Danijel Subašić (born 27 October 1984) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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. Subašić began his career in Croatia with

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and

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. In January 2012, he joined

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, and went on to make 292 competitive appearances for them over eight-and-a-half years. He won

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and

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in 2016–17, also being named the league's Goalkeeper of the Year in the latter season. Subašić made his senior international debut for

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in 2009. He was part of their squads for two

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s and as many

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s. He was a member of the Croatian squad which ended as runners-up to

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in the

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Club career

Zadar

Subašić started his professional career in his hometown club

during the 2003–04 season. Following Zadar's relegation from the

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at the end of the 2004–05 season, he became a first-team regular during the club's time in the Croatian second division.

Hajduk Split

In the summer of 2008, he was loaned to

and immediately became a regular at the club, appearing in all of their 18 league matches in the first half of the 2008–09 season. During the winter break of the season, the club decided to convert the loan into a permanent transfer. Subašić kept his place as a regular in the second half of the season, making a further 13 league appearances for the club. Early in the season, he also made three appearances for the club in the

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qualifying. During his second season with Hajduk, in 2009–10, he made a total of 28 league appearances, as well as another two appearances in the UEFA Europa League qualifying, and also helped the club win the

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. In the

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season, he made 20 appearances in the league. He had a knee injury in early November which kept him out of action until just prior to the new year. He was the first choice keeper before and after the injury. In that season, Hajduk also qualified for the

where Danijel kept for all the league games bar one.

Monaco

In January 2012, Subašić joined AS Monaco in

. He made 17 appearances for the club during the 2011–12 season, keeping five clean sheets. In Monaco's last Ligue 2 match of the 2011–12 season, he scored the winning goal from a free kick in a 2–1 away victory over

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. In the 2012–13 season, Subašić played an important part in winning the Ligue 2 title and earning promotion to

. He missed only 3 league matches. On 10 August 2013, he made his

debut for Monaco in a 2–0 win against

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. During the 2013–14 season, which was his first season in Ligue 1, Subašić kept four clean sheets and experienced only one defeat in Monaco's first 13 Ligue 1 matches. Subašić played 35 matches in Ligue 1 as Monaco finished runner-up in 2013–14 season. During the 2014–15 season, Subašić kept eight consecutive clean sheets in

matches; on 8 February 2015, his run of not conceding a goal in Ligue 1 ended after 842 minutes in an away match against Guingamp. In the 2016–17 season, Subašić played an important part in winning the first Ligue 1 title after 17 years, as well reaching the Champions League semi-finals, and was named Ligue 1's Goalkeeper of the Year. Subašić missed the beginning of the 2019–20 season due to a hamstring injury and was replaced by Benjamin Lecomte, who joined Monaco in July 2019. However, Lecomte continued to play in the starting formation even after Subašić had recovered for his injury. Subašić was relegated to a backup role and did not appear in any games during the whole season. On 8 June 2020, his departure was announced, after having spent eight-and-a-half years at Monaco.

Return to Hajduk Split

After one year without a contract, Subašić rejoined his old club Hajduk Split on 22 September 2021.

International career

Subašić made his international debut with the Croatian under-21 national team, in a friendly match against

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on 1 March 2006. During the same year, he won a total of 6 international caps with the team, including two competitive appearances in the qualifying for the 2007 European Under-21 Championship. In 2009, he was called up to the Croatian national team at the full international level, and made his debut for the team on 14 November 2009 in a friendly match against

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, playing the full 90 minutes and keeping a clean sheet in Croatia's 5–0 win. In May 2010, he won another two international caps in friendly matches, in the away fixtures at

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, keeping clean sheets in both matches. After

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retired from international football in 2014, Subašić became Croatia's first-choice goalkeeper.

UEFA Euro 2016

In May 2016, Subašić was selected in Croatia's final 23-man squad for

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in France. Subašić played in all of Croatia's group games, particularly playing a key role in Croatia 2–1 win over

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; saving a penalty from

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, marking Spain's first defeat at a Euro finals match since

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2018 FIFA World Cup

Luka Modrić, Danijel Subašić and Dejan Lovren line-up for Croatia before the game v Russia, 7 July 2018 (cropped)

In May 2018, he was named in Croatia's final 23-man squad for the

in Russia. Subašić was Croatia's regular starting goalkeeper throughout the tournament. Subašić played a key role in Croatia's match against

in the round of sixteen, where he saved three penalties during the penalty shootout; thereby also equaling the record number set by Ricardo in the

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. His opposite number,

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, had saved a penalty kick in extra time and two penalties in the shootout to earn the

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award; Subašić and Schmeichel thus combined for a record six saves from the penalty spot in one game. On 7 July, in the match against hosts

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in the quarter-finals, Subašić suffered a minor injury in the last few minutes of the match, but despite this, Subašić kept on playing the match, making several important saves. In the penalty shootout, Subašić saved the first

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from

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; thereby becoming just the third goalkeeper in World Cup history to have made four or more saves in penalty shootouts at the World Cup finals; equaling the record made by Sergio Goycochea and

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, also making Croatia just the second team to have advanced on consecutive penalty shootouts, after

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. In the

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, Croatia lost 4–2 to France. Subašić received praise for his performance at the tournament, including from legendary German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn. Following the conclusion of the World Cup, Subašić announced his retirement from the Croatian national team.

Personal life

Subašić was born to a

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father, Jovan "Jovo" Subašić from the village of Zagrad near Benkovac, and a

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mother Boja () from the village of Raštević. He was raised Catholic. Subašić wears the image of his former

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teammate, Hrvoje Ćustić, under his jersey while playing. Ćustić died in an on-field accident in 2008. After the

round of 16 match against

, Subašić took off his shirt to display the image, but

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issued a warning to Subašić due to his "private message", as FIFA rules state that a player is not allowed to display private, political, religious or similar images. The decision was made by FIFA as a result of previous players taking off their jersey and displaying images or texts that could cause controversy. Following the match against

, Subašić walked up to the fans in order to take off his jersey and display the image once again, although he only showed a small part of it, as he was stopped by Croatia staff member Iva Olivari, whom he proceeded to hug afterwards.

Career statistics

Club

¹European competitions include

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and

²Includes other competitive competitions, including Croatian Supercup and Trophée des Champions

International

:Source:

Honours

Hajduk Split *

: 2009–10, 2021–22 Monaco *

: 2016–17 *

Croatia *

runner-up:

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Individual *

Goalkeeper of the Year: 2016–17 * UNFP

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: 2016–17 Orders * Order of Duke Branimir: 2018

References

External links

AS Monaco profile
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