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 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Roma
Number 19
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– Roma 0 (0)
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 7 (0)
2014– Croatia U21 18 (3)
2016– Croatia 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 May 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:15, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

Ante Ćorić (Croatian pronunciation: [ǎːnte tɕǒːritɕ];[2][3] born 14 April 1997) is a Croatian professional footballer who currently plays for A.S. Roma as an attacking midfielder.[4][5]

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.[6] 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.[7] In 2009, Ćorić joined the youth academy of Red Bull Salzburg, despite the interest from other clubs, including Bayern Munich, Chelsea, and Barcelona.[8] On joining the club, Ćorić 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."[7] In 2013, after four years in Salzburg, Ćorić returned to Croatia and signed with Dinamo Zagreb for a fee of €900,000.[9]

Dinamo Zagreb

On 16 April 2014, Ćorić made his senior debut against RNK Split, coming in as a 69th-minute substitute for Ivo Pinto.[10] On 26 April, he made his first start in a 1–1 draw against Lokomotiva Zagreb.[11] On 10 May, Ćorić scored his first senior goal for Dinamo in a 1–2 loss to NK Istra 1961.[12] 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.[13] With this goal, he became the youngest goalscorer in Europa League history, at the age of 17 years and 157 days.[14] In 2015, the newspaper, Večernji list, awarded Ćorić the Croatian Hope of the Year award.[15] In his nearly five seasons at the club, Ćorić made 143 appearances, winning 4 league titles, and 2 cup titles, and was named by the Italian newspaper, Gazzetta Dello Sport, as one of the "30 Best U20 Players in Europe" in 2017.[16][17][18]

Roma

On 28 May, Ćorić joined Italian club AS Roma for a reported fee of €8 million and signed a 5-year contract on €1 million salary per year, after passing his medical.[19][20][21]

International career

Ćorić with the Croatia U19 national team, during a match against Austria.

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.[22]

In May 2016, he was selected in Croatia's 23-man final squad for UEFA Euro 2016.[23] Ćorić was not selected for the 2018 FIFA World Cup preliminary squad.[24]

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of last match played on 23 May 2018.[25]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo Zagreb 2013–14 61000061
2014–15 2435141335
2015–16 2846170415
2016–17 2344391368
2017–18 2133130274
Total 1021518623214323
Roma 2018–19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career Total 102 15 18 6 23 2 143 23

Honours

Club

Dinamo Zagreb

Individual

    References

    1. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/teams/player=250066128/index.html
    2. ↑ "Àntūn". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-17. Ánte
    3. ↑ "ćȍr". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-17. Ćórić
    4. ↑ "Ćorić potpisao za Romu | Dinamo Zagreb". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-07-06.
    5. ↑ "Coric becomes Roma's first signing of the summer". www.asroma.com. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
    6. ↑ "Ante Ćorić u Bayernu postavio rekord, u Dinamu oduševljava". 24Sata. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
    7. 1 2 "Football talent Ante Coric happy at Red Bull Salzburg". Croatian Times. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
    8. ↑ "Ante Coric a name to remember". Croatia Week. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
    9. ↑ "Talentirani Ante Ćorić potpisao za Dinamo". Vecernji. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
    10. ↑ "Split vs Dinamo". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
    11. ↑ "Lokomotiva Zagreb vs Dinamo Zagreb". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
    12. ↑ "ISTRA 1961 VS. DINAMO ZAGREB 2 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
    13. ↑ "Dinamo Zagreb - Astra Giurgiu 5:1 (3:0)". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
    14. ↑ "Ćorić postao najmlađi strijelac u povijesti EL". Sportske Novosti. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
    15. 1 2 "INDIVIDUAL AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS: VL Footballer of the Year". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
    16. ↑ "Croatia - A. Ćorić - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
    17. ↑ "Ćorić potpisao za Romu | Dinamo Zagreb". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-07-06.
    18. ↑ Traynor, Mikey. "Gazzetta Dello Sport Have Listed And Ranked The 30 Best U20 Players In Europe". Balls.ie. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
    19. ↑ "Ante Coric arrives for Roma medical". www.chiesaditotti.com. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
    20. ↑ "Coric becomes Roma's first signing of the summer". www.asroma.com. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
    21. ↑ "Ćorić potpisao za Romu | Dinamo Zagreb". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-06-14.
    22. ↑ "Internationals (Sky Sports)". SkySports. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
    23. ↑ "Konačni popis 'Vatrenih' za Euro 2016". Al Jazeera Balkans (in Bosnian). 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
    24. ↑ "HNS | CFF on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
    25. ↑ A. ĆORIĆ. Soccerway. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
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