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 12 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
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 58 (8)
National team
2012 Croatia U-15 4 (1)
2012–2013 Croatia U-16 5 (1)
2012–2013 Croatia U-17 8 (0)
2014 Croatia U-18 3 (0)
2014– Croatia U-19 5 (0)
2014– Croatia U-21 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2016 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Ante Ćorić (born 14 April 1997) is a Croatian footballer playing for Dinamo Zagreb in the Prva HNL as a 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.[1] 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.[2] In 2009, Ćorić joined the youth academy of Red Bull Salzburg despite interest from other clubs including Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Barcelona.[3] 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."[2] After four years in Salzburg, he returned to Croatia and signed with Dinamo Zagreb for a transfer fee of 900 000 euros in 2013.[4]

Senior years

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

Personal

His older brother Josip Ćorić is also a football player.

References

  1. "Ante Ćorić u Bayernu postavio rekord, u Dinamu oduševljava". 24Sata. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Football talent Ante Coric happy at Red Bull Salzburg". Croatian Times. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  3. "Ante Coric a name to remember". Croatia Week. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  4. "Talentirani Ante Ćorić potpisao za Dinamo". Vecernji. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  5. "Split vs Dinamo". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  6. "Lokomotiva Zagreb vs Dinamo Zagreb". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  7. "ISTRA 1961 VS. DINAMO ZAGREB 2 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  8. "Ćorić postao najmlađi strijelac u povijesti EL". Sportske Novosti. Retrieved 19 September 2014.

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