Ivo Grbić (footballer)

Ivo Grbić
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-18) 18 January 1996
Place of birth Split, Croatia
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Lokomotiva Zagreb
Number 13
Youth career
2005 Dalmatinac Split
2005–2014 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Hajduk Split 7 (0)
2014–2018 → Hajduk Split B 18 (0)
2018– Lokomotiva Zagreb 7 (0)
National team
2010 Croatia U14 1 (0)
2011 Croatia U15 2 (0)
2012 Croatia U16 1 (0)
2012–2013 Croatia U17 4 (0)
2013–2014 Croatia U18 2 (0)
2014–2015 Croatia U19 8 (0)
2017 Croatia U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:29, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Ivo Grbić (Croatian pronunciation: [ǐːʋo ɡř̩bitɕ];[1][2] born 18 January 1996) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Lokomotiva Zagreb in the Prva HNL.

Club career

Born in Split, Croatia, Grbić moved to the HNK Hajduk Split academy aged 9,[3] where he remained for the rest of his youth career. A youth international since the U14 level, he has drawn high praise from experts such as Vladimir Beara.[4] At the beginning of the 2014/2015 season he became the first goalkeeper of Hajduk Split's B team in the Treća HNL Jug. His first glimpse of first-team football was in October of the same year, when he acted as the reserve goalkeeper, but he only made his debut in the 18.4.2015 home loss against HNK Rijeka, conceding two goals in the last 10 minutes of the game.[5]

After lack of opportunities, Grbić became frustrated about his club status, thus eventually rejecting the contract extension and joining Lokomotiva Zagreb.

Personal life

Grbić has named Oliver Kahn as his idol. His father, Josip, was the acting president of HNK Hajduk Split during the 2010/2011 season.

References

  1. ↑ "Ìvan". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-19. Ívo
  2. ↑ "gȑba". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-19. Gr̀bić
  3. ↑ Ivo Grbić: San mi je jednog dana zaigrati pred punim Poljudom at Večernji List
  4. ↑ Ivo Grbić: San mi je jednog dana zaigrati pred punim Poljudom at Večernji List
  5. ↑ Poljud: Hajduk-Rijeka 1:2 at HNK Hajduk Split official site.
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