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Josip Pivarić
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Pivarić in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-01-30) 30 January 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.76 m
Playing position Left-back
Youth career
1999–2008 Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2017 Dinamo Zagreb 115 (8)
2008–2012 → Lokomotiva Zagreb (loan) 67 (1)
2017–2020 Dynamo Kyiv 29 (0)
2020–2023 Lokomotiva Zagreb 78 (11)
National team
2005 Croatia U16 1 (0)
2005 Croatia U17 11 (2)
2005–2007 Croatia U18 8 (0)
2007–2008 Croatia U19 8 (0)
2008 Croatia U20 1 (0)
2013–2018 Croatia 26 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Croatia
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2018
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 May 2023.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2018

Josip Pivarić (Croatian pronunciation: [jǒsip pǐʋaritɕ]; born 30 January 1989) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

Club career

Dinamo Zagreb

Pivarić joined the Dinamo Zagreb youth academy at a young age. He was promoted to the first team during the spring of 2008. He went out on loan to Dinamo feeder club Lokomotiva Zagreb that same year, making 13 appearances in his first season with the Lokosi. In January 2009, he signed a seven and a half year contract with Dinamo Zagreb, spending until the end of the 2011–12 season on loan at Lokomotiva.

In January 2012, Pivarić rejoined the senior squad at Dinamo. He made his senior debut for Dinamo on 25 February 2012, in a 0–3 win over Karlovac. His first goal for the Modri came in a 1–1 draw with Rijeka on 21 April 2012.

Pivarić scored a historic goal for Dinamo in September 2015, the opening goal in a famous 2–1 victory over Arsenal in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.

In a friendly match against Norwegian side Strømsgodset in January 2016, Pivarić sustained extensive ligament damage to his knee, forcing him out for the remainder of the 2015–16 season and missing out on probable UEFA Euro 2016 national team selection. Pivarić made his return on 6 July 2016, in a 1–0 pre-season friendly victory over Copenhagen.

Dynamo Kyiv

On 8 August 2017, Pivarić signed a three-year contract with Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv.

International career

Pivarić made his international debut for the Croatia national football team on 14 August 2013, in a 3–2 win over Liechtenstein in Vaduz.

In May 2018 he was named in Croatia's preliminary 32 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Throughout the tournament Ivan Strinić, Croatia's first choice left back, was battling injuries mostly due to his team playing three consecutive extra time matches to get to the final. This allowed Pivarić a great deal of playtime in Croatia's run to the 2018 World Cup Final. He earned a total of 26 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an October 2018 friendly against Jordan.

Career statistics

Club

Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lokomotiva Zagreb (loan) 2008–09 Druga HNL 13 1 13 1
2009–10 Prva HNL 9 0 9 0
2010–11 Prva HNL 29 0 29 0
2011–12 Prva HNL 16 0 16 0
Total 67 1 67 1
Dinamo Zagreb 2011–12 Prva HNL 10 3 5 0 15 3
2012–13 Prva HNL 28 3 1 0 11 0 40 3
2013–14 Prva HNL 22 1 5 0 8 0 35 1
2014–15 Prva HNL 16 0 4 0 9 0 1 0 30 0
2015–16 Prva HNL 15 0 11 2 26 2
2016–17 Prva HNL 24 1 3 0 8 0 35 1
Total 115 8 18 0 47 2 1 0 181 10
Dynamo Kyiv 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League 21 0 3 0 8 0 32 0
2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League 6 0 1 0 5 0 12 0
2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Total 29 0 5 0 13 0 47 0
Lokomotiva Zagreb 2020–21 Prva HNL 23 6 1 1 24 7
Career total 234 15 24 1 60 2 1 0 319 18

International

Croatia
Year Apps Goals
2013 2 0
2014 0 0
2015 3 0
2016 4 0
2017 9 0
2018 8 0
Total 26 0

Honours

Croatia

Orders

  • Order of Duke Branimir: 2018

See also

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