Ante Ćorić

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

Ante Ćorić
Ćorić in 2015
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(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Almería
(on loan from 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 2 (0)
2019– → Almería (loan) 12 (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)
2014–2018 Croatia U21 18 (3)
2016– Croatia 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:35, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:15, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

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

Dinamo Zagreb

On 16 April 2014, Ćorić made his senior debut against RNK Split, coming in as a 69th-minute substitute for Ivo Pinto.[9] On 26 April, he made his first start in a 1–1 draw against Lokomotiva Zagreb.[10] On 10 May, he scored his first senior goal for Dinamo in a 1–2 loss to NK Istra 1961.[11] 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.[12] With this goal, he became the youngest goalscorer in Europa League history, at the age of 17 years and 157 days.[13] In 2015, the newspaper, Večernji list, awarded Ćorić the Croatian Hope of the Year award.[14] In his nearly five seasons at the club, Ćorić made 143 appearances, winning four league titles, and two cup titles, and was named by the Italian newspaper, Gazzetta Dello Sport, as one of the "30 Best U20 Players in Europe" in 2017.[15][16][17]

Roma

On 28 May 2018, Ćorić joined Italian club A.S. Roma for a reported fee of €8 million and signed a five-year contract on €1 million salary per year, after passing his medical.[18][19][20]

Almería (loan)

On 27 August 2019, Ćorić joined Spanish club UD Almería in the Segunda División on loan for the 2019–20 season.[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

Club
As of match played 1 November 2019.[15]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo Zagreb 2013–14 Croatian First Football League 61000061
2014–15 2435141335
2015–16 2846170415
2016–17 2344391368
2017–18 2133130274
Total 1021518623214323
Roma 2018–19 Serie A 20001030
Almería (loan) 2019–20 Segunda División 9000—90
Career total 1131518624215523

International
As of 27 August 2019.[15]
Croatia
YearAppsGoals
201630
201710
Total40

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 17 March 2018. Ánte
  3. "ćȍr". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Ćórić
  4. "Ćorić potpisao za Romu | Dinamo Zagreb". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  5. "Ante Ćorić u Bayernu postavio rekord, u Dinamu oduševljava". 24Sata. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  6. "Football talent Ante Coric happy at Red Bull Salzburg". Croatian Times. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  7. "Ante Coric a name to remember". Croatia Week. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  8. "Talentirani Ante Ćorić potpisao za Dinamo". Vecernji. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  9. "Split vs Dinamo". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  10. "Lokomotiva Zagreb vs Dinamo Zagreb". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  11. "ISTRA 1961 VS. DINAMO ZAGREB 2 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  12. "Dinamo Zagreb - Astra Giurgiu 5:1 (3:0)". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  13. "Ćorić postao najmlađi strijelac u povijesti EL". Sportske Novosti. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  14. "INDIVIDUAL AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS: VL Footballer of the Year". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  15. Ante Ćorić at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  16. "Ćorić potpisao za Romu | Dinamo Zagreb". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  17. Traynor, Mikey. "Gazzetta Dello Sport Have Listed And Ranked The 30 Best U20 Players In Europe". Balls.ie. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  18. "Ante Coric arrives for Roma medical". www.chiesaditotti.com. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  19. "Coric becomes Roma's first signing of the summer". www.asroma.com. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  20. "Ćorić potpisao za Romu | Dinamo Zagreb". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  21. "Coric, uno de los nuevos talentos del fútbol europeo, jugará en el Almería" [Coric, one of the new talents in European football, will play for Almería]. udalmeriasad.com (in Spanish). 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  22. "Internationals (Sky Sports)". SkySports. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  23. "Konačni popis 'Vatrenih' za Euro 2016". Al Jazeera Balkans (in Bosnian). 31 May 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  24. "HNS | CFF on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
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