Ante Ćorić (Croatian pronunciation: [ǎːnte tɕǒːritɕ];[2][3] born 14 April 1997) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Croatian Football League club Varaždin. He played for the Croatia national team and was capped four times between 2016 and 2017.
 Ćorić with Croatia U19 in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 April 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, Croatia | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Varaždin | ||
| 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) |
| 2014–2018 | Dinamo Zagreb | 102 | (15) |
| 2018–2023 | Roma | 2 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Almería (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → VVV-Venlo (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Olimpija Ljubljana (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Zürich (loan) | 21 | (1) |
| 2024 | Rudeš | 13 | (1) |
| 2024– | Varaždin | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | Croatia U15 | 4 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Croatia U16 | 5 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Croatia U17 | 8 | (0) |
| 2014 | Croatia U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Croatia U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2014–2018 | Croatia U21 | 18 | (3) |
| 2016–2017 | Croatia | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 | |||
Club career
editEarly years
editĆorić 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.[4] In 2009, he joined the youth academy of Red Bull Salzburg, despite the interest from other clubs, including Bayern Munich, Chelsea, and Barcelona.[5] On joining the club, he 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."[4] In 2013, after four years in Salzburg, he returned to Croatia and signed with Dinamo Zagreb for a fee of €900,000.[6]
Dinamo Zagreb
editOn 16 April 2014, Ćorić made his senior debut against RNK Split, coming in as a 69th-minute substitute for Ivo Pinto.[7] On 26 April, he made his first start in a 1–1 draw against Lokomotiva Zagreb.[8] On 10 May, he scored his first senior goal for Dinamo in a 1–2 loss to NK Istra 1961.[9] 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.[10] With this goal, he became the youngest goalscorer in Europa League history, at the age of 17 years and 157 days.[11] In 2015, the newspaper, Večernji list, awarded Ćorić the Croatian Hope of the Year award.[12] In his nearly five seasons at the club, Ćorić made 143 appearances, winning four league titles, and two cup titles, and was named by the Italian newspaper, Gazzetta Dello Sport, as one of the "30 Best U20 Players in Europe" in 2017.[13][14][15]
Roma
editOn 28 May 2018, Ćorić joined Italian club Roma for a reported fee of €6 million and signed a five-year contract on €1 million salary per year, after passing his medical.[16][17][18]
Almería (loan)
editOn 27 August 2019, Ćorić joined Spanish club Almería in the Segunda División on loan for the 2019–20 season.[19]
VVV-Venlo (loan)
editOn 3 October 2020, Ćorić moved to Dutch club VVV-Venlo, on a loan deal until the end of the season.[20] The deal included an option to buy.[20]
Olimpija Ljubljana (loan)
editOn 16 February 2021, due to a lack of playing time Ćorić ended his loan with VVV-Venlo and joined Slovenian side Olimpija Ljubljana on a loan deal for the remainder of the 2020–21 Slovenian PrvaLiga season.[21]
Rudeš
editOn 13 January 2024, Ćorić returned to Croatia, signing a one-and-a-half-year contract with HNL club Rudeš.[22]
International career
edit
Ćorić played with Croatia's youth teams, from 2012 to 2016, and made his senior international debut in a 1–0 win over Moldova on 27 May 2016, entering as a half-time substitute.[23]
In May 2016, he was selected in Croatia's 23-man final squad for UEFA Euro 2016.[24] Ćorić was not selected for the 2018 FIFA World Cup preliminary squad.[25]
Personal life
editĆorić was born in Zagreb to Herzegovinian 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.[26]
Ćorić is engaged to Sara Prenga, Besnik Prenga's daughter and Herdi Prenga's sister.[27]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 22 May 2021.[13]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2013–14 | 1. HNL | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2014–15 | 1. HNL | 24 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 5 | |
| 2015–16 | 1. HNL | 28 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 5 | |
| 2016–17 | 1. HNL | 23 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 36 | 8 | |
| 2017–18 | 1. HNL | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 4 | |
| Total | 102 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 143 | 23 | ||
| Roma | 2018–19 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Almería (loan) | 2019–20 | Segunda División | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| VVV-Venlo (loan) | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| Olimpija Ljubljana (loan) | 2020–21 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Career total | 127 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 172 | 23 | ||
International
edit- As of match played 28 March 2017[13]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | |
Honours
editDinamo Zagreb[13]
- Croatian Football League: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18
- Croatian Cup: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18
Olimpija Ljubljana[13]
Zürich[13]
Individual
References
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Ánte
- ^ "ćȍr". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018.
Ćórić
- ^ a b "Football talent Ante Coric happy at Red Bull Salzburg". Croatian Times. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ "Ante Coric a name to remember". Croatia Week. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ "Talentirani Ante Ćorić potpisao za Dinamo". Vecernji. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ "Split vs Dinamo". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ "Lokomotiva Zagreb vs Dinamo Zagreb". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ "ISTRA 1961 VS. DINAMO ZAGREB 2 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
- ^ "Dinamo Zagreb - Astra Giurgiu 5:1 (3:0)". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Ćorić postao najmlađi strijelac u povijesti EL". Sportske Novosti. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- ^ a b "INDIVIDUAL AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS: VL Footballer of the Year". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Ante Ćorić at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Ćorić potpisao za Romu | Dinamo Zagreb". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). 28 May 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ Traynor, Mikey. "Gazzetta Dello Sport Have Listed And Ranked The 30 Best U20 Players In Europe". Balls.ie. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Ante Coric arrives for Roma medical". www.chiesaditotti.com. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Coric becomes Roma's first signing of the summer". www.asroma.com. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Ćorić potpisao za Romu | Dinamo Zagreb". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). 28 May 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Coric, uno de los nuevos talentos del fútbol europeo, jugará en el Almería" [Coric, one of the new talents in European football, will play for Almería]. udalmeriasad.com (in Spanish). 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ a b Solano, John (3 October 2020). "Roma announce departure of Ante Ćorić on loan". RomaPress. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "La travesía de Coric: jugó en la Roma, en el Almería... ¡y ahora en Eslovenia!" [Coric's journey: he played for Roma, Almería ... and now in Slovenia!]. BeSoccer (in European Spanish). 16 February 2021. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Ante Ćorić novi je igrač Rudeša!" [Ante Ćorić is the new Rudeš player!] (in Croatian). NK Rudeš. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Internationals (Sky Sports)". SkySports. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Konačni popis 'Vatrenih' za Euro 2016". Al Jazeera Balkans (in Bosnian). 31 May 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "HNS | CFF on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Ante Ćorić u Bayernu postavio rekord, u Dinamu oduševljava". 24Sata. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
- ^ Ničota, Tomo (3 June 2022). "Novi početak Ante Ćorića: 'Na meni su izgubili oko 25 mil. eura i sad traže odštetu, a ja treniram kao Modrić!'". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 3 June 2022.
External links
edit
- Ante Ćorić at the Croatian Football Federation
- Ante Ćorić – UEFA competition record (archive)
