in 28 matches and scored seven goals for Lokomotiva in the Croatian Third League.
Dinamo Zagreb
At an early age, Badelj was already spotted as possible replacement for Luka Modrić, a key figure in the Dinamo Zagreb's first-team squad that was moved to Tottenham Hotspur in 2008.[2]
In 2008, Badelj joined the first team and immediately established himself as an important player. He made his senior debut for Dinamo in Champions League qualifier against Northern Irish club Linfield. He then made his domestic debut in the opening match of the 2008–09 season against HNK Rijeka, scoring the first goal in 2–0 victory.[3] He finished his first season with Dinamo with 31 domestic appearances and 12 UEFA Cup appearances.
Badelj continued to impress at his young age, establishing himself as a first–team regular for the 2009–10 season. In March 2011, he scored a goal in a 2–0 victory in the derby match against great rivals Hajduk Split.[4] Badelj continued with impressive performances in the 2010–11 season as well, even wearing the captain's armband in some matches.
In the 2011–12 season, Badelj was one of the key players in the Dinamo squad that reached the 2011–12 Champions League group stage for the first time in 12 years. He appeared in all six of Dinamo's group stage games against Real Madrid, Lyon and Ajax.
In what would be his final game at the Stadion Maksimir for Dinamo in a Champions League playoff match against Slovenian side NK Maribor, Badelj scored an own goal that gave the opposition an equaliser in the first leg match in Zagreb. The midfielder, however, later scored the winning goal at the other end in the second half.[5]
Hamburger SV
Badelj joined Hamburger SV of the German Bundesliga in August 2012 for an undisclosed fee thought to be in the region of €4.5 million, according to the Croatian media.[6] He made his domestic debut soon after joining the club in match against Werder Bremen. He immediately established himself as the first-team regular starter, typically situated as a deep-lying playmaker. Badelj scored his first Bundesliga goal against Schalke 04 on November 2012.[7]
Fiorentina
On 31 August 2014, it was announced that Badelj had signed for Italian Serie A team Fiorentina for a fee believed to be in the region of €5 million.[8]
International career
Badelj earned 63 caps during his time in the Croatian youth ranks, nine of which came in the UEFA U21 Championship where he was very impressive. He was often called up to the first team but usually sat the whole game on the bench. He made his competitive debut in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier against Malta in which he scored a goal.[9] He was a part of the Croatia team on Euro 2012, being an unused substitute. He was a part of Croatia national team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, being selected after Ivan Močinić's injury and once again, he was an unused substitute in the tournament.
International goal
- Scores and results list Croatia's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 2 September 2011 | Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard | Malta | 0–2 | 1–3 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
Honours
Club
- Dinamo Zagreb[10]
- Croatian First League: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
- Croatian Cup: 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12
- Croatian Super Cup: 2010
Individual
Career statistics
Club
- As of 16 December 2015.[10]
Club performance | League | Cup | Other | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Croatia | League | Croatian Cup | Other | Europe | Total | |||||||
2007–08 | Lokomotiva (loan) | Treća HNL | 28 | 7 | — | — | — | 28 | 7 | |||
2008–09 | Dinamo Zagreb | Prva HNL | 31 | 4 | 7 | 1 | — | 12 | 1 | 50 | 6 | |
2009–10 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 1 | — | 11 | 2 | 40 | 14 | |||
2010–11 | 29 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 11 | 0 | 49 | 9 | ||
2011–12 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 2 | — | 12 | 1 | 42 | 6 | |||
2012–13 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||||
Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Other | Europe | Total | |||||||
2012–13 | Hamburger SV | Bundesliga | 31 | 1 | — | — | — | 31 | 1 | |||
2013–14 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | |||
2014–15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
Italy | League | Coppa Italia | Other | Europe | Total | |||||||
2014–15 | Fiorentina | Serie A | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
2015–16 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |||
Total | Croatia | 141 | 32 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 217 | 44 | |
Germany | 62 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 69 | 2 | |||
Italy | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | 56 | 2 | |||
Career total | 237 | 36 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 5 | 342 | 48 |
- ↑ Appearance in Croatian Super Cup
- ↑ Appearances in Bundesliga Promotion/Relegation play-offs
International
- As of 17 November 2015.[11]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Croatia | 2010 | 2 | 0 |
2011 | 1 | 1 | |
2012 | 4 | 0 | |
2013 | 2 | 0 | |
2014 | 2 | 0 | |
2015 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 17 | 1 |
References
- ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 12. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ↑ "Milan Badelj – Modrićev nasljednik" (in Croatian). nogometni-magazin.com. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
- ↑ "Badelj novi junak Maksimira" (in Croatian). HRSport. Retrieved 27 July 2008.
- ↑ "Golovi i igra vrijedni naslova prvaka" (in Croatian). HRSport. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
- ↑ "Badelj na oproštaju s Maksimirom pogodio za pobjedu Dinama" (in Croatian). HRSport. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ↑ "Badelj predstavljen u HSV-u, debitira već u subotu: "Bit će to derbi kao Dinamo-Hajduk"" (in Croatian). Index.hr. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ↑ "Hamburger SV 3–1 FC Schalke 04" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ↑ "Fiorentina to sign Milan Badelj from Hamburg". Sky Sports. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ↑ "Malta 1–3 Croatia". Croatian Football Federation. 2 September 2011.
- 1 2 "M. Badelj". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ↑ Milan Badelj at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
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- Milan Badelj – UEFA competition record
- Milan Badelj at National-Football-Teams.com
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