Dijana "DiDi" Haračić (born 12 April 1992) is a Bosnian professional
footballer who plays as a
goalkeeper for
Angel City FC in the
National Women's Soccer League
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league at the top of the United States league system. It is owned by the teams and, until 2020, was under a management contract with the United States Soccer Federatio ...
(NWSL).
Early life
Born in
Sarajevo, Haračić moved to the United States at the age of 2 during the
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...
. Haračić, her mother, and older sister Anja fled Bosnia shortly after her birth and eventually landed in Germany. Her father,
Izet Haračić, played professional football in Germany and represented
Bosnia and Herzegovina at the
1994 Winter Olympics
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as a bobsledder.
College career
Haračić played for
Loyola University Maryland between 2010 and 2013. During that time, she established herself as the first choice keeper for the Greyhounds. She was named
MAAC Player of the Year in 2012 and helped the Greyhounds to a MAAC Championship and Women's NCAA tournament.
Professional career
D.C. United
Haračić started her professional career with
D.C. United Women
D.C. United Women was an American soccer club based in Washington, D.C. that competed in the USL W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States. The team was an affiliate of Major League Soccer club, D.C. United but operated ...
between 2011 and 2012 where she would make 7 appearances during that time. When the D.C. United Women rebranded as the
Washington Spirit in 2013 to compete in the newly formed
NWSL
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, Haračić stayed with the organization as the starting keeper for the Reserves playing all 12 matches and posting a 0.580 goals against average.
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Western New York Flash
During the 2014 season, Haračić signed with the Western New York Flash. Her Flash career would be hampered by a knee injury, limiting her only appearance for the Flash to the season finale, a 3–3 draw against the Chicago Red Stars. Haračić was waived at the conclusion of the season.
Krokom/Dvärsätts IF
Haračić would end up signing with Div 2 Södra Norrland side Krokom/Dvärsätt IF.
Return to Washington Spirit
In 2016, Haračić returned to the Washington Spirit organization, playing for the Reserves in the WPSL. Ahead of the 2017 season, Haračić signed with the first team
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* First team (association football), the colloquial name given to the most senior team fielded by a football club
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. Over two seasons with the Spirit, Haračić made 9 appearances.
NJ/NY Gotham FC
In January 2019, Haračić was traded to Sky Blue FC along with teammates Estelle Johnson and Caprice Dydasco for the third overall and 29th picks of the 2019 NWSL College Draft
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.
Angel City FC
On 8 December 2021, Haračić was traded to Angel City FC. In the 2022 season, she appeared in 21 of 22 regular season matches and played 1,890 minutes.Bay FC
Bay Football Club (Bay FC) is an American professional women's association football, soccer team based in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. They are set to begin play in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) as an expansion team in th ...
which finished as a 0–1 loss. Haračić is the first player to reach 50 regular-season appearances for Angel City.
International career
Haračić was called up to the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team and in 2018 she started in goal for a World Cup qualifying
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Qualifying tournaments are h ...
match against Russia.
Honors
Individual
* NWSL Team of the Month: August 2024
References
External links
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DiDi Haračić
at Angel City FC
Didi Haracic
at Loyola Greyhounds
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Haracic, DiDi
1992 births
Living people
Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to the United States
American women's soccer players
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate women's footballers
Bosnia and Herzegovina women's international footballers
Loyola Greyhounds women's soccer players
National Women's Soccer League players
Sportspeople from Loudoun County, Virginia
Soccer players from Virginia
Washington Spirit players
Women's association football goalkeepers
NJ/NY Gotham FC players
Western New York Flash players
D.C. United Women players
Angel City FC players
Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
American expatriate women's soccer players
American expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
21st-century American sportswomen