Domagoj Vida

Domagoj Vida

Vida playing for Dynamo Kyiv in 2014
Personal information
Full name Domagoj Vida[1]
Date of birth (1989-04-29) 29 April 1989
Place of birth Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Dynamo Kyiv
Number 24
Youth career
1996–2003 Jedinstvo Donji Miholjac
2003–2006 Osijek
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2006–2010 Osijek 90 (6)
2010–2011 Bayer Leverkusen 1 (0)
2011–2013 Dinamo Zagreb 44 (6)
2013– Dynamo Kyiv 67 (5)
National team‡
2008 Croatia U19 4 (0)
2007–2009 Croatia U20 10 (1)
2007–2010 Croatia U21 19 (2)
2010– Croatia 35 (1)

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

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2015

Domagoj Vida (born 29 April 1989) is a Croatian footballer playing for Dynamo Kyiv. He is capable to play any defensive position but is mostly deployed as a centre back or right full back. His father Rudika was also football player.

Club career

Youth career

Vida has spent his entire youth career in Croatia, rising through the youth system and being first featured with the senior team in the 2006–2007 season, at the age of 17; he then went on to make 12 appearances in the season. In the 2007–2008 season, Vida further solidified his credentials, being featured more regularly for his club.[2] He was linked with Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb.[3]

Vida in 2010

Bayer Leverkusen

However, on 29 April 2010, he signed for Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Germany.[4] During his first season with Leverkusen, he mainly played in the UEFA Europa League, making a total of 8 appearances in the competition. He eventually made his Bundesliga debut on 5 March 2011 in a 3–0 win at home to Wolfsburg, coming on as a substitute for the injured Manuel Friedrich in the 14th minute.[5]

Dinamo Zagreb

On 14 June 2011, it was announced that Vida will join Dinamo Zagreb for an undisclosed fee.[6] On 25 July 2012, Vida scored a 98th-minute goal against Bulgarian side Ludogorets Razgrad in a Champions League match and thus helped his team to a 3:2 home win, which enabled it to progress to the next round.

On 24 September 2012 he was thrown out of the first team and the team bus, after he opened up a beer while the team were on their way to a cup match. He also had several altercations with coach Ante Čačić before this incident.[7] The day after it was announced that he would be fined with a record 100,000 euros.[8]

Dynamo Kyiv

On 2 January 2013, it was announced that Vida had signed for Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv on a five-year deal, with a reported fee €6m.[9][10]

On 14 February, Vida made his debut for Dynamo Kyiv in a home Europa League match against Bordeaux, which ended 1–1. A week later Vida played in second leg and was unable to help Dynamo Kyiv get to the round of 16 losing 0–1. In both games Dynamo Kyiv coach Oleh Blokhin used him as a right defender.

On 3 March, Vida played his first game in the Ukrainian Premier League against Kryvbas. The home 1-1 draw was again disappointing for Dynamo Kyiv, as it made much more difficult for them to get second place and qualify for the Champions League against Dnipro and Metalist. On 10 March, Domagoj Vida played his second match for Dynamo in Ukrainian Premier League against Volyn, which ended 2-0 and was Dynamo Kyiv's first victory in 2013. That match was notable because Oleh Blokhin used Vida for the first time as a central defender where his partner was Yevhen Khacheridi, while the first three games for Dynamo he played as a right defender. On 17 March, Vida scored his first goal for Dynamo Kyiv early in the game against Vorskla after a corner kick taken by Andriy Yarmolenko, by an excellent header, having forestalled Pavlo Rebenok and goalkeeper Serhiy Dolhanskyi. That goal gave Dynamo a 1-0 win.

On 17 May 2015, Vida scored the winning goal against FC Dnipro to clinch Dynamo Kyiv their first Ukrainian Premier League title in 6 years.

International career

Vida Domagoj - Croatia vs. Portugal, 10 June 2013

Vida was an active member of the Croatian national under-21 team.[11]

On 23 May 2010, he made his full international debut in Croatia's 2–0 win against Wales in Osijek, coming on as a substitute for Darijo Srna in the 80th minute.[12] Three days later, he played the full 90 minutes in a goalless draw at Estonia. He was member of Croatia at Euro 2012. He started the game from beginning against Spain. On 10 September 2013, Vida scored his first goal (Leon Benko provided the assist) for the national side in the 65th minute of a friendly match against South Korea played on Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonju.[13] He was a part of the Croatian squad at 2014 FIFA World Cup tournament in Brazil, but remained as an unused substitute in the tournament. He returned to play in Euro 2016 qualifiers.

Career statistics

Club

As of 2 March 2016.[14]
Team Season League Cup Europe1 Other2 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Osijek 2006-07 12000----120
2007-08 21010----220
2008-09 30210----312
2009-10 27430----304
Total906500000956
Bayer Leverkusen 2010-11 100080--90
Total1000800090
Dinamo Zagreb 2011-12 29260120--472
2012-13 15410122--286
Total4467024200758
Dynamo Kyiv 2012-13 121--20--141
2013-14 1704150--261
2014-15 2026010110373
2015-16 142205010222
Total63512122120997
Career total 198172415432027821

1European competitions include the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

2Includes other competitive competitions, including the Ukrainian Super Cup

International

As of 17 November 2015.[15]
Croatia
YearAppsGoals
201020
201150
201280
201361
201460
201570
Total341

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb
Dynamo Kyiv

References

External links

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