Mario Mandžukić

Mario Mandžukić
Mario Mandžukić
Mario Mandžukić2.jpg
Mandžukić playing for Dinamo Zagreb
Personal information
Full name Mario Mandžukić
Date of birth 21 May 1986 (1986-05-21) (age 25)
Place of birth Slavonski Brod, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club VfL Wolfsburg
Number 18
Youth career
19921996 TSF Ditzingen
19962003 Marsonia
20032004 Željezničar Slavonski Brod
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
20042005 Marsonia 23 (14)
20052007 NK Zagreb 51 (14)
20072010 Dinamo Zagreb 81 (42)
2010 VfL Wolfsburg 34 (15)
National team
20052007 Croatia U21 7 (1)
2007 Croatia 24 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 October 2011.

Appearances (Goals).

National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2011

Mario Mandžukić (pronounced [ˈmaːrio ˈmaːndʒukitɕ]; born 21 May 1986) is a Croatian professional footballer playing for VfL Wolfsburg and Croatian national team.

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Club career

Mandžukić was born in Slavonski Brod, at the time in SFR Yugoslavia. He made his first footballing steps at the German club Ditzingen, based near Stuttgart. Upon his return to his home city he spent the period between 1997 and 2003 at Marsonia, before spending a season at the city minnows NK Željezničar. The next season he returned to Marsonia and in the summer of 2005 he made a move to NK Zagreb. He thrived under the tuition of Miroslav Blažević and earned a lot interest from other clubs. In the summer of 2007 he was bought by the Croatian powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb for1.3 million as a replacement for their star striker Eduardo da Silva.[1] He finished his first season at Dinamo with 12 goals and 11 assists throughout 29 matches, but also had a bad discipline record, collecting 8 yellow cards. In the 200809 Prva HNL Mandžukić was league's top goalscorer, bagging 16 goals in 28 appearances. After the 200809 season had finished he was linked with German side Werder Bremen, but the12m offer was rejected by Dinamo Zagreb board who were of opinion that Mandžukić's price was at least15m. On 17 September 2009, after Dinamo lost 20 at home to Anderlecht in Europa League, Mandžukić was controversially fined100k after being accused for poor performance.[2] It was the first time in the history of the club that the player was financially fined.[3] On 20 September, Mandžukić captained Dinamo to a 60 victory against Rijeka in Prva HNL. In a postmatch interview Mandžukić rejected any speculations about him leaving the club after the fine, stating that it was his childhood dream to captain Dinamo side and that he tends to give his best in any match he plays for the club.

VFL Wolfsurg

On 14 July 2010 Mandžukić signed for VFL Wolfsburg for a fee believed to be around8 million.

National team

After putting together a string of solid performances in the 200708 Prva HNL, as well as in Dinamo's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup matches, he earned a callup to the Croatian national team, for which he debuted in a game against Macedonia on 17 November 2007. On 10 September 2008, he scored his first ever goal for Croatia in a 41 loss against England.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
01. 10 September 2008 Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb, Croatia  England
13
14
2010 World Cup Qualifying
02. 12 October 2010 Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb, Croatia  Norway
11
21
Friendly
03. 3 June 2011 Poljud Stadium, Split, Croatia  Georgia
11
21
Euro 2012 Qualifying
04. 11 October 2011 Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka, Croatia  Latvia
20
20
Euro 2012 Qualifying

Honours

  • Individual
    • Prva HNL top goalscorer: 200809
    • Prva HNL best player: 200809

Career statistics

As of 15 October 2011[4][5]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Croatia League Croatian Cup League Cup Europe Total
200405 Marsonia Druga HNL 23 14 23 14
200506 NK Zagreb Prva HNL 27 3 27 3
200607 23 11 23 11
200708 Dinamo Zagreb 29 12 8 5 10 3 40 20
200809 28 16 5 5 10 3 43 24
200910 24 14 0 0 7 3 23 17
Germany League DFB-Pokal Premiere Ligapokal Europe Total
2010-11 Wolfsburg Fußball-Bundesliga 24 8 24 8
2011-12 Wolfsburg Fußball-Bundesliga 9 5 9 5
Career total 162 75 13 10 0 0 27 9 195 92

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