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| Full name | Ante Rebić[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1993-09-21)21 September 1993 (age 31)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Split, Croatia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left winger | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Lecce | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2008 | Vinjani | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Imotski | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | RNK Split | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | RNK Split | 54 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2018 | Fiorentina | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | →RB Leipzig (loan) | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | →Hellas Verona (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | →Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) | 49 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 29 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | →AC Milan (loan) | 26 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | AC Milan | 74 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Beşiktaş | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Lecce | 22 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Croatia U18 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Croatia U19 | 5 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Croatia U20 | 6 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Croatia U21 | 8 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2021 | Croatia | 42 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:33, 9 March 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:40, 28 June 2021 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Ante Rebić (Croatian pronunciation:[ǎːnterěːbitɕ]; born 21 September 1993) is a Croatian professionalfootballer who plays as aleft winger forSerie A clubLecce. Mainly a winger, he can be deployed at any forward position.
Rebić began his senior career atRNK Split, and in 2013 signed for Serie A clubFiorentina for an undisclosed fee. He spent most of his time there out on loan toRB Leipzig,Hellas Verona, andEintracht Frankfurt, before joining the latter permanently in July 2018. In September 2019, he returned to Italian football, joiningAC Milan, initially on a two-year loan, before joining permanently a year later.
Rebić made his senior international debut forCroatia in 2013. That same year, he was votedCroatian Football Hope of the Year. He represented them at theFIFA World Cup in2014 and2018, reaching thefinal of the latter, as well as at theUEFA Euro 2020.
Rebić started his career playing at youth level for Vinjani before he moved toImotski in 2008, where he spent two seasons. After his good performances at a tournament in Italy in 2010, where he went withHajduk Split youth team, Rebić was brought toRNK Split byDarko Butorović.[2]
Rebić made his debut for the first team againstDinamo Zagreb on 21 May 2011 in the last round of the2010–11 Prva HNL as a second-half substitute. The match ended in a 1–1 draw, with Rebić scoring the late equalizer.[3][4] In August 2011, Rebić signed a professional three-year contract with RNK Split.[5] In the2011–12 season, Rebić scored 5 league goals in 20 appearances, four of them when coming off the bench. In the2012–13 season, Rebić scored 10 league goals in 29 appearances.
On 28 August 2013, Rebić signed a five-year contract withSerie A clubFiorentina, for an undisclosed fee.[6] Upon passing the medical exams, he was given the number 9 shirt.[7] He made a debut on 30 September, coming on as a 36th-minute substitute for injured teammateGiuseppe Rossi, in a 2–2 home draw againstParma.[8] During his debut he sustained an injury, causing him to be sidelined for three weeks. Rebić made three more appearances for Fiorentina before he scored his first goal on 8 January 2014, starting and scoring the second goal of a 2–0Coppa Italia last-16 home win againstChievo Verona.[9] On 18 May, he scored his first goal inSerie A in 2–2 draw againstTorino at theStadio Artemio Franchi, two minutes after replacingManuel Pasqual.[10]
On 3 August 2014, Rebić joined2. Bundesliga clubLeipzig for a season-long loan deal.[11] After his loan spell with Leipzig ended, Rebić returned to Fiorentina and was given the number 11 shirt, previously worn byJuan Cuadrado, and was used primarily on the left wing. He made his European debut with the club on 1 October in a 4–0 defeat ofBelenenses in theEuropa League. In their next match in that competition, Rebić was sent off for a reckless challenge in stoppage time in a 2–1 defeat toLech Poznań. On 1 November, he scored his first goal in Serie A, in a 4–1 win againstFrosinone.[citation needed]
After only making six appearances and scoring once for Fiorentina, Rebić was loaned toHellas Verona on 14 January 2016.[12] However, he failed to score in nine appearances, and Verona were relegated toSerie B. On 20 March, on as a halftime substitute forGiampaolo Pazzini, he was sent off for two yellow cards at the end of a 2–1 loss toCarpi in theStadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi.[13]
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Rebić joinedBundesliga clubEintracht Frankfurt on a season-long loan on 11 July 2016, reuniting with former national team managerNiko Kovač.[14] After a short battle withmononucleosis, Rebić made his debut on 17 September againstBayer Leverkusen, coming on as a substitute and assistingMarco Fabián for the winning goal in a 2–1 victory.[15] On 5 February 2017 he scored his first goal for his new team to conclude a 2–0 win over fellowHesse teamSV Darmstadt 98 at theCommerzbank Arena.[16] On 27 May, he equalised in the2017 DFB-Pokal Final, though Frankfurt lost 2–1 toBorussia Dortmund.[17]
On 31 August 2017, Rebić joined Eintracht a second time on loan for another year with an option to buy.[18] Across all competitions, he scored nine goals and assisted three that season.[19] This included two goals on 19 May in the2018 DFB-Pokal Final, a 3–1 victory that gave his club their first cup since1988 and deniedBayern Munich to complete theirdouble.[20] At the conclusion of the season, Eintracht Frankfurt exercised their option to purchase Rebić permanently for€2 million.
On 10 August 2018, Rebić signed a new contract to last until June 2022.[21] He had been tracked by clubs includingManchester United,Tottenham Hotspur, Bayern Munich andSevilla, and Eintracht had lost several of their star players in addition to Kovač, who joined Bayern.[22] Two days later, Eintracht lost the2018 DFL-Supercup at home to precisely that team, with Rebić a 64th-minute substitute.[23]
On 11 August 2019, he scored ahat-trick in aDFB-Pokal match againstWaldhof Mannheim, which Eintracht won 5–3.[24]
On 2 September 2019, Rebić returned to Italy and signed a two-year loan deal with Serie A clubAC Milan, withAndré Silva moving in the other direction.
After spending the first half of theseason on the bench, having played more minutes for the national team than the club,[25] Rebić scored his first two league goals in a 3–2 victory overUdinese on 19 January 2020, having come on as a half-time substitute forGiacomo Bonaventura.[26] A week later, he continued hissuper sub goalscoring run with a single goal in a 1–0 away victory overBrescia.[27] On 9 February, he scored the opener inDerby della Madonnina; however, the game ended as a 4–2 victory forInter Milan.[28] Four days later, he scored Milan's only goal in a 1–1 draw withJuventus inCoppa Italia.[29][30][31] On 17 February he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Torino.[32][33] On 12 June, in the club's first game after theCOVID-19 pandemic, the second leg of Coppa Italia fixture against Juventus, Rebić wassent off after sixteen minutes due to a rough tackle on Juventus' defenderDanilo.[34] On 4 July, he scored the third goal in a 3–0 victory overtitle contendersLazio, their first home defeat of theseason.[35] On 7 July, he won apenalty, provided an assist and scored in a 4–2 comeback victory over Juventus.[36]In total for the season, Rebic scored 12 goals, and assisted 4.[37]
On 12 September 2020, Milan exercised their option to purchase Rebić permanently, and signed the player on a five-year contract.[38] On 27 September, he won a penalty thatFranck Kessié successfully converted into the first goal of the 2–0 victory overCrotone; however, in the 58th minute of the game, he fell during a counterattack and dislocated his elbow.[39] He returned to the team on 1 November, coming on forRafael Leão in the 71st minute of the 2–1 victory over Udinese.[40] On 23 December, he scored his first goal of theseason, the opening goal in the 3–2 victory over Lazio.[41] On 6 January 2021, he tested positive forCOVID-19 and was ruled out of thederby against Juventus, which Milan lost 3–1, their first defeat of the season.[42][43] On 28 February, he scored the winning goal in the 2–1 victory overRoma.[44] On 9 May, he scored a spectacular goal in a 3–0 victory over Juventus, winning Milan crucial three points for theChampions League qualification.[45] Three days later, in a 7–0 routing of Torino, he providedThéo Hernandez with an assist for the fourth goal before scoring a hat-trick.[46]In total this season, Rebic scored 11 goals andassisted 3.[47]
On 12 September 2021, he assisted on both goals in a 2–0 victory over Lazio.[48] Three days later, Rebić made hisChampions League debut in a 3–2 defeat toLiverpool, scoring Milan's first goal.[49]On 19 September, he scored the equalizer against Juventus in a 1–1 draw, his 3rd overall league goal against Juventus.[50]On 24 November it was reported that Rebic was injured in the training and expected to be out for a month.[51] However he was not back on the pitch again until 9 January 2022 against Venezia.[52]On 19 February, he scored the equalizer in away game againstSalernitana, which ended 2–2, a powerful shot from 25 yards, it was his first goal in 5 months.[53][54][55]
On 31 July 2023, Rebić signed a two-year contract withSüper Lig clubBeşiktaş.[56][57] On 31 July 2024, it was announced that Rebić's contract had been terminated.[58]
On 26 August 2024, Rebić returned to Italy and signed for Serie A clubLecce.[59] He scored his first goal for Lecce with a last minute, stoppage time goal to draw with Juventus on 1 December 2024.
On 31 July 2013, Rebić was called up for the first time to thenational team, ahead of a friendly away toLiechtenstein. He came on as a 63rd-minute substitute forIvica Olić in the match, and four minutes later he scored in the 3–2 win. He was praised by managerIgor Štimac after the game.[60]
Upon the arrival of the new national team coach Niko Kovač, his formerCroatia U21 coach, Rebić was called up for the decisive World Cup play-off matches againstIceland in November 2013. He came on as a substitute in both games, as Croatia secured their spot in the2014 FIFA World Cup by winning 2–0 on aggregate.[61][62]
Rebić was named in Kovač's final23-man squad for the tournament in Brazil.[63] He took part in the opening match against thehosts inSão Paulo, as a late substitute in a 3–1 defeat.[64] He played the same role in the next two matches as the Croatians were eventually eliminated from the group, and lasted only 20 minutes before beingsent off versusMexico in their last match for a studs-up tackle onCarlos Peña.[65]
From June 2015 to November 2017, Rebić was not capped for Croatia.[19] He was named in managerZlatko Dalić'sfinal squad for the2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[66] In the second group match againstArgentina inNizhny Novgorod, he volleyed after a mistake by opposing goalkeeperWilly Caballero to open a 3–0 Croatian win.[67] In theRound of 16 match againstDenmark, he had a chance to score near the end ofextra time but was fouled byMathias Jørgensen;Luka Modrić missed the resulting penalty but the Croats won in theshootout.[68] Rebić started in thefinal, and was substituted forAndrej Kramarić after 71 minutes of a 4–2 loss toFrance at theLuzhniki Stadium.[69]
He scored his third international goal on 24 March 2019 in anupset 2–1 defeat toHungary inBudapest during Croatia'sEuro 2020 qualifying campaign.[70] After he had been benched at the club, his drop in form could also be seen in the qualifying games, which caused a public outcry and endangered his spot in theEuro squad.[71][72][73][74]
After missing the majority of Croatia's2020–21 Nations League campaign due to injuries,[75] Rebić was included in Dalić's final squad for theUEFA Euro 2020. In Croatia's first twogroup stage games againstEngland and theCzech Republic, Rebić was deployed by Dalić as a striker rather than a winger with poor results, as Croatia lost 1–0 and drew 1–1 respectively.[76] In theRound of 16 match againstSpain, Rebić came off the field in the 38th minute to change hisboots. At that moment, Croatia were 1–0 up and Spain were in the attack, resulting inPablo Sarabia's equalizing goal. Croatia would go on to lose the match 5–3 after extra time.[77][78][79][80] Following the intense criticism he received in his homeland for that gesture,[81] part of which came from Dalić himself,[82][83] Rebić criticized Dalić and theCroatian Football Federation on hisInstagram account saying that "it is a fact that [the national team] have been [shit] for the past two, three years" and that he is "personally sorry that they had nobody to make use of this talented generation". He also went on to ironically criticize Croatian pundits (more preciselyRobert Prosinečki,Goran Vlaović and Antun Samovojska), telling them to "let go ofspritzer before broadcasts" (alluding to Prosinečki's drinking issues)[84] and to "cheer for Croatia instead". Shortly after, he deleted the posts and deactivated his account.[85][86] Ahead of the SeptemberWorld Cup qualifiers againstRussia,Slovakia andSlovenia, Rebić was omitted from the national team.[87]
Rebić is known for his physical strength and running speed, both on and off the ball; in 2019, he was the second fastest player in theBundesliga alongsideAchraf Hakimi after clocking at 21.81 mph while playing forEintracht,[88] as well as the fastest player at the 2018 World Cup alongsideCristiano Ronaldo after clocking at 34 km/h.[89] He is good atdribbling, especially in one on one situations, and at protecting the ball with his body strength when challenged.[90] His first touch, however, has been cited as one of the areas of his game that is in need of improvement, with the others being the accuracy of his passing,crossing, and shots from long range, as well as his decision-making in high-pressure situations.[91] Tactically, Rebić is a versatile forward who can operate in several positions across various formations. While he is mainly fielded as a leftwinger in a4–3–3 or4–2–3–1, he can also play as an out-and-outstriker orsupporting striker in a4–4–2, while during Eintracht's2018–19 season he was deployed as anattacking midfielder in a3–4–1–2, forming a fluid goalscoring triangle withLuka Jović andSébastien Haller.[92][93] Aside from his attacking duties, he has been praised for his willingness to participate in his team's defensive plays, including the pressing or counter-pressing of the opposition.[91]
In June 2018, it was reported that Rebić paid off all of the loans of the residents ofVinjani Donji, his childhood village.[94] In February 2021, Rebić donated €10,000 to help fund the building of a new facility for the rehabilitation and education of children inSlavonski Brod.[95][96][97]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| RNK Split | 2010–11 | Prva HNL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2011–12 | Prva HNL | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | — | 24 | 5 | ||
| 2012–13 | Prva HNL | 29 | 10 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 31 | 12 | |||
| 2013–14 | Prva HNL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 54 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 18 | ||
| Fiorentina | 2013–14 | Serie A | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | Serie A | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | ||
| Total | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | ||
| RB Leipzig (loan) | 2014–15 | 2. Bundesliga | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| Hellas Verona (loan) | 2015–16 | Serie A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) | 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 3 | ||
| 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 25 | 6 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 28 | 9 | |||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9[b] | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 38 | 10 |
| 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 6 | 3 | ||
| Total | 78 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 25 | ||
| AC Milan (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie A | 26 | 11 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 12 | ||
| AC Milan | 2020–21 | Serie A | 27 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | — | 33 | 11 | |
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2[d] | 1 | — | 29 | 3 | ||
| 2022–23 | Serie A | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 31 | 3 | |
| Total | 100 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 29 | ||
| Beşiktaş | 2023–24 | Süper Lig | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6[f] | 0 | — | 23 | 1 | |
| Lecce | 2024–25 | Serie A | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 296 | 64 | 25 | 12 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 361 | 78 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 2013 | 3 | 1 |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 14 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 3 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 August 2013 | Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein | 1 |  Liechtenstein | 2–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 2 | 21 June 2018 | Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia | 18 |  Argentina | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup |
| 3 | 24 March 2019 | Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary | 28 |  Hungary | 1–0 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying |
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