Ivica Vrdoljak
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ivica Vrdoljak | ||
Date of birth | 19 September 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1990–1999 | Vojvodina | ||
1999–2002 | NK Zagreb | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2007 | NK Zagreb | 81 | (3) |
2002–2003 | → Lučko (loan) | ||
2003–2004 | → Croatia Sesvete (loan) | 22 | (4) |
2007–2010 | Dinamo Zagreb | 80 | (6) |
2010–2016 | Legia Warsaw | 128 | (20) |
2016–2017 | Wisła Płock | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2004–2005 | Croatia U21 | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ivica Vrdoljak (pronounced [îʋit͡sa ʋr̩dǒʎaːk]; born 19 September 1983) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.
Club career
[edit]Vrdoljak started playing football at his homeclub, Serbian top league club FK Vojvodina, where he played for the youth teams until 1999, when he moved to Zagreb, Croatia, and settled in the youth system of the Croatian top flight side NK Zagreb. After graduating to the senior team he was sent on loans to NK Lučko and the second division team Croatia Sesvete.[1] Vrdoljak had a good season at Croatia Sesvete, scoring four goals and featuring in 22 league matches, and after that he was returned to NK Zagreb. In three seasons at the club he made 81 league appearances and scored three goals. He was then, along with his teammate Mario Mandžukić, transferred to Croatian powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb for a fee of €1 million. Since his arrival, Vrdoljak has established himself as a consistent first-team player. In his debut season for Dinamo he played in twenty-four league matches and bagged three goals. The next season, he was irreplaceable in the midfield and made 29 league appearances by the end of the season and scored three more goals.
While playing for Legia Warsaw, during the qualifiers 2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualifying round, Vrdoljak missed two penalties in a 4–1 win over against Celtic. After being sidelined throughout the 2015–16 season due to a knee injury, he left Legia in the summer of 2016.[2] Shortly after, he joined another Ekstraklasa outfit Wisła Płock, however after failing to make a single appearance, he decided to ultimately retire.[3]
International career
[edit]He is also a former Croatia under-21 international and capped seven times at the under-21 level during the 2004–05 season.
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Croatia Sesvete (loan) | 2003–04 | Druga HNL | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 25 | 6 | ||
NK Zagreb | 2004–05 | Prva HNL | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | ||
2005–06 | Prva HNL | 25 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||||
2006–07 | Prva HNL | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 2 | |||
Total | 81 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 86 | 3 | ||||
Dinamo Zagreb | 2007–08 | Prva HNL | 24 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 33 | 3 | |
2008–09 | Prva HNL | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12[c] | 2 | — | 45 | 5 | ||
2009–10 | Prva HNL | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12[d] | 1 | — | 44 | 1 | ||
Total | 80 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 26 | 3 | — | 122 | 9 | |||
Legia Warsaw | 2010–11 | Ekstraklasa | 26 | 5 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 32 | 8 | ||
2011–12 | Ekstraklasa | 24 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10[e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4 | |
2012–13 | Ekstraklasa | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | 1[f] | 0 | 29 | 2 | |
2013–14 | Ekstraklasa | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10[g] | 0 | — | 41 | 5 | ||
2014–15 | Ekstraklasa | 28 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14[h] | 1 | 1[f] | 0 | 49 | 7 | |
2015–16 | Ekstraklasa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 128 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 191 | 26 | ||
Wisła Płock | 2016–17 | Ekstraklasa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Career total | 311 | 33 | 49 | 7 | 62 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 424 | 44 |
- ^ Includes Croatian Cup, Polish Cup
- ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Cup
- ^ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Cup
- ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearance in Polish Super Cup
- ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
Honours
[edit]- Dinamo Zagreb
- Legia Warsaw
References
[edit]- ^ "Slobodna Dalmacija". arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ "Ivica Vrdoljak rozwiązał kontrakt z Legią". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 31 August 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ "Ivica Vrdoljak zakończył karierę". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 21 February 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ Career statistics at Nogometni Magazin
External links
[edit]- Ivica Vrdoljak at Soccerway.com
- Ivica Vrdoljak at FBref.com
- Ivica Vrdoljak at the Croatian Football Federation
- Ivica Vrdoljak at AS.com (in Spanish)
- Ivica Vrdoljak at the Croatian Football Federation
- Ivica Vrdoljak at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- Profile at Nogometni Magazin (in Croatian)
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Novi Sad
- Croats of Vojvodina
- Naturalized citizens of Croatia
- Serbian emigrants to Croatia
- Men's association football central defenders
- Croatian men's footballers
- Croatia men's under-21 international footballers
- NK Zagreb players
- NK Lučko players
- NK Croatia Sesvete players
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
- Legia Warsaw players
- Wisła Płock players
- First Football League (Croatia) players
- Croatian Football League players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Croatian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Poland