Duje Ćaleta-Car

Duje Ćaleta-Car (Croatian pronunciation: [dǔːje tɕâleta tsâr];[2][3] born 17 September 1996) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Lyon, on loan from EFL Championship club Southampton, and the Croatia national team.[4] He was a member of the Croatian squad which ended as runners-up to France in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

In this Croatian name, the surname is Ćaleta-Car.
Duje Ćaleta-Car
Ćaleta-Car with Red Bull Salzburg in 2017
Personal information
Full name Duje Ćaleta-Car[1]
Date of birth (1996-09-17) 17 September 1996[1]
Place of birth Šibenik, Croatia
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Lyon
(on loan from Southampton)
Number 55
Youth career
2005–2012 Šibenik
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Šibenik 17 (0)
2013–2014 Pasching 15 (3)
2014–2018 Red Bull Salzburg 84 (4)
2014–2015 → Liefering (loan) 20 (0)
2018–2022 Marseille 103 (5)
2022– Southampton 13 (1)
2023– → Lyon (loan) 4 (0)
International career‡
2012–2013 Croatia U17 12 (1)
2013–2014 Croatia U18 4 (0)
2014–2015 Croatia U19 10 (2)
2014–2018 Croatia U21 17 (3)
2018– Croatia 23 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Croatia
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up2018
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:44, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:42, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Ćaleta-Car joined FC Liefering in 2014 from FC Pasching. He made his Austrian Football First League debut with FC Liefering on 25 July 2014 against FAC Team für Wien.[5]

Red Bull Salzburg
Ćaleta-Car with Salzburg in 2018.

During the 2017–18 season Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund thus making their first ever appearance in a UEFA Europa League semi-final.[6] On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-final as Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final.[7]

Marseille
Ćaleta-Car warming up for Marseille in 2021.

On 20 July 2018, Ćaleta-Car joined Marseille on a five-year deal for a transfer fee of €19 million. Upon his arrival, Ćaleta-Car was given the squad shirt number 15.[8]

On 29 September 2019, he scored his first goal for Marseille, the equalizer in a 1–1 draw with Rennes.[9]

At the start of the 2020–21 season, Ćaleta-Car scored a brace against Brest, converting assists of Florian Thauvin, as Marseille won 3–2.[9] At the end of the January 2021 transfer window, Premier League side Liverpool launched a £23 million bid to secure his services but the move failed to materialize as Marseille didn't have enough time to sign a replacement.[10]

Southampton

On 1 September 2022, Ćaleta-Car joined Southampton on a four-year contract.[11] On 1 October 2022, Ćaleta-Car made his Premier League debut in a 1–2 defeat against Everton.[12] In the EFL Cup semi-final first leg against Newcastle United on 24 January 2023, Ćaleta-Car was given a second yellow card and sent off following a foul on Allan Saint-Maximan.[13] On 1 March 2023, Ćaleta-Car scored his first professional goal for Southampton in a 1–2 shock defeat to Grimsby Town in the FA Cup.[14] He scored his first league goal on 21 April 2023 in a 3–3 away draw at Arsenal.[15]

Lyon (loan)

On 2 August 2023, Ćaleta-Car joined Lyon on a season-long loan.[16][17] Ćaleta-Car made his debut for the club on 13 August 2023 in a 2–1 defeat to Strasbourg.[18]

International career
Ćaleta-Car with Croatia in 2015.

In October 2015, Ćaleta-Car received a first call-up for the senior national team for the Euro 2016 qualifying matches against Bulgaria and Malta, as a replacement for injured Jozo Šimunović.[19] He was in the first 27 players team called for the Euro 2016 but was dropped along with midfielder Alen Halilović and goalkeeper Dominik Livaković.

In May 2018, he was named in Croatia's preliminary 32-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[20] On 3 June, he made his international debut in a friendly match against Brazil, coming on as a substitute for Vedran Ćorluka in the 52nd minute.[21]

Ćaleta-Car was eventually selected in the 23-man squad that travelled to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. He made his World Cup debut in Croatia's final group game, a 2–1 win over Iceland. Croatia would go on to finish second in the tournament, losing to France 4–2 in the final which was played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

In June 2019, he refused to be part of Croatia squad for 2019 UEFA Under-21 Euro, citing exhaustion and the club's demand to take a rest for the upcoming season as reasons. Soon it was discovered that the real reason was a vacation in the Maldives with his club teammate Nemanja Radonjić.[22] As a disciplinary action, he was the only outfield player who wasn't given even a minute of playing time in senior Croatia squad's June fixtures against Wales and Tunisia and was completely dropped ahead of September fixtures against Slovakia and Azerbaijan.[23] In an interview with Sportske novosti, he denied going on the vacation and said that the sole reason of not participating in the tournament was suggestion of his club coaches Andoni Zubizarreta and André Villas-Boas to take a rest instead since his previous season wasn't on the level it was expected to be, partially due to his participation in the World Cup the summer before, and that it wasn't his personal wish. He also claimed that the Croatia U21 manager Nenad Gračan "had lied and had disappointed him", that "it had hurt him to read the lies of the media" about the vacation, and that he accepted senior Croatia squad manager Zlatko Dalić's decision to drop him from the team.[24]

He was called up again ahead of Croatia's November fixtures against Slovakia and Georgia following suspensions of the standard starting defenders Dejan Lovren and Domagoj Vida.[25] He was a starter in the decisive match against the former opponent, that ended up as a 3–1 win and saw Croatia qualify for Euro 2020.[26]

Personal life

In May 2021, Ćaleta-Car married Adriana Đurđević in a ceremony at the top of the Revelin Fortress in Đurđević's native Dubrovnik.[27] In August 2021, Ćaleta-Car and Đurđević became parents of a baby son,[28] whom they named Mauro.[29] In June 2022, Ćaleta-Car and Đurđević married in a church ceremony in the St. Ignatius Church in Dubrovnik.[30]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 3 September 2023[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Šibenik 2012–13 Druga HNL 17000———170
Pasching 2013–14 Austrian Regionalliga 15300———153
Liefering (loan) 2014–15 Erste Liga 19000———190
2015–16 Erste Liga 1000———10
Total 20000———200
Red Bull Salzburg 2014–15 Austrian Bundesliga 7010—1[lower-alpha 3]0—90
2015–16 Austrian Bundesliga 31240—2[lower-alpha 3]0—372
2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga 18050—8[lower-alpha 4]0—310
2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 28260—19[lower-alpha 5]0—532
Total 844160—300—1304
Marseille 2018–19 Ligue 1 20010005[lower-alpha 3]0—260
2019–20 Ligue 1 2312010——261
2020–21 Ligue 1 33210—4[lower-alpha 6]01[lower-alpha 7]0392
2021–22 Ligue 1 26230—9[lower-alpha 8]0—382
2022–23[31] Ligue 1 1000—00—10
Total 10357010180101305
Southampton 2022–23[31] Premier League 1312140——192
Lyon (loan) 2023–24 Ligue 1 4000———40
Career total 25613251504801033514
  1. Includes Croatian Cup, Austrian Cup, Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, fifteen appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  7. Appearance in Trophée des Champions
  8. Three appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International
As of match played 3 June 2022[32]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Croatia 201820
201930
202050
2021101
202230
Total231
As of match played 11 November 2021
Scores and results list Croatia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ćaleta-Car goal[32]
List of international goals scored by Duje Ćaleta-Car
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 November 2021National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta20 Malta2–07–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

Croatia

Individual

Orders

References
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  25. "IZBORNIK DALIĆ OBJAVIO SLUŽBENI POPIS I POTVRDIO NAGAĐANJA Vraća u reprezentaciju 'nestašnog' braniča: Duje Ćaleta-Car pozvan za Slovačku". Sportske novosti. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  26. "NAPOKON JE GOTOVO, HRVATSKA RIJETKO VIĐENIM PREOKRETOM IZBORILA EURO! Slovaci su zabili, a onda je Zlatko Dalić povukao potez kvalifikacija". Sportske novosti. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
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