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Mario Mandžukić
Mandžukić playing for Dinamo ZagrebPersonal information Full name Mario Mandžukić Date of birth 21 May 1986 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 1992–1996 TSF Ditzingen 1996–2003 Marsonia 2003–2004 Željezničar Slavonski Brod Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2004–2005 Marsonia 23 (14) 2005–2007 NK Zagreb 51 (14) 2007–2010 Dinamo Zagreb 81 (42) 2010– VfL Wolfsburg 34 (15) National team‡ 2005–2007 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 2011Mario 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 for €1.3 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 2008–09 Prva HNL Mandžukić was league's top goalscorer, bagging 16 goals in 28 appearances. After the 2008–09 season had finished he was linked with German side Werder Bremen, but the €12m offer was rejected by Dinamo Zagreb board who were of opinion that Mandžukić's price was at least €15m. On 17 September 2009, after Dinamo lost 2–0 at home to Anderlecht in Europa League, Mandžukić was controversially fined €100k 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 6–0 victory against Rijeka in Prva HNL. In a post–match 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 around €8 million.
National team
After putting together a string of solid performances in the 2007–08 Prva HNL, as well as in Dinamo's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup matches, he earned a call–up 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 4–1 loss against England.
International goals
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 01. 10 September 2008 Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb, Croatia England
1 – 3 1 – 4 2010 World Cup Qualifying 02. 12 October 2010 Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb, Croatia Norway
1 – 1 2 – 1 Friendly 03. 3 June 2011 Poljud Stadium, Split, Croatia Georgia
1 – 1 2 – 1 Euro 2012 Qualifying 04. 11 October 2011 Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka, Croatia Latvia
2 – 0 2 – 0 Euro 2012 Qualifying Honours
Dinamo Zagreb
- Croatian champions: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009-10
- Croatian Cup: 2008, 2009
- Individual
- Prva HNL top goalscorer: 2008–09
- Prva HNL best player: 2008–09
Career statistics
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 2004–05 Marsonia Druga HNL 23 14 23 14 2005–06 NK Zagreb Prva HNL 27 3 27 3 2006–07 23 11 23 11 2007–08 Dinamo Zagreb 29 12 8 5 10 3 40 20 2008–09 28 16 5 5 10 3 43 24 2009–10 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 References
- ^ Dinamo act quickly to replace Eduardo, uefa.com, Tuesday 10 July 2007
- ^ "Mandžukića igrači trebaju šamarati zbog njegovog seljačkog ponašanja!" (in Croatian). Milan Stjelja (Sportske novosti). 2009-09-18. http://sportske.jutarnji.hr/index.php?cmd=show_clanak&clanak_id=13925. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
- ^ "Ne želi o kaznama: 'Samo se nadam da će reakcija igrača biti pozitivna!" (in Croatian). Davorin Olivari (Sportske novosti). 2009-09-19. http://sportske.jutarnji.hr/index.php?cmd=show_clanak&clanak_id=13949. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
- ^ Career statistics at transfermarkt.de (German)
- ^ Career statistics at Nogometni Magazin
External links
- Mario Mandžukić – FIFA competition record
- Mario Mandžukić statistics and biography at FootballDatabase.com
- Mario Mandžukić at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mario Mandžukić international stats at the Croatian Football Federation website
- Mario Mandžukić at transfermarkt.de (German)
Prva HNL top scorers 1992: Kozniku · 1993: Vlaović · 1994: Vlaović · 1995: Špehar · 1996: Cvitanović · 1997: Cvitanović · 1998: Baturina · 1999: Popović · 2000: Šokota · 2001: Šokota · 2002: Olić · 2003: Olić · 2004: Špehar · 2005: Erceg · 2006: Bošnjak · 2007: Eduardo · 2008: Terkeš · 2009: Mandžukić · 2010: Vugrinec · 2011: KrstanovićSN Yellow Shirt Award 1992: Vučević · 1993: Vlaović · 1994: Mladenović · 1995: Špehar · 1996: Cvitanović · 1997: Cvitanović · 1998: Bazina · 1999: Mumlek · 2000: Bošnjak · 2001: Balaban · 2002: Olić · 2003: Olić · 2004: Kranjčar · 2005: Bartolović · 2006: Eduardo · 2007: Eduardo · 2008: Modrić · 2009: Mandžukić · 2010: Ibričić
VfL Wolfsburg – current squad 1 Benaglio · 2 Ochs · 4 Schäfer · 5 Koo · 6 Hleb · 7 Josué · 8 Kahlenberg · 9 Lakić · 10 Hitzlsperger · 11 Salihamidžić · 12 Lenz · 13 Hasebe · 14 Ciğerci · 15 Träsch (c) · 16 Kyrgiakos · 17 Madlung · 18 Mandžukić · 19 Jönsson · 21 Scheidhauer · 22 Klich · 23 Russ · 24 Dejagah · 25 Chris · 26 Čale · 29 Polák · 30 Orozco · 31 Knoche · 33 Helmes · 35 Hitz · 36 Thölke · 39 Schulze · 40 Polter · Manager: Magath
Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
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- NK Zagreb players
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
- Croatia international footballers
- Prva HNL players
- People from Slavonski Brod
- VfL Wolfsburg players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
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