Toni Datković

Toni Datković (Croatian pronunciation: [tôni dâtkoʋitɕ, tôː-];[1][2] born 6 November 1993) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Spanish club Albacete Balompié and the Croatia national team.[3]

Toni Datković
Personal information
Full name Toni Datković
Date of birth (1993-11-06) 6 November 1993
Place of birth Zagreb, Croatia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Albacete
Youth career
0000–2008 Novalja
2008 Rijeka
2008 Lokomotiva Rijeka
2009–2012 Rijeka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Rijeka 0 (0)
2012–2014 → Pomorac (loan) 45 (2)
2014–2016 Zavrč 52 (3)
2016–2017 Koper 44 (5)
2017–2020 Lokomotiva 49 (3)
2019–2020 → Huesca (loan) 17 (0)
2020–2021 Aris 3 (0)
2021 → Cartagena (loan) 19 (0)
2021 Real Salt Lake 8 (0)
2022–2023 Cartagena 56 (0)
2023– Albacete 0 (0)
International career‡
2012 Croatia U19 3 (0)
2012 Croatia U20 1 (0)
2017 Croatia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 August 2020

Club career

Coming from the island of Pag, Datković went through the ranks of Novalja, before moving to Rijeka, where, after six months at the lower-tier side Lokomotiva, he joined the Rijeka academy. Raising through the ranks, he became the U19 team's captain.[4]

Datković never made his Prva HNL debut for HNK Rijeka, however, as he was sent on a loan to the Druga HNL side NK Pomorac Kostrena, where he remained for 2 years,[5] until his contract expired. In the summer of 2014, he joined the Slovenian PrvaLiga side NK Zavrč, where he played 52 league games and scored three goals. He joined Koper in January 2016.[6]

Datković moved abroad on 2 September 2019, joining Segunda División side Huesca on a one-year loan deal.[7]

On 18 August 2020, he signed a three-year contract with Aris.[8] After featuring rarely, he returned to Spain and its second division on 10 January 2021, after agreeing to a loan deal with FC Cartagena until the end of the season.[9]

On 2 June 2021, Datković signed with Major League Soccer side Real Salt Lake on a two-year deal.[10] The following 18 January, he returned to Cartagena after agreeing to a two-and-a-half-year contract.[11]

Datković terminated his contract with the Efesé on 1 September 2023,[12] and joined fellow second division side Albacete Balompié just hours later.[13]

International career

He made his debut for Croatia in a January 2017 China Cup match against China, his sole international appearance to date.[14]

Personal life

Datković is the son of the football coach Ivica Datković, his brother Marin is also a professional football player.[15]

Career statistics
As of 31 July 2020
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pomorac (loan) 2012–13 2. HNL 25100——251
2013–14 20100——201
Total 45200——452
Zavrč 2014–15 PrvaLiga 31342——355
2015–16 21020——230
Total 52362——585
Koper 2015–16 PrvaLiga 143———143
2016–17 30210——312
Total 44510——455
Lokomotiva 2017–18 Prva HNL 17000——170
2018–19 25232——284
2019–20 71———71
Total 49332——525
Huesca (loan) 2019–20 Segunda División 17020——190
Career total 20713124000021917

References
  1. "Àntūn". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Tȍni (Tȏni)
  2. "dȁti". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Dȁtković
  3. "T. Datković". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  4. »Bijeli« jesenski viceprvaci at novilist.hr
  5. Toni Datković, nogometaš Pomorca: Nitko se s Kantride ne javlja, mislim da ću potražiti novu sredinu at sportcom.hr
  6. Koper predstavil deset novincev, na Bonifiki deset tujcev at Ekipa24.si
  7. "Toni Datkovic, un central zurdo contundente" [Toni Datkovic, a convincing left centre back] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  8. "Άρης: Ντάτκοβιτς τριετίας στους κίτρινους". www.sport24.gr. 18 August 2020.
  9. "El central croata Datkovic se incorpora al Cartagena cedido por el Aris de Salónica" [Croatian stopper Datkovic joins Cartagena on loan from Aris Thessaloniki] (in Spanish). FC Cartagena. 10 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  10. "Real Salt Lake Signs Defender Toni Datković | Real Salt Lake".
  11. "Datkovic vuelve al Efesé para sumar garra y carácter a la defensa albinegra" [Datkovic returns to the Efesé to bring aggression and disposition for the white-and-black defense] (in Spanish). FC Cartagena. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  12. "Acuerdo para la rescisión de contrato de Toni Datkovic" [Agreement for the contract rescision of Toni Datkovic] (in Spanish). FC Cartagena. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  13. "Toni Datković acepta el desafío" [Toni Datković accepts the challenge] (in Spanish). Albacete Balompié. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  14. "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  15. Ivica Datković nije sjedio na klupi Novalje zbog svadbe standardnog prvotimca Marina Datkovića at sportcom.hr
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