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| Full name | Ivan Strinić[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1987-07-17)17 July 1987 (age 38)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Split,SR Croatia,Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
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| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Le Mans B | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 22 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Hajduk Split | 51 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 85 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Napoli | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Sampdoria | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | AC Milan | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 212 | (9) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Croatia U15 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Croatia U16 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Croatia U17 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Croatia U18 | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Croatia U19 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Croatia U21 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2018[2] | Croatia | 49 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ivan Strinić (Croatian pronunciation:[ǐʋanstrǐːnitɕ];[3][4] born 17 July 1987) is a Croatian former professionalfootballer who played as aleft-back. Strinić spent his professional career playing in a number of clubs from Croatian, Ukrainian and Italian top flight, includingHajduk Split,Napoli andDnipro Dnipropetrovsk.
Born inSplit, Strinić started his youth career withHajduk Split, where he stayed until 2006, then he moved to France to play forLe Mans B. Following his return toCroatia he played forNK Hrvatski Dragovoljac where he was spotted by his native clubHajduk Split.
Even though he was close to finishing a deal withDinamo Zagreb, Strinić decided to sign for his youth clubHajduk Split. His first competitive match for Hajduk came on the opening of the 2008–09 season againstNK Zadar onPoljud Stadium, ending in 1–0 win for Hajduk. During his first season with Hajduk he appeared in 17 domestic league games, playing in the position of left-back.
In the 2009–10 season he proved himself as the first team regular starter, earning his first call-up for national team as well. He managed to score four goals in the league, including one in the eternal derby against Dinamo Zagreb in a 2–1 win.[5]
In the 2010–11 season, Strinić played in all of Hajduk's matches in2010–11 UEFA Europa League campaign againstRSC Anderlecht,AEK andZenit St. Petersburg. He also became the starting left-back in the national side, playing in eight out of nine qualifiers for Euro 2012.
He left Hajduk in January 2011 after amassing 77 appearances in all competitions for the Split-based side, scoring five goals.
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On 27 January 2011, Strinić signed withDnipro Dnipropetrovsk for reported fee of 4 million euro.[6] Strinić made his debut for Dnipro in a league match againstTavriya Simferopol in a 2–2 draw with the left back scoring a stunning goal.[7] He made five other appearances that season in a slow start to his Dnipro career.
The 2011–12 season was far better for Strinić as he made 27 appearances in all competitions and played all three games in Croatia's Euro 2012 campaign.
The 2012–13 season was similarly successful for Strinić as he maintained his starting places with both the national side and his club side, amassing 35 appearances for Dnipro in all competitions.
In December 2014, Strinić announced that he would not be renewing his contract with the club with his contract expiring at the end of that month.
The player subsequently signed withS.S.C. Napoli, after 112 games over four years with the Italian club.[8]
On 31 August 2017, Strinić joinedSampdoria for a reported fee of €2 million, signing a one-year deal.[9]
In March 2018, Strinić signed a pre-contract withAC Milan. The deal was officialized on 2 July 2018 while he was in Russia playing for the national team at theWorld Cup.[10][11] On 18 August 2018, a heart condition which was found meant the temporary withdrawal from football training sessions. He became available again for selection into matchday squads since 12 January 2019 and was on the team's bench 10 times before the end of season. In July 2019, he made his unofficial debut for Milan, starting in a friendly againstBayern Munich as a center back.[12] On 26 August 2019, Strinić and the club's management mutually agreed to the terms of contract termination, ending the deal two years in advance.[13]
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Strinić received his first call-up for theCroatia senior team under managerSlaven Bilić for a friendly match againstAustria on 19 May 2010.[14] He went on to be a regular starter for Croatia and the first choice for their left-back position. He was a part of the Croatia squad forUEFA Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, where he played in all three of the side's group stage games. He provided an assist forMario Mandžukić in the match againstItaly, to equalize the result at 1–1.[15] Although he was the first choice left-back during the qualification matches, Strinić missed out on the2014 World Cup finals in Brazil due to a hamstring injury.
In May 2018, Strinić was named in Croatia's squad for the2018 World Cup in Russia.[16] He started in six of the seven matches in the team's runner-up finish, including thefinal.[17] However, due to a diagnosed heart condition, Strinić was forced to withdraw from football. When he recovered, he was out of shape and has never been called up again.[2] He earned a total of 49 caps, scoring no goals.[18]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Croatia | 2010 | 7 | 0 |
| 2011 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 0 | |
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