Bruno Petković (; born 16 September 1994) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a striker for

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

and the Croatia national team.

Early career

Petković was born in

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, Croatia. His father Jakov Petković hails from Metković and his mother Ruža Nižić is a Herzegovinian Croat from

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near

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. His childhood football idols were Ronaldo and

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. He began his youth career with his hometown clubs ONK Metković and

NK Neretva Nogometni klub Neretva Metković ( en, Neretva Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Neretva or simply Neretva, is a Croatian professional football club based in the town of Metković, in the region of Dubrovnik-Neretva County. The club's f ...

, before he went to

in 2007. He remained there until 4 September 2009, when he transferred across town, to the youth academy of city-rivals NK Zagreb. In the next two seasons, he represented

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(2010–11) and Hrvatski Dragovoljac (2011–12), prior to his transfer to Italy, with

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side, Catania.

Club career

Calcio Catania

On 27 August 2012, Petković officially transferred to

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. The transfer fee involved was undisclosed, though Petković was inserted directly into the club's youth academy following his arrival. His first call-up to the senior squad arrived on 27 January 2013, in a 2–1 home victory over

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in league play. His league debut came on the final matchday of the

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campaign, when he appeared as an 89th minute substitute in a 2–2 away draw with

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. Ahead of the

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season, Petković was officially promoted to the first team, and assigned the number 32 jersey.

Trapani and Bologna

In January 2016, Petković moved to

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side

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. He scored seven goals in the second round of the Serie B season, as the Sicilian team nearly gained promotion to Serie A, failing only in the final play-off match against

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. The following season he scored three goals in the first round of the 2016–17 Serie B season. On 12 January 2017 Petković was purchased by

team

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, for 1.2 million euros. He made total of 21 Serie A appearances for the team, before being loaned to

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on 11 January 2018.

Dinamo Zagreb

2018–19 season

On 6 August 2018, he joined

on a season-long loan with Dinamo holding an obligation to buy his contract out at the end of the loan if certain conditions are met. On 25 August, he scored his first goal for Dinamo in a 1–0 home win over Lokomotiva. As the season wore on, Petković became more important to the squad and played the starring role in the peak of Dinamo Zagreb season, the

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Round of 32 home fixture against

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, when he assisted the first goal and scored the third in the 3–0 win. In the

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home fixture against Benfica he scored the only goal in the 1–0 win. However, Benfica came back beating Dinamo 3–0 at

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after extra time. He finished his first season in the club with 11 goals and 5 assists in 37 matches in all competitions.

2019–20 season

Petković was instrumental to Dinamo Zagreb's successful Champions League qualifying campaign, scoring four goals against Saburtalo Tbilisi home and away,

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away, and Rosenborg home. His performances earned him a new contract with Dinamo, signed on 13 September 2019, which keeps him in the club until 2024. He made his Champions League debut on 18 September 2019 in a 4–0 home win over

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and scored his debut goal on 6 November in a 3–3 home draw with

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. On 17 June 2020, he scored a last minute goal in a 3–2 home victory over Slaven Belupo, the first home game of Dinamo's new coach

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. On 27 June, he suffered an injury in a goalless draw with Osijek that ruled him out for the rest of the

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2020–21 season

After missing the first Dinamo's game of the

against Lokomotiva due to the injury, Petković returned on 21 August for a game against Istra 1961, coming off the bench and scoring the only goal in the 1–0 victory. During the season, Petković was the target of criticism from the media and fans due to his inconsistency and poor form. However, on 18 February 2021, in the

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Round of 32, he scored a brace and provided

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with a pre-assist for Iyayi Atiemwen's third goal as Dinamo defeated

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3–2 away.

2021–22 season

On 30 September 2021, he scored two goals from the penalty spot in a 3–0 away win over

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in the

2022–23 season

On 2 November 2022, he scored a goal in a 2–1 away defeat against

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in the Champions League.

International career

On youth level, he was capped only once for Croatia U21 in a game against

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on 13 August 2013, scoring a goal in the 5–0 victory. On 11 March 2019, he received his first senior

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call-up as a replacement for the injured

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. He made his debut on 21 March 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against

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. He scored his first goal for the national team on 11 June in a friendly loss to

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. He turned out to be instrumental to Croatia's successful

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qualifying campaign, scoring four goals and assisting one. He finished the qualifiers as the group's top goalscorer. However, following the tournament

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due to the

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, Petković was heavily criticized for his inefficiency in the national team during Croatia's disappointing 2020–21 Nations League campaign where they managed to win only three points in six games. In the 2022 FIFA World Cup

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on 9 December, Petković scored the equalizing goal against

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to take the game to penalties. It was his first goal for Croatia after 17 caps and more than two years. Croatia won the penalty shootout and progressed to the

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for the third time in their history.

Personal life

On 3 April 2021, Petković and his partner Iva Šarić became parents of a baby boy, whom they named Adrian.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Croatia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb * Prva HNL: 2018–19, 2019–20,

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* Croatian Cup:

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Croatia *

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third place:

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Individual *

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– Best Prva HNL player:

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– Prva HNL Team of the Year:

* ''Tportal'' Prva HNL Player of the Year: 2019 * Croatian First Football League most assist provided: 2019–20,

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Team of the Week:

Round of 32 *

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Croatian First Football League Team of the Season: 2021–22

References

External links

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— CFF record
Bruno Petković
at Goal.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Petkovic, Bruno 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Metković Croatian footballers Association football forwards Croatia under-21 international footballers Croatia international footballers Croatian expatriate footballers Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Croatian Football League players NK Neretva players Catania S.S.D. players S.S.D. Varese Calcio players A.C. Reggiana 1919 players Virtus Entella players Trapani Calcio players Bologna F.C. 1909 players Hellas Verona F.C. players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players UEFA Euro 2020 players 2022 FIFA World Cup players Expatriate footballers in Italy Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy