Domagoj Bradarić

Domagoj Bradarić (Croatian pronunciation: [dômaɡoj brǎdaritɕ];[1][2] born 10 December 1999) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Italian Serie A club Salernitana and the Croatia national team as a left-back.

Domagoj Bradarić
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-12-10) 10 December 1999
Place of birth Split, Croatia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Salernitana
Number 3
Youth career
2007–2017 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Hajduk Split II 35 (5)
2018–2019 Hajduk Split 22 (0)
2019–2022 Lille 59 (1)
2022– Salernitana 20 (0)
International career‡
2015 Croatia U16 1 (0)
2017 Croatia U18 1 (0)
2017 Croatia U19 1 (0)
2018–2021 Croatia U21 14 (1)
2020– Croatia 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 August 2023(UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 May 2021

Club career

Hajduk Split

Born in Split, Bradarić joined the youth setup of Hajduk Split in 2007. Ahead of the 2017–18 season, he was promoted to the reserves.[3]

On 18 June 2018, Bradarić was promoted to the senior team and signed his first professional contract.[4] On 15 September, he made his first team debut, coming on as a substitute for Steliano Filip in a 3–1 victory against Rudeš.[5] After playing the next six matches, he injured himself, only to return to play against Rudeš in December, and providing an assist to Jairo de Macedo da Silva.[6][7] At the end of the season, his inaugural in the first team at Hajduk, Bradarić was named in the team of the season.[8]

He made his final appearance for Hajduk on 9 July 2019 in a Europa League qualifying away 2–0 victory over Gżira United.

Lille

On 19 July, Bradarić signed a five-year deal with Lille OSC.[9] The transfer fee between the two sides was reported as €6.5 million plus €2 million in potential bonuses and 10% of a future transfer fee.[10] He made his league debut in a 2–1 home victory over Nantes on 18 August. He made his Champions League debut on 17 September in a 3–0 away defeat to Ajax.

On 21 February 2021, Bradarić scored his debut goal for Lille in a 4–1 victory over Lorient.

Salernitana

On 15 July 2022, Bradarić signed a four-year contract with Salernitana in Italy.[11]

International career

On 5 November 2018, Bradarić was called up to the Croatian under-21 national team for a friendly match against France.[12] On 7 June 2019, he was named in Nenad Gračan's 23-man squad for UEFA Under-21 Euro 2019,[13] where he made two appearances as Croatia finished at the bottom of the group.

On 21 September 2020, senior team coach Zlatko Dalić called Bradarić up for October fixtures against Switzerland, Sweden and France.[14] On 7 October, he made his national team debut in a friendly 2–1 victory over Switzerland. Despite being a full-back, Bradarić started as a winger in his debut and provided Josip Brekalo with an assist for Croatia's equalizer.[15]

On 9 March 2021, he was named in Igor Bišćan's 23-man squad for the group stage of UEFA Under-21 Euro 2021.[16] He played every minute of the group stage and scored an injury time goal in the final game, the 2–1 defeat to England, which turned out to be decisive as Croatia progressed to the knockout phase due to a better goal difference.[17] On 17 May, he was named in Bišćan's 23-man squad for the knockout stage of the tournament,[18] as well as Dalić's 26-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020.[19] However, he got no playing time at the latter tournament, being behind Joško Gvardiol and Borna Barišić in the pecking order.[20]

Personal life

Bradarić's parents are divorced. His father Ante Bradarić hails from Kotlenica near Dugopolje, but lives in Germany. His mother Natalija Tabak is a Bosnian Croat from Eminovo Selo near Tomislavgrad, but lives in Strožanac near Podstrana with Bradarić's younger brother Luka. She also works as Bradarić's agent.[21][22][23]

He listed Marcelo and Jordi Alba as his football role models.[21]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 14 May 2022[24]
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hajduk Split II 2017–18 Druga HNL 284————284
2018–19 71————71
Total 355————355
Hajduk Split 2018–19 Prva HNL 22020—00—240
2019–20 0000—1[lower-alpha 3]0—10
Total 22020—10—250
Lille 2019–20 Ligue 1 18010203[lower-alpha 4]0—240
2020–21 26130—7[lower-alpha 3]0—361
2021–22 15000—1[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 5]0170
Total 591402011010771
Career total 11666020120101376
  1. Includes Croatian Cup and Coupe de France
  2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  5. Appearance in Trophée des Champions

International
As of match played on 17 November 2020.[25]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Croatia 202040
Total40

Honours

Lille

References
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  2. "bráda". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Retrieved 9 March 2020. Bràdarić
  3. Perković, Toni (2 November 2017). "Ovo je Hajdukov dvojac koji ozbiljno kuca na vrata prve momčadi, poslušajte kako vide svoju budućnost u bijelom dresu!" [This is Hajdukov's duo who seriously knocks at the door of the first team, hear how they see their future in the white jersey!] (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  4. "Hajduk's future: Our talented generation has signed new contracts". Hajduk Split. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  5. "HAJDUK - RUDEŠ 3: 1: Čaktaš i Ivanovski napunili mrežu gostiju, Andrey je počeo pogoditi" (in Croatian). Net. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  6. "Napreduje krupnim koracima: Ne gledam toliko sebe, iako se naravno trudim igrati što bolje" [Growing in massive steps: I do not look so much myself, though of course I try to play the best] (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  7. "Bradarić: We were calm, played well and deserved this victory". Hajduk Split. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  8. "Trophy Footballer: Jairo and Bradarić in HT First Division team of the season!". hajduk.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  9. "L'espoir Croate, Domagoj Bradaric Est Lillois". Lille OSC. July 19, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  10. "Domagoj Bradarić novi igrač doprvaka Francuske". nogometplus.net. 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
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  13. Hina (7 June 2019). "Konačan popis za Euro: S ovim mladima Hrvatska napada Olimpijske igre". Gol.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2021-05-21. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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  17. Ničota, Tomo (31 March 2021). "VIDEO: Hrvatska je u četvrtfinalu! Pogledajte čudesni, spasonosni gol Bradarića u sudačkoj nadoknadi!". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  18. "Modri dragulj i na Bišćanovom popisu, tu je i nova zvijezda Hajduka: 'To mu je nagrada za sve učinjeno'". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). 17 May 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-05-17. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  19. "Zlatko Dalić objavio popis! Dinamove zvijezde putuju na Euro, sjajni hajdukovac dobio pretpoziv". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). 17 May 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-05-17. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  20. Olivari, Davorin (4 July 2021). "Vatreni bez minute na Euru, ali ne treba biti razočaran! Za njega je i sam poziv bio jako velika stvar". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2021-07-04. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  21. Alfirević, Slaven (7 November 2018). "Hajdukov lijevi bek za milijunski ček: Uživam, dok ne vidim tablicu". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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  24. Domagoj Bradarić at Soccerway
  25. "Domagoj Bradarić profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  26. "Lille beat PSG to clinch first French Super Cup". Sky Sports. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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