Ante Ćorić

Ante Ćorić
Personal information
Full name Ante Ćorić
Date of birth (1997-04-14) 14 April 1997
Place of birth Zagreb, Croatia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 GNK Dinamo Zagreb
Number 24
Youth career
2002–2006 Hrvatski Dragovoljac
2006–2009 NK Zagreb
2009–2013 Red Bull Salzburg
2013–2014 Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Dinamo Zagreb 72 (11)
National team‡
2012 Croatia U-15 4 (1)
2012–2013 Croatia U-16 5 (1)
2012–2013 Croatia U17 8 (0)
2014 Croatia U18 3 (0)
2014–2015 Croatia U19 5 (0)
2014– Croatia U21 2 (0)
2016– Croatia 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Ante Ćorić (born 14 April 1997) is a Croatian footballer who currently plays for Dinamo Zagreb in the Croatian First Football League and Croatia national team, as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Early years

Ćorić was born in Zagreb to Herzegovian Croat parents from Široki Brijeg; his father, Miljenko, is a football manager in the Zagreb area with whom Ante attended training sessions starting at a very young age.[2] Ćorić started playing football at the age of 5 at Hrvatski Dragovoljac. When he was 9 years old, he signed for the youth academy of NK Zagreb.[3] In 2009, Ćorić joined the youth academy of Red Bull Salzburg, in spite of interest from other clubs, including Bayern Munich, Chelsea, and Barcelona.[4] On joining the club Corić commented, "I wanted to become a Red Bull Salzburg player because my team-mates here are better than players of the same age anywhere else. We train better and more often than others. And I was very impressed by how warmly I was welcomed."[3] In 2013, after four years in Salzburg, Ćorić returned to Croatia and signed with Dinamo Zagreb for a fee of €900,000.[5]

Senior years

On 16 April 2014, Ćorić made his senior debut against RNK Split, coming in as a 69th-minute substitute for Ivo Pinto.[6] On 26 April, he made his first start in a 1–1 draw against Lokomotiva Zagreb.[7] On 10 May, Ćorić scored his first senior goal for Dinamo in a 1-2 loss to NK Istra 1961.[8] On 18 September, Ćorić came on as a 77th-minute substitute and scored the fifth goal in Dinamo's 2014-15 Europa League opener against Astra Giurgiu, a 5-1 win. With this goal, he became the youngest goal scorer in Europa League history, at the age of 17 years and 157 days.[9] In 2015, newspaper Večernji list awarded Ćorić the Croatian Hope of the Year as the best young Croatian player of the year.[10]

International career

Ćorić played for various youth Croatian teams, and made his debut for the senior Croatia national football team in a friendly 1-0 win over Moldova in May 2016 after entering the game as the half time substitute.[11] He was called for UEFA Euro 2016 as one of the 23 players included in the squad, but remained as an unused substitute during the entire tournament.

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of last match played on 29 October 2016.[12]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo Zagreb 2013–14 61000061
2014–15 2435141335
2015–16 2846170415
2016–17 1122171204
Total 691013318210015

Personal life

His older brother Josip is also a football player.

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/teams/player=250066128/index.html
  2. ↑ "Ante Ćorić u Bayernu postavio rekord, u Dinamu oduševljava". 24Sata. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Football talent Ante Coric happy at Red Bull Salzburg". Croatian Times. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Ante Coric a name to remember". Croatia Week. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Talentirani Ante Ćorić potpisao za Dinamo". Vecernji. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Split vs Dinamo". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Lokomotiva Zagreb vs Dinamo Zagreb". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "ISTRA 1961 VS. DINAMO ZAGREB 2 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "Ćorić postao najmlađi strijelac u povijesti EL". Sportske Novosti. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  10. 1 2 "INDIVIDUAL AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS: VL Footballer of the Year". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  11. ↑ http://www.skysports.com/football/croatia-vs-moldova/teams/354998
  12. ↑ A. ĆORIĆ. Soccerway. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

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